bene

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I was looking at mine and just started thinking what would it look like polished. BTW, I just got mine delivered today.

murray01

I wouldnt worry about it unless you dont dive it everyday. Congrats on the new headers you will like when you get them on.

blown 346

iTrader: (25)

If you polish them they wont stay pretty for long, the heat will change them colors. To keep them looking nice it will be a pain.

BADFNZ

iTrader: (19)

They'll turn brownish the minute you fire up the car.

bene

iTrader: (16)

Scratch that idea then. Thanks.

~JOSHUA

iTrader: (92)

I've seen polished headers. Pretty nice seeing the bright blues/titaniums over time.

thesoundandthefury

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If you ever plan on taking your car to any shows, polished stainless headers tend to really help you out with the judges. (It's because everyone knows what a PITA they are to maintain.) If you go to the trouble of polishing them the first time, then as long as you use one of these:



...with a product called "Blue Begone," repeat polishing really isn't that bad. Should take no longer than 20 minutes to get them looking brand new with a cordless drill when you're doing pre-show prep.

If you never plan on taking the car to shows though, it's probably not worth it.

ss4chad

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Yes I polished my Kooks to a bright luster! They were beautiful for about 2 days and then they went to ****! Lots of work to get them to look like chrome but for that bief period that looked awesome, not to mention setting in my living room floor lookin all pretty!! Thinking back I wish I would have wrapped them in that heat cloth stuff, I seen a car that had that and it looked very nice. Not sure how it would hold up to daily driving though.

steveo346

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I Helped A Friend Polish A Set Of Stainless Steel Headers On His 3rd Gen He Bought From Hawks....we Sanded And Polished Them Up And Man They Looked Like Chrome...but Then They Turned Gold After We Turned The Car On....looked Like Something Out Of Austin Powers Gold Member

thesoundandthefury

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Ebay sweatshop headers:

parbreak

iTrader: (17)

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!! You are definitely an expert polisher!!

thesoundandthefury

iTrader: (3)

LOL, sorry but I can't take credit for those. They're from a seller on Ebay. I've got a rare set of Borla stainless headers that I have polished and they're installed on my engine but I'm not quite ready to make the the images public yet.

The Ebay link was just to give an idea of what they CAN look like if polished.

HotWhipT/A

iTrader: (31)

Yea, I got those XS headers. They look awesome. Almost like chrome.

WhiteStripes

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Yeah I've seen the color polished headers turn after being used. Not pretty. Although i guess if you have a re-polishing technique that takes around 20 mins, more power to you.

01 Red WS6

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I polished up my QTPs before I put them on. They looked great for about a day (The amount of time it took to put them in) then once I started the car they turned a golden color. I haven't taken the time to repolish them since I haven't put the car into a show lately