How to remove rust off coated Pacesetter headers?
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Staging Lane
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From: Redford Michigan
How to remove rust off coated Pacesetter headers? I got my "Used" pacesetter headers in February from a friend. He drove with them in the winter and they are showing rust, what’s the procedure to remove and polish the rust off? Any suggestions?
Here's a link to the header condition during the install.
http://stavos.homeip.net/detroitarch...sp?dir=Headers
Here's a link to the header condition during the install.
http://stavos.homeip.net/detroitarch...sp?dir=Headers
Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by StavosWS6
I got my "Used" pacesetter headers in February from a friend. He drove with them in the winter and they are showing rust, what’s the procedure to remove and polish the rust off? Any suggestions?
Here's a link to the header condition during the install.
http://stavos.homeip.net/detroitarch...sp?dir=Headers
Here's a link to the header condition during the install.
http://stavos.homeip.net/detroitarch...sp?dir=Headers
Seriously, that doesnt really look bad at all so it shouldnt take ya very long. I've seen alot worse!
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Staging Lane
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From: Redford Michigan
Originally Posted by 1ssmokinls1
Get some aluminum polish and go to town
Seriously, that doesnt really look bad at all so it shouldnt take ya very long. I've seen alot worse!
Seriously, that doesnt really look bad at all so it shouldnt take ya very long. I've seen alot worse!
Mother bullet polish for alumium wheels work?
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Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by jrp
best way to remove the rust is to sell them and invest in some stainless steel headers.
Well the Pacesetters were at a unbeatable price $0.00 so I took them. But I can't buy new headers I just bought a house so i have $0.00 to spend
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Originally Posted by StavosWS6
Well the Pacesetters were at a unbeatable price $0.00 so I took them. But I can't buy new headers I just bought a house so i have $0.00 to spend
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Originally Posted by 1ssmokinls1
I hear ya. Honestly, just try out the polish. In the future, every oil change you should get under there and clean them up to prevent rusting. If you ever decide you want to lay down some money on a different set, look into the kooks or qtp's, they are the absolute best and are stainless steel. You can probably get the kooks cheaper, so I would recommend them
Well I tried the polish and it didn't work out to well. it's really rusted. I had some 800mm sandpaper and sanded off the rust and that still didn't get it off. I cleaned it up a bit but didn't get rid of all of it. Is there any chemical i can spray that will desolve the rust? Next time I'm under the car i'll take a pic.
As far as the kooks, I'll look into it, the pacesetters hitting the floorboard is driving me nuts. Even after bending the Y pipe. I know after awhile stainless steel does rust but not for a long time. My dad works with it all the time and knows everything about stainless. How much do the Kooks and Y run w/o cats?
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Originally Posted by StavosWS6
Well I tried the polish and it didn't work out to well. it's really rusted. I had some 800mm sandpaper and sanded off the rust and that still didn't get it off. I cleaned it up a bit but didn't get rid of all of it. Is there any chemical i can spray that will desolve the rust? Next time I'm under the car i'll take a pic.
As far as the kooks, I'll look into it, the pacesetters hitting the floorboard is driving me nuts. Even after bending the Y pipe. I know after awhile stainless steel does rust but not for a long time. My dad works with it all the time and knows everything about stainless. How much do the Kooks and Y run w/o cats?
As far as the kooks, I'll look into it, the pacesetters hitting the floorboard is driving me nuts. Even after bending the Y pipe. I know after awhile stainless steel does rust but not for a long time. My dad works with it all the time and knows everything about stainless. How much do the Kooks and Y run w/o cats?
