i have a dc sports stainless steel header that is very badly discolored. it's a little over a year old. i don't have pictures but it is digusting. when i open the hood, the first thing you see is the header. honestly, it looks like some one wiped their ass with it. i don't know if they are grease stains from the hands of the people that put it on for me or what. does the ceramic one change color like the stainless one does?? i think that's the way i'm going. any suggestions?
what to do with a badly discolored header?
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just keep yours and send it to www.jet-hot.com they do awesome work and it would save you money. check them out
thanks 4 and wu. i hope i can pop the bolts on the two-piece that i have. i tried taking it off for the winter but i couldn't get the bolts loose on the middle part. jerk-off garage that put them on didn't put any antisieze on those bolts. what pisses me off the most is that my bro has a comptech header on his 3.0 CL and that this is gorgeous. he also paid 1200 bills. but it was worth it. his turned the usual golden color. mine turned brown. i'm waiting for a response from jet hot. i'll keep you posted.
if you cant get bolts off, find a store that sells PB Blaster. the shit works miracles like you wouldnt believe. you dont even need to soak the bolts in it, just spray, wait a few, etc.
the CC headers might fade slightly, like the birghtness of the silver, but i think he was wondering if they change colors like the SS ones, and they dont.
peace
the CC headers might fade slightly, like the birghtness of the silver, but i think he was wondering if they change colors like the SS ones, and they dont.
peace
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Ceramic , you really can never clean , if you try normally this makes things worse..
SS , you can polish them , get any meguiars / mother polish. And just apply some , go off with a rag til you get the beautiful shine....
I actually like discolored SS headers , all purple and gold. Its a sight....i still polish mine in certain area's , but i leave the purple and gold nearing the ports.
Good-luck.
SS , you can polish them , get any meguiars / mother polish. And just apply some , go off with a rag til you get the beautiful shine....
I actually like discolored SS headers , all purple and gold. Its a sight....i still polish mine in certain area's , but i leave the purple and gold nearing the ports.
Good-luck.
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When i used water on my ceramics , it actually made them more and more grayish.....
I think my one friend had a major oil leak from his valve cover and got all over his , and he went off with a wire brush and like carbon cleaner or something......
It looked alright , but not the same. Maybe look into taking them off and getting a high-heat black engine enamel , and coat it.
Black also helps radiate heat , which will help performance as well as the paint will help keep tempatures inside more , creating faster gas flow. And more hp....
I think my one friend had a major oil leak from his valve cover and got all over his , and he went off with a wire brush and like carbon cleaner or something......
It looked alright , but not the same. Maybe look into taking them off and getting a high-heat black engine enamel , and coat it.
Black also helps radiate heat , which will help performance as well as the paint will help keep tempatures inside more , creating faster gas flow. And more hp....
SD-streetracerlOOkatme said:
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I would definatly go with stainless steel cause I had the DC ceramic ones and they cracked 3 diffrent times. I had a huge crack right in the split. I lost a nice amount of power and the car sounded like shit. So I had them welded. Like 2 months later I got another smaller crack up near the top. Then the whole thing split around one pipe and it was done. Now I have the gay ass stock manifold on there till I can get some good SS 4-1 headers But ya, Im ont saying they suck, but I have seen a few pairs of ceramic headers crack
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But im doubting it would crack either.... But i think it could be mainly cause they crack anyways...lOOkatme said:
Actually I am fully away of that....wutang and I are friends and I love giving him a hard time...every post I give him a hard time
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