Gearhead82

I recently had uncoated stainless ARH long tubes installed on my 03 Z06. Right now, the roads are awful and covered with salt and slush, so I was forced to drive home from the shop very slow and carefully. The car sits in the garage during the winter and never sees the roads. However, I'm wondering how much the road salt from the 10 mile drive home from the shop would effect the headers.

Reason I'm concerned is because I drove my old Formula with Jet Hot coated long tubes all season long. After the first winter, the bottoms of the headers were almost completely rusted from the road salt. I REALLY want to prevent this with the Vette. So I was thinking of getting under there and wiping down the headers to remove any salt or grime that collected during the ride home from the shop (which is a pain in the *** since I have a tiny garage, and the driveway is covered in ice). Or, am I being too paranoid?

pluslt

I would do it. The peace of mind alone would be worth the effort. I quite often cannot let things go so it would be eating at me until I got off my butt and did it.

Sinking

They are stainless so they should not rust unless they are made of a very cheap stainless like a ferritic.

Chris@East Coast Supercharging

A good stainless header will be fine. I would just find a self service car wash and spray down the suspension components because they are aluminum..

Gearhead82

Problem is, taking the car to a self service car wash will put more salt on the car

I'll try and get under it this weekend and wipe it down the best I can.