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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 09:13 PM
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Default Re: header questions (BIG JIM 54)

Forget ceramic coating!!!

Jet-Hot wanted $305 to coat my $172 Heddman Headers. They are insane!!!

Log on to Eastwood Company and get their Stainless Steel header paint. A couple of coats for $14 or so and it looks great.

Ceramic coated headers are the biggest rip-off you can put on your car next to the airfoil, IMO.

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Big Jim, first of all your paint will burn off in a few months if it's the best out there, sooner if it's cheapo. The inside of the header is where the rust starts and destroys your headers. A well done ceramic coating inside and out protects them from this. Now if you want to replace your headers every other year, go ahead and buy some $5 paint and enjoy. Oh, your $172 Hedmans won't last very long, painted or not. :boxing
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 09:22 PM
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Strick is right on the money. If one followed Big Jim54's advice, they would damn sorry. Sorry Big Jim, but you're dead-eyed wrong on this one :( I spent some good time polishing my butt while while researching this issue, and one thing is for sure - those Hedmans are garbage, they're built on the cheap because they ARE cheap, they'll be warping before your nice paint job will be sweating rust all over the place.


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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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Default Re: header questions (BIG JIM 54)

Forget ceramic coating!!!

Jet-Hot wanted $305 to coat my $172 Heddman Headers. They are insane!!!

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Jet Hot did mine for only $200. Now I do live close enough to drop them off and pick up, so maybe the extra $105 was shipping? I love how mine turned out, still look like when I picked them up from them.
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