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?
thanks, i sent them a message. are they reasonable with price? if so, it saved me 300 bills. now i don't have to buy a ceramic header. thanks. i'm glad the board is up again.
no problem....usually its about $110 to coat it and it lasts a lifetime and they give a lifetime warranty against rust. theyre a very good company. you should get a whole package about them in the mail soon if you requested a quote.
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.
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.
ceramic DOES discolor, not much though. i had a dc ceramic and it didnt discolor, i would call it faded a little bit. but reguardless, it wont ever look like it did when you first installed it after about 4 months id say
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.
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.
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.
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....
im actually a little bit worried about my CC header now after hearing about them cracking when people use nitrous. although ive gone 14 bottles and havent had a problem, so maybe im ok...
im actually a little bit worried about my CC header now after hearing about them cracking when people use nitrous. although ive gone 14 bottles and havent had a problem, so maybe im ok...
Well if somehow some of the nitrous didnt get burned up in the combustion it could possibly hit the header and crack it....since ceramic headers can crack overtime.
Well if somehow some of the nitrous didnt get burned up in the combustion it could possibly hit the header and crack it....since ceramic headers can crack overtime.
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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
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: San Diego
Posts: 157
headers
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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