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Old 11-10-2008, 05:40 PM
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I bought some painted pacesetter headers i know they will rust thats cool whatever! I am wondering if i can wrap them with the heat wrap tape! IS this safe on painted headers? I think this would make them look better longer since there not coated? and suggestions or comments would be greatly appriciated!
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heat wrap traps in moisture, making them rust faster
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OK thismight seem dumb but doesnt the heat put off by headers gonna keep em dry i mean this is my first set of headers so im totally clueless?
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Everybody talks bad about header wrap. I had the headers in my old 383 IROC wrapped and never had a problem. I wrapped them before they were installed, so they were wrapped as good as I could do it.
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got my pacesetters wrapped for a year now i havent had any problems but the only element my car sees is sunshine didnt notice any gain really but it did drop underhood temp which was why i did it




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