anyone ever polished their headers????
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anyone ever polished their headers????
Just wondering if anyone has polished their stainless headers.....if so how long did it take for them to turn gold, how often do you have to repolish, and how far down the tubes does the discoloring travel.........just curious cuz i want to polish my new QTPs.....thanx in advance
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if you drive the car, i would reccomend against it. it will be alot of work to keep it looking nice. but if its just a show car, go for it. my headers were black...now there a nice rust color, but you cant see them so i dont mind.
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I purchased a set of Kooks a little over a year ago. Before I put them on I cleaned them up real good, as they had a light coating of oil on them. I used silver polish, and cheese cloth, and they came out real nice. I was able to get the ink printing off the tubes as well.
It didn't take long for them to have a gold luster. I have not tried to polish since the install....to much work in a very confined area IMHO.
Good Luck.
It didn't take long for them to have a gold luster. I have not tried to polish since the install....to much work in a very confined area IMHO.
Good Luck.
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I just got a set of QTPs myself, and I was talking to Barry aobut this very subject. He said that it would do not good as the heat will change the color anyway. I am sure it won't hurt if you wanna do it anyway.
It has been suggested that people still coat them for appearance reasons, but it seems there are varying opinions on that as well.
It has been suggested that people still coat them for appearance reasons, but it seems there are varying opinions on that as well.
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Originally Posted by Brett95z
I kinda like the gold colour they turn
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Originally Posted by BlackTA98 LS1
Isn't the idea to get them ceramic coated??