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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:21 PM
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paint on painted headers is just to keep frm rusting during shipping. ceramics will not chip or rust and do reduce underhood temps
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:24 PM
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The coated headers will start to show rust and they will also discolor over time. I'm with 9000th01ss on this, I have NEVER saw a pair of headers rusted through except for the junkyard. The paint on the painted headers will burn off and if it's not a show car then who cares.

My vote goes to the painted
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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coated headers here, no rust .. no issues .. and it was a DD for a little while. u clearly wanna save money - and being uncoated clearly wont hurt anything.. so get the painted lt's and move on to bigger and better things to mod lol
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Old Feb 26, 2009 | 10:32 PM
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Just remember this...you get what you pay for.
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 02:42 AM
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ok how about this...painted pacesetters or s/s ebay headers? i've heard a lot of good reviews on the ebay ones...
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Old Feb 27, 2009 | 06:40 AM
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I thought heard the ebay XS headers don't fit that well. Dont quote me on that tho.
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