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Sep 27, 2011 | 11:52 AM

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Hydro Dipping Question

So maybe I'm a retard or maybe not. I'm not real familiar with the whole hydro dipping stuff or how it handles heat, but I had this crazy idea and I figure I'd throw it out there. Could you have headers dipped? My shotgun is dipped and during duck season the barrel definitely sees it fair share of heat. Still looks good. So would it hold up to header temps? I doubt it. But I figure someone else would know better than me.

Sep 27, 2011 | 05:12 PM

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That's interesting they hydro dip intakes but they don't get as hot as headers that would look pretty cool with flames or something

Sep 27, 2011 | 05:33 PM

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i dont think it would just because it sees constant heat all the time. plus, it would be pretty damn expensive

Sep 27, 2011 | 06:21 PM

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Carbon Fiber headers would look sick. I just dont think it would hold up that well. I wish someone could give me a for sure answer but I doubt anyone has ever done this. And it would be pretty fricken expensive to just test out. Haha.

Sep 27, 2011 | 06:42 PM

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It may be possible for CF Headers... Expensive as can be, though.

I've seen a bunch of turbo piping in CF, but am not sure how well it held up.

Sep 27, 2011 | 06:57 PM

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from someone whos personally seen the process done... it would be damn near impossible to get the pattern to contour right. To many twists and angles... Heat wise i dont think it would hold up either

Sep 27, 2011 | 07:08 PM

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from someone whos personally seen the process done... it would be damn near impossible to get the pattern to contour right. To many twists and angles... Heat wise i dont think it would hold up either

Thats another issue I thought about. I know a little about the process, but not alot. And from what I do understand, it seems like doing headers would be damn near impossible.