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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 07:52 PM
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How do the uncoated hooker headers hold up. Do they rust?
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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to the top, somebody has to have used these
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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The bottom will eventually some depending on your climate.. the coated ones do it too.. it usually just takes longer. A friend of mine has the coated Hookers and they aren't a year old yet and all the coating is gone on the bottoms, and we live in a dry climate.
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 11:14 PM
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In Ohio...I've had mine on since September. I drove in the salt maybe three times. I kept it garaged most of the winter. They are COMPLETELY covered in rust. I wish I would have spent the extra couple hundred bucks for coated ones. I'm gonna guess I'll get another year or two out of them before I start to have any real trouble.
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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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well the coated headers do stay a littler cooler too. i would get coated, mine seem to be doing very well (knock on wood). buy cheap buy twice
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Old Apr 7, 2004 | 09:48 AM
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Take them to a shop, have them dipped in acid and then ceramic or aluminised coated. You'll end up with a better product than factory and perhaps cheaper.
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