obx header discoloring

[maffewday]

i installed my obx 2.0l headers last summer and now it looks really ugly because it has discolored and gone bluish blackish. is there anyone out there that has found a way to stop the bluing of the headers? the only thing i can think of is to polish them up and spray a ceramic high temp clear coat on them. has anyone tried that?

[redpr5]

jet hot coating. the headers will discolor due to the heat. its hard to avoid that happening.

[rednecks_r_us]

www.jet-hot.com

[redpr5]

www.jet-hot.com

thank you rednecks, i forgot to post the link

[i12drivemyMP5]

or this...........http://www.polydyn.com/

[Tom03es]

Call around to your local powder coaters. One of them will probably also do ceramic coatings. That's what I did. And in my case, doing it locally was $15 cheaper than Jet-Hot and I didn't have to pay shipping to and from- so probably $40-$50 cheaper overall. Jet-Hot is just a name brand. They buy the ceramic coating from the same places everyone else buys it from.

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Tom03es/obx_header.JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/Tom03es/obx_header-ceramic_coated%20(2).JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/Tom03es/engine_bay_11-17-07.JPG

[TreFlip999]

It almost looks spray painted

[Tom03es]

It almost looks spray painted

That's because when I got there to pick it up, it hadn't gone through the poilsher yet. We put it in for about 20 minutes, but I had to go.

My engine bay is far from a show quality engine bay and I didn't get it coated for looks.

[i12drivemyMP5]

Always have liked the way that looks.

[JLBMP5]

I had mine ceramic coated in black before I even put it on and was only about 100.00 bucks for it to be done and I am very happy with the results.

[maffewday]

i thought about jethot but that has to be expensive. how much better is that then the vht flame proof paint.

[Maxx Mazda]

i thought about jethot but that has to be expensive. how much better is that then the vht flame proof paint.

Don't skimp out. The paint will flake in a week's time. $100 isn't that much. Plus, the ceramic coating actually serves a purpose, it's not jsut for looks. It keeps the heat in.

[maffewday]

I Just Found Someone Close By That Will Do The Ceramic Coating And It Sounds Like A Pretty Good Deal. Will The Ceramic Coating Keep The Heat In The Headers? If So Will That Eliminate The Cel? Because The Code That Came Up When I Installed Them Was Not Hot Enough heatTo Heat Catalyst. Or Should I Just Leave My Cel Eliminator In?

[maffewday]

I had mine ceramic coated in black before I even put it on and was only about 100.00 bucks for it to be done and I am very happy with the results.

do you have any pics of your black headers?

[JLBMP5]

do you have any pics of your black headers?

Yes I do here they are. I had them coat them inside and outside.and ever since I put them on they look just the same as the day I put them on.

This pic is a pic of the header beside the oem Exhaust manifold I dont know about the HP gain but I see a huge weight reduction between the two.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/JLBMP5/header/100_1603.jpg

This pic is of the OEM installed without the top heat shield.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/JLBMP5/header/100_1602.jpg

This last pic is of the header installed on my car I can still go outside today and it would look the same without bein discolored at all.
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x145/JLBMP5/header/100_1606.jpg

[i12drivemyMP5]

Nice......