Meisterschaft Utters - How to Hide

[Ro_Ja Boy]

I just installed a Meisterschaft exhaust on my E90 and it has the Aero shield. Just wondering if anyone has done anything (ie: spray painted the nuts) to clean up the "utters" holding on the exhaust shield. Has it lasted well without getting all chipped up?

Pics if you have them please!

[e92ben]

Take the shield off and cut the bolts?

[jra85]

I had the acorn nuts sandblasted and painted with semi-gloss black high temperature paint. I wanted to get them powdercoated but the shop I took it to said it wouldn't be easy to powdercoat something so small, so they just offered to sandblast and paint them (and the washers beneath the nuts) for $20. You could probably get away with just taking some sandpaper to them and just spraying them. Definitely looks much better, and has held up very well with minimal chipping over 2 years.

Alternatively, I agree that ditching the aeroshield altogether and just dremeling/grinding down the screws that are welded to the muffler cans is an option too, though you'll still see "dots" where the screws used to be on the bare metal.

[Ro_Ja Boy]

Looks good and is exactly what I'm thinking I'll do. Thank you!