Author Topic: Hooker headers high temp paint (Read 855 times)

pnandy · « **on:** August, 07, 2008, 01:57:03 PM »

does anyone have experience with these headers and finish got them for a steal new and wanted to know if i should re coat them with something else or should this paint be okay for now or would another high temp paint work better

daveSanborn · « **Reply #1 on:** August, 07, 2008, 05:20:20 PM »

I've never had much success with header paint. What initially looks to be great results, turns into peeling, flaking, rusty headers within a year or two.

Has there been success with powdercoating headers? This may be a reasonably priced alternative to having them professionally ceramic coated.

Fordication · « **Reply #2 on:** August, 07, 2008, 10:38:03 PM »

Same cost as buying them with ceramic and depending on the engine sometimes the ceramic is much cheaper. I have heard allot of good about blasting your painted headers clean then using the ultra high temp paint on them then baking them a 400 for several hours. I heard that makes a real hard finish that last.

pnandy · « **Reply #3 on:** August, 08, 2008, 06:25:24 AM »

i don't have an oven that would fit the long tubes nor do i have one that could be used for that. i've heard of people using heat guns with sucess and then they also just run hte engine with them for a couple mins shut it down and then reapeat to help the paint cure

Fordication · « **Reply #4 on:** August, 08, 2008, 08:07:46 AM »

Yeah some of these paints now have ceramic in them. I would suspect that if you pay a powder coating place to use their oven when they do a batch a fair price they would do it. In fact I would suspect that if they saw it work they might decide to make it a cheap mans way of ceramic coating an exhaust. I am going to do my intake and headers for my f-100 that way.