wannafbody

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So I spent $550 for LS1 Ceramic Coated Hooker headers with AIR (for emissions reasons). After 3 months they started to rust. Sent the car to Bobby Skipkovic at Steel City Performance for a cam swap and he found out the headers had a warped flange. Out of the box they were leaking at cylinder 8. Really disappointed in the lack of quality.

Replaced the junk Hookers with TSP and no leaks.

HCI2000SS

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You bought these brand new from Hooker?

wannafbody

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Yep, from Summit Racing. Bought them last year and only had them on about 1500 miles. Always had a fluttering sound from the passenger side.

HCI2000SS

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Wow that's some bs. Did you call Hooker and tell them?

wannafbody

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I sent them a private message on Facebook and didn't even get a reply back.

99 Black Bird T/A

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I suggest calling call. Facebook and email have their limits.

Tuskyz28

My buddy have had issues with them. Their quality has falling off....

wannafbody

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I probably will but I'm waiting until I get the car and Hookers back.

pdxmotorhead

Yea,, falling off since about 1981.. LOL
Problem is they actually own a bunch of factories and QC is all over the map on their products.
They bought out several other companies over the years and ran them in to the ground too.

bad_408_vert

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themealonwheels

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To be fair, I don't think I've found a "big" name header that had ceramic coating that didn't fail. Pacesetter, Hooker, JBA, etc... seems the coating only lasts if it isn't there (stainless) or if it's applied by Jet Hot. The warped flange, that's awful...

AnotherWs6

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OMG. Huge facepalm. And they didn't even reply..... just OH M FNG G.

Bspeck82

My pacesetter amor coated headers are still like new after 1 year. I'm in the desert though.