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Old 12-21-2009, 12:40 PM
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Do I need to Ceramic coat my Headers??
As title, It is really expensive to do here in the UK ($750).

Is it absolutely necessary?

http://www.zircotec.com/ this is the company i got a price from.

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As title, It is really expensive to do here in the UK ($750).

Is it absolutely necessary?

http://www.zircotec.com/ this is the company i got a price from.

Thanks

Paul

What are your headers made of? Mild steel or 409 steel i would coat. 304 or better stainless I would not coat. Good Stainless is a poor conductor of heat. I can literally grab my merge collector 10min after some dyno runs. It just keeps all the heat inside.
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Cory just emailed me back, 304 stainless. I will go with your advice.

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With 304 SS it's not absolutely neccessary to coat, as Mike mentioned, and they do live and take abuse, but (in my opinion) it is still a good preventative maintenance step to do it, and more so, if you happen to live in a weather climate area that goes from hot to cold too fast (as I do here )
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9 months of cold/rain almost guaranteed, and then sunshine with the odd shower, that's if we lucky...

I may give Kleemann UK a call and see if they have had problems as a result of not coating.

Thank you for your opinion.


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9 months of cold/rain almost guaranteed, and then sunshine with the odd shower, that's if we lucky...

I may give Kleemann UK a call and see if they have had problems as a result of not coating.

Thank you for your opinion.

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You may not have a problem then..... over here in the winter, temps drop to 36 F at night and then 73 F in the day time
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