myfast70

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Anyone ever polish a set of Kooks headers? Was wondering how well the polishing holds up? Anyone have pics that has done this before?

myfast70

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Anyone? No one has ever polished a set of Kooks headers before??

Well, I should have some pics of my set on Thursday night!

2000LS1TA

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I wanna see this, I just got a set of kooks, and want to do this! When you're done can you do a write up!

01pewterbird

Stainless headers get a golden color to them from the heat, so I wouldn't bother polishing them because it won't stay. Coating will keeps its finish though.

SweeTbone

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Good luck with polishing them. I tried a little bit of polish on mine on a small spot (2" X 2") prior to install to see if it was possible and it didn't do much to it. As stated, they will turn colors anyways once through a heat cycle. If you wanted bling type polish you should have got QTP. I wanted great fit and a kick *** catted Y and really didn't care about shiny bling, so I got Kooks.

Cumbias

try Jet hot coating. . .

TheBlurLS1

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They are too rough to polish easy. Best way to do them is spin polish the tubes before they are bent. I believe this is how the QTP's are done.

ShevrolayZ28

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I wet sanded mine, then polished them. It was a lot of work, even with the special micromesh sand paper. If you do it, figure out what portions of the pipes will be visible and focus on those areas.

myfast70

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I'm not polishing them myself. I've got a local guy that I keep secret and usually use for wheels and other things. I just stopped by today to check out another set of stainless pipe that he just finished polishing and they looked great. I know that they will turn a bronze color iver time, but it will be a shiny bronze color. I'm getting them polished for quite a bit less than the coating and they will be done by Thursday. I wasn't really in the market for the bling look, it just worked out for me to have these polished. I wanted a great set of headers that fit and work well that's why I choose Kooks.

01pewterbird

One stomp on the loud pedal and they'll turn colors. I hand polished mine not exactly mirror finished but they looked pretty good, too bad that was a waste of time.

myfast70

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Well, I got the headers back a day early and here are a couple of pics. I picked them up from a buddy at his shop and had a few people ask if they were chrome. They look a lot better in person than in the pics. I'm sure they will soon change colors, but I don't really care. If they change to bronze, they will be a shiny bronze color. I like them and that's what counts to me.


Kooks right header

Kooks left header

orangeapeel

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Haha, I run uncoated headers on one car and painted uglies on the other. No Problems here.

TheBlurLS1

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Holy *****. Those are beautiful.

orangeapeel

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They look like QTP's now.

GeorgeR@kooks

The S/S we use now is pre polished but when we bend it the Molecule state changes. I can post up some pics for you guys of the S/S before we bend it if you would like. Those things look great

myfast70

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Thanks! I was the guy that called you the other day about polishing the headers and the True-dual set up. They look a lot better in person than they do in the pics though. They are pretty much like mirrors.

EvilBLK02TA

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No, They look Better than QTP's

Hawk108

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whoooaaa those are amazing!

NHRAMAN

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TheBlurLS1

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I thought I saw a set the other day that looked polished. Keep up the good work over there George.