What kind of condition is it in? I'm wondering about the longevity.

 

My paint flaked off in the first week. It looks like poop now after 2 months.

 

Paint on headers is more of a look pretty thing to look good until they are installed. I have yet to find a paint that will withstand the temperatures that your header sees, regardless of what they advertise. Ceramic is nice, but ceramic is porous and will eventually end up with rust spots peppering the surface. The lasting solution that I find looks good over time is stainless steel headers with a ceramic coating. The stainless steel will resist corrosion even though the ceramic allows moisture to get to the metal.

 

ive thought about sanding mine down before install and painting it with high temp paint myself, then clear coating it with high temp clear coat. anybody know what the exhaust temp gets to on these cars?? prolly more than 1200 at the header huh...?

 

mine just looks like a powder coat before it is baked on. i like it actually.

yea that temp is about rightm it might even get a little hotter.

 

cant really see the header once it is on

 

the paint instantly came off mine, but there's zero rust or anything like that. i don't care if it looks pretty, you can't see it, and it's holding up fine.

 

hey i havent seen you around on here in a while!

 

mine hasnt flaked at all yet

 

Mine is still good, no problems. I did that whole, bake it in the oven progressively raising the temp before putting it on though. Dont know if that helped, but it didnt hurt any.

 

hmmm...i might try that...

did it stink up the house?? lol

 

Haha, no luckily not. I even moved one of the ionic breezes in front of the stove just in case. Our stove I guess forms a good seal. Just make sure you kick it up to around 650*-700* for a couple hours after you finish to get any chemicals out that might have made it through lower temp baking.