Can you coat headers yourself?
Can you coat headers yourself? I want to buy hooker headers but i can only afford the non-coated ones. Is there a cheap way to coat them yourself? I don't care about the extra heat seeking into the cabinet, i just worry about the rusting. Thanks
Hi-temp paint in rattle cans. VHT is one brand. Eastwood ---------------------------------->
sells some hi temp coatings you brush on, buy it stays kind of tacky until it cures with heat. Makes installation a little messy if you apply it before the install. I've used it on old school cast iron manifolds with success.
sells some hi temp coatings you brush on, buy it stays kind of tacky until it cures with heat. Makes installation a little messy if you apply it before the install. I've used it on old school cast iron manifolds with success.
I was considering the uncoated route (can't beat $279.00 for a set of LS1 long tubes! 
) and just spraying them a few times with Rustoleum, grill coating, high temp header paint etc but I'm also concerned about rust on the insides of the headers as well.
) and just spraying them a few times with Rustoleum, grill coating, high temp header paint etc but I'm also concerned about rust on the insides of the headers as well. Trending Topics
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It cost me $300 to have my Hooker LTs re-coated by JetHot. 
If I were doing it over again I would have baught the uncoated Hookers and had them coated by JetHot in the first place. Oh well...live and learn 
If I were doing it over again I would have baught the uncoated Hookers and had them coated by JetHot in the first place. Oh well...live and learn
Originally Posted by JHarmon
A lot of the coated ones rust anyway so WTF does it matter?
IE Hookers coating......shitty coatings will rust but I have yet to ever see a set of JetHot coated headers rust
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Originally Posted by 2001CamaroGuy
IE Hookers coating......shitty coatings will rust but I have yet to ever see a set of JetHot coated headers rust
Originally Posted by 2001CamaroGuy
IE Hookers coating......shitty coatings will rust but I have yet to ever see a set of JetHot coated headers rust
And I have seen more than one set of Jet Hot coated headers rust, within a few months even.
