Anyone elses coated Jet Hot's coated Hookers look like this after about 18 months on the car?



Was the first time I checked on the coatings since heads and cam was installed in Nov of 2002.

Good news is Jet-Hot said they would recoat under warranty. I'm very happy that Jet-Hot has a great warranty and will fix my headers. As soon as I can have the car down for about 3 weeks, I will take them up of their kind offer.

 

Mine look like this after 13 months:

 

most have this issue...after about a month of NE driving during january my pacesetters looked similar on the bottome but its just surface rust on mine...thats the only thing about warranties ya they'll do the work but who has 3 weeks for their car to not be running?

 

the old shorty mac's i had on my mustang started getting some surface rust spots after just 6 months, but that was a while ago maybe they changed their formula since then.

 

Looks like the MAC's held up pretty well so far.

We hardly get any snow in North Carolina, it's not like they had exposure to the elements in the winter as the car is normally garaged. I wasn't tickled about the car being down either but hey at least they will do something which is a lot more than can be said for most.

 

My SLP coated headers look ALOT worse than that in just a couple months and I was to "deal with it" from SLP.

 

Hey, those look better than my Jet-Hot long tubes. Mine are rusting pretty badly after about 25 months. I too will be taking my LT's off in the near future and sending them off to get recoated. About how much does it cost to ship them round trip?

 

I don't know about the shipping. I'd guess ~$35 to $45 each way. That's a good question. Might end up being better to just buy a set of FlowTech's.

 

Here in WV they salt the hell out of the roads during the winter and it will rust the crap out of ceramic coated headers. Everytime I drive the SS in the winter I wash the underside off before putting her in the garage. So far I have only a minor amount of surface rust on the outside that easily comes off with some steel wool and elbow grease.

 

Stainless steel is all I have to say boys

 

There is a coater in Humble, TX (just north of Houston) that does coating and never had those problems. He also has the best prices. I don't have the name handy, but I'll look for it on monday.

 

as of today mine look like this, amost a year old.

 

The tube connecting to the header, is that EGR?

<--- Amateur.

 

on which pic? on the mac pic the side tube on the passenger header is the egr tube and the other one on on the top is the air tube. on my pic your looking at the o2 bung and sensor connection with the o2 extentions. the open connector is my rear o2 sensor connection.

 

My MACs look worse than any of the pictures posted. The coating is peeling off in large chunks and the rust is eating away at the metal. This is after about 2 years or so.
I will have them recoated eventually unless they rust through. I wish MAC made a stainless steel midlength header. I need all the ground clearance I can get.

 

mine look really bad...its been about a year..the coating is peeling too

 

my headers have a little bit of surface rust on the bottom. about 1 year old. if you drive your car, they arn't going to look new forever.

 

My Jet Hot LT's look just like the first pic. I'm very dissapointed and will go w/ stainless next time.

 

Wow jrp, those look in pretty good condition for being a year old.

Thanks for the info 63nova.

 

They will probably pay the shipping back to you, no? I would think (hope) you'd only have to pay one way.


Agreed...stainless QTPs they might cost a little more but they DON'T rust and don't have to be installed/reinstalled and/or shipped/reshipped twice = no down time.