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?
obx header discoloring
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
thank you rednecks, i forgot to post the link
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or this...........http://www.polydyn.com/
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.
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- 2003 Yellow Beast
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.
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Always have liked the way that looks.
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- Completely Stock P5
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.
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?
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.
This pic is of the OEM installed without the top heat shield.
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.
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Nice......
