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Old May 18, 2010 | 03:41 PM
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Header Paint

Im curious on how hot the headers in these trucks can get? and what is the best header heat resistant paint for them?
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Old May 18, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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around 2k, I put VHT on my headers 250 miles ago

took them off the truck they were not painted before they were rusty
cleaned them off with break cleaner
hung them up
painted them with a can or two of VHT black
installed them 2 days later
1 day later started up the engine

it was 10-80% humidity the whole time

havent seen any flake or fade yet only 250 miles but I assume its on there good.
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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Yeah, I heard VHT is pretty good. Ceramic coating is probably the best coating as far as heat resistant coatings go.

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Old May 18, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Not too long ago I installed headers on my 302, they come with a black cheap coating for shipping purposes only and need to be sanded off which I did. I then sprayed them with the VHT high temp black and now 700 miles later I have areas burnt off down to the metal. I'm about to send them off to be Jet-Hot coated and be done with it..
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 08:03 PM
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ceramic coating is the way to go.,you can't paint the inside, thats where they'll rust
 
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Old May 18, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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Por 15 makes an exhaust paint good up to 2500 degrees I believe. Bought it but haven't used it yet
 
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