Does anyone know where I can reach Jet Hot Coatings? These are the folks who put the ceramic coating on headers and exhaust pipes. Also, might there be a shop in the Charlotte area which provides this service?

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http://www.jet-hot.com/

Try HPC also, I think they are a little less expensive. I had HPC coat the headers that were on my Camaro. The coating still looked brand new after 5-6 years. http://www.hpcoatings.com/exhaust_coatings.htm

 

Let me tell you this - Jet Hot is a great product, although kind of pricey. BUT, it will NOT withstand 1300 degrees. I know this because I work with a guy who used to work for Jet Hot under the owner (I forget the owner's name, but he is a foreign guy, used to be a LT. COL. in the Air Force). Anyway, after it was brought to my coworker's attention that this stuff was melting off headers, they (the customers) did some research and found that it actually melts off at about 925*. There was even a couple of incidents when it melted off headers on alcohol drag cars (alcohol burns cooler than gas) :eek:

The guy I work with brought this to the owner's attention. The owner just nodded his head, but nothing was done to change the ads or make the product live up to its claims.

Now, the "incorrect" advertising is not the big issue. The big issue is that Jet Hot will not (for the most part) recoat the item or replace it if it is damaged. They simply take it off and give you the item back! :U The ads for it say "if you don't like it, you don't pay" or something to that effect. My coworker told me several instances when customers would bring back headers for a recoat and the got back raw, coatless headers. A couple of sets had holes rusted through the headers where the customer did not know it was melted. When they took it back, the jet hot was removed, but they told the customer that the rust was his problem! :mad

About a month after my coworker told his boss about the temp thing and saw nothing was being done, he resigned.

 

I had my SLP 1 3/4 headers and Y pipe for my 87Iroc with a 450hp/450tq 383 Jet Hot coated. They turned white after the first week. The motor was dyno tunned and the exhaust temps were within their "advertised" ratings. My Rippie headers on the GS are HPC coated and after a year of use they look just like when I bought them.(they were in my 95 for 3 months also) I would never use Jet hot again!

 

Talk to Chris at Speed Demon Motorsports. Whoever does his coating work does a good job and I think they will do it for you fairly cheap. They did the coating on my headers and now about a month later they still look exactly the same as they did when I pulled them out of the box.

A month isn't the longest testing time, but usually if the coating is going to be crap you'll know it the first time you start the motor. There are some pictures on my web page if you would like to see them. http://24.17.202.123

 

How much does it cost to have a set of headers coated? Let me know. Thanks

 

Where can I reach Speed Demon Motorsports? :confused:

 

Don't waste your money on this thin coating. The only way to go is Swain Coatings. Anyone with experience in the racing industry not trying to make a buck off the sale of coatings will send you to this company.
http://www.swaintech.com

 

That coating looked great new. But now theres none left of it on my 95 Nissan Maxima ypipe. I had a performance ypipe coated with that stuff, and it all chipped off.

They never returned my emails either. Its like they wanted to pretend the problem never happened. You can email me if you want to ask me any more questions. Hell, maybe I'll take a picture of it with a digital camera.

Try any other coating than jet hot. It was almost 4 years ago when it was coated, and 2 and a half years later was when I first looked under it to see most of it all chipped off! I do drive the car in extreme hot/ cold salt, etc. conditions though. It flunked my durability test

 

JET HOT COATINGS
228-762-9406
Pascagoula, Ms.

 

Guys, I gotta tell you that I've had no problems with Jet Hot's quality or statement of work vs. quality. Read the last part of this if anything...

I've had the headers on my LT-1 coated for many years now, they still look fine!

I've had the turbine housing, exhaust manifold and down pipe coated on a turbo car that I've got... It's run lean a couple times and everything within a foot of the turbo's path glowed red and the finish still held up! This was something like the "ultra high temp treatment" It is black in color...

Beyond that, funny thing here, I took 2 more sets of headers to their local headquarters in Norristown, Pa. One set was for a Z-28 motor that I was building and the other set was for my SS-454 truck. Both sets of headers were new and never returned!!! Why? I walked out the front door of my office late one afternoon and many miles away, there was this huge smoke cloud in the sky! I jokingly told myself, "damn, poor jet hot is up in smoke!" Well, little did I know that this was the truth!! The whole business park/whse compex was totally torched!!! I figured they had their hands incredibly busy so I waited patiently. Within a week their customer service rep from the mid-region (Woody) called me and asked me if I could help them solve their insurance claims expeditiously by forwarding the receipts for my parts. Sure, no problem!!! I got paid about 2 weeks later for everything and then some for my trouble. It was a good experience overall. I'll never forget that smoke cloud! Made major news everywhere!

 

E-mail Chrisk@speeddemonmotorsports.com or just go to http://www.speeddemonmotorsports.com
He's good and stands behind his products. I'm sure you won't, but if you do have any problems he'll make every effort to make sure you are satisfied.

 

I am going to have HPC do mine http://www.hpcoatings.com/
I also talked to some one on the phone about warranty.. They have a 3 year 100% warranty from defects etc

then from 4years + it would cost me 50% of the original cost if I needed them fixed/redone.



[Modified by -=Jeff=-, 9:37 AM 12/27/2001]

 

Jeff, I think you'll be very happy with the HPC coating for many years to come as you have seen the headers I had in my Camaro that were done by them. That car was my daily driver for the first 3 years I had those headers on, the car sat outside 24/7 during that time as well. Not only did they
hold up to the conditions from summer to winters here with road salt, etc.. but they still looked as shiny as they did when I first put them on the car almost 6 years after the fact. That truly says something about thier product. I see now HPC even has a polishing compound designed specifically for thier header coatings, pretty cool.

 

Mine chipped off my Impala's export pipes in less than one winter, Jet Hot recoated them, the new coating was gone a winter. After two winters, it's gone in large patches on my headers. I do drive my SS every winter day, in Chicago's salt covered roads, maybe it works on a summer only car or if you live in Phoenix. I'd agree that Jet Hot failed in my application

Eric

 

I like the look of the Swain coating, but is it long-life? A .015-.020" thick ceramic is going to be hard and frangible, easy to chip. Any experiences? Anything like a 10-year warranty?

~Matt

 

These side-pipes, and hedders (see web page) were done at Air-Borne Coatings East Hartford Ct. I think they have another shop in the south, maybe Georgia? No problems, and great looks! :cool: :cool: :cool:

 

Thanks you all for getting back to me on these ceramic coatings. This first hand input is great stuff. Thanks again. :flag