Nasty Headers - Wrap or Paint?
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Nasty Headers - Wrap or Paint?
Well I'm in to process of trying to get the engine bay looking cleaner. So next on my list is my headers.
Wrap it? scratchhead.gif I have heard a lot of good things about wrapping and some bad, also the current thread on the wrap is making it more tempting.
Paint it? scratchhead.gif Some people say their end product is great and others don't, also not so excited about try to wedge the headers in my oven to bake them. Not to mention the smell of the paint some people talk about. And if this is what you think is best what type of paints?
Well this is what they are looking like. . .
Let me hear your 2 cents.
Wrap it? scratchhead.gif I have heard a lot of good things about wrapping and some bad, also the current thread on the wrap is making it more tempting.
Paint it? scratchhead.gif Some people say their end product is great and others don't, also not so excited about try to wedge the headers in my oven to bake them. Not to mention the smell of the paint some people talk about. And if this is what you think is best what type of paints?
Well this is what they are looking like. . .
Let me hear your 2 cents.
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Wrapping them is the cheapest way to go, and like Floyd said....it will give you the race look. However, if you're going for show & blong factor, I would send them out to be jet coated. You can usually get it done in any color, and they will last and look great for a long time.
I wouldnt paint them with regular high heat paint. Headers get extremely hot, and there really isnt any paint on the market that wont discolor or fade over time from the intense heat they produce. If you can part with them for a couple of weeks...send them out to a shop that does the coating. The coating will act as the wrap does, and it will keep the heat down inside the engine bay as well....which means even more performance. smile.gif
I wouldnt paint them with regular high heat paint. Headers get extremely hot, and there really isnt any paint on the market that wont discolor or fade over time from the intense heat they produce. If you can part with them for a couple of weeks...send them out to a shop that does the coating. The coating will act as the wrap does, and it will keep the heat down inside the engine bay as well....which means even more performance. smile.gif
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QUOTE(jmt420 @ Sep 24 2008, 07:40 PM)
Some people say their end product is great and others don't, also not so excited about try to wedge the headers in my oven to bake them. Not to mention the smell of the paint some people talk about. And if this is what you think is best what type of paints?
The trick with bake-on paint is to let it cure in a room above 70 degrees for about a week, and THEN bake it. It makes alot less smell in your kitchen. That's what they do when painting gun parts that get pretty hot.
But like Visionz said, there really aren't any good paints for the 1300+ degree temps that exhausts get.
