header before and after pics
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Shorebroke
M-Spec's Young Gun
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- 02 LX
is that the same header, just cleaned?
Glowspeedp5
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
Check at port 1 and 2 or where 1 and 3 comes together. If there is no brace support from starting the car it will twist the header check that area. Thats where mine was. I welded it no problems now.
rednecks_r_us
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
Jet hot Truc. you need to have it jet hot ceramic coated. Mine still looks the same as the day I installed it. Your's does look better. What all did you do to it.
Glowspeedp5
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
rednecks_r_us said:Jet hot Truc. you need to have it jet hot ceramic coated. Mine still looks the same as the day I installed it. Your's does look better. What all did you do to it.
I did not clean mine every week now it is grayish but shiny....
Glowspeedp5
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- 2002 Mazda Protege5
PseudoSpeed said:
Also wants to know the scret of the shiny coat.......
the secret to the header cleanup is the stuff daveB uses to make the polished rings brushed. it only works on SS headers.
as for the leak... i love living with a mechanic. we're gonna take care of it tonight. it's that blasted 4-2 joint again. the header is braced to the engine below the 4-2 joint but before the 2-1 joint, so i don't know why it keeps flexing so much. we even used copper silicone gasket as well as an exhaust gasket AND stainless steel bolts.
and no jet hot for me! too much money! SS does just fine with the heat cycles and i love how evenly bronzed the header is now (after i brushed it up and sprayed the crap out of it with soapy water).
as for the leak... i love living with a mechanic. we're gonna take care of it tonight. it's that blasted 4-2 joint again. the header is braced to the engine below the 4-2 joint but before the 2-1 joint, so i don't know why it keeps flexing so much. we even used copper silicone gasket as well as an exhaust gasket AND stainless steel bolts.
and no jet hot for me! too much money! SS does just fine with the heat cycles and i love how evenly bronzed the header is now (after i brushed it up and sprayed the crap out of it with soapy water).
Big Dog said:
this is a new one. my last exhaust leak from the bolts stressing out and deforming its threads caused my car to sound like a diesel (or a lawnmower). this new leak is a tick. apparently, it's smaller than the old one, but has a much more distinct ticking sound. no bueno.
Super Matty P
Banned
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- 2003 Supercharged Protege5
Truc, I've been using the same pads myself but don't get used to that nice clean finish. My re-bronze's after about 2 days of driving. Also, I had 2 small thumbprints on #2/3 runners. I can brush everything off and it'll look spotless, then after 50 miles or so it's all 100% back.
I still do this though when I plan on showing the car somewhere.
I still do this though when I plan on showing the car somewhere.
Super Matty P
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- 2003 Supercharged Protege5
hows it holding up 3-4 days later?? I re-did mine and it didn't last a day. I also noticed that your flange doesn't show any signs of rusting or discoloration...mine does. Maybe yours wont stain as badly or at all...I noticed when I installed anarchistchikens header that it was rusting before we ever took it out of the bag (the flange that is).
blaxer said:
blaxer,
oh yeah? well, my dog can kick your dogs' ass. that's right. all three of them.
matty,
haven't had any rust issues. checked everything when the car was on the lift wednesday night. the pipes below the 4-2 section are a perfect shiny bronze. makes me mad that the top didn't bronze that way. oh well. matte bronze doesn't look bad. as for the brushing, nothing's changed yet. very nice bronzing, no purple discoloration. maybe the obx header isn't the same SS that SSautochrome uses?
