1986 B2000 Newbie from Charlotte, NC

The vht stuff ain't too bad... I used their gray primer stuff on my down/mid pipe in the flatbed.... It covered what i had to clean when i had an inch taken it of the upper neck of my down pipe, where i attached new 2 1/4" pipe about 4 inches down the down pipe all the way back to my magnaflow muffler, i knew with how low i sat i was gonna scrap the exhaust and any paint it had on the bottom side anyways. It didn't smoke like normal paint would do on exhaust pieces, and it slowed rust from forming on the new exhaust. I wish i would have spent more money for another can of primer vht and 2 cans satin black vht exhaust paint. If i ever get around to making a header for my 2.6 motor, the entire redesigned exhaust/custom built header will get painted with that stuff.

I installed the header yesterday so we will see how this VHT header paint works....

FYI i dunno if it's just my truck or all b2000's but the header did'nt quite line up with the existing exhaust perfectly but it did bold up and had one heck of an exhaust leak... I did take it to a muffler shop today though and for $30 they repiped the exhaust from the header to the catalytic converter and everything is great now!!! keep that in mind for you folks who buy the pacesetter header.

i'll pics of the header and new weber soon

Lookin good!

If you ever come out to Shelby you should stop by. I was out in Gastonia the other night, went to dinner at chili's. But chili's doesn't have wifi (even we have wifi at applebee's) otherwise i would have tried to pm you. I work a mid shift today, and first shift tomorrow, but am off the 2 following days.

Welcome from Greensboro! I've also got an '86 on Titan wheels. Had them on for about a year now. The wheels you have appear to be the Armada 18's (I'm a tech at a Nissan dealer), but none the less they look great. I'm running 215/35/18s on my 6 spokes

Nice 86 man!! looks good. thanks for the wheel info

How did I miss this thread? LOL

I'm just up the road (in Newton) from you Charlotte guys, but I'm in CLT a lot. You can usually catch me and the B at Pull A Part and LKQ about once a week


Great looking trucks! Thanks for raising the bar...now I have to work harder

Nice