passing thought

I was in the engine bay poking around and noticed that the two part heat shield in the 348 was looking really pretty tired and scuffed. I took it out (7 nuts) to clean it which wasn't that successful, so just degreased it with a cleaner and bought a can of Rustoleum high heat silver paint and shot it with two coats. It looks great like new, ran the car to heat it all up, no smells, and it cost about $4 and less than an hour.