BOWTIE

I just received my headers and off road Y this week, and had a question regarding the Y. Do they come coated or are all of them just plain galvinized. I knew they did not make a stainless Y, but I was expecting it to be a coated mild steel Y similar to the Jet Hot Y. Instead it was just plain galvinized steel. The Y is an excellent looking piece, and it looks as though it could be the best flowing y out there short of one that uses a merge style collector (QTP), but I was expecting it to be coated. If I remember correctly it was $215.00. Has anyone else ordered one of these and if so, was it coated or not. Thanks

kpowr82

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Are you sure these aren't stainless? My y looks to be made of the same metal as the headers. Hmmmm...

OWENMUSTANG

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I'm 99% sure kooks told me all of their Y pipes are mild steel.
maybe they changed.....

Camaro SS 2002

All Kook's Y pipes are aluminized steel(non coated), so yours is no different than anyone elses.

MeentSS02

iTrader: (11)

My Kooks y-pipe (catted) is aluminized, but I see no hints of it rusting, even down here in humid Florida. If you want to keep it from rusting, get some exhaust paint and paint it...that will prevent your rusting problem (at least for now). Stainless is not nearly as easy to work with as mild steel, so I can't blame them for making it out of that.

davered00ss

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Same here Aluminized.

LoPeY

iTrader: (6)

Same here as everyone else. It is a great looking piece though.

LawmanSS

iTrader: (19)

Yep...mine is aluminized, too...I bought a couple cans of VHT high-temp paint to coat mine...

kpowr82

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After tasting the y-pipe, I can tell you for certain it is aluminized

BOWTIE

Thanks for the response guys. I guess in the world of $99.00 uncoated Y's and $300.00 coated Y's with a merge collector, I just expected a $215.00 Y without a merge collector to be coated. I called Jet-Hot to see about getting it coated, but for $20.00 a foot, it will go on as is. I do think for the price though, that this is something Kooks should consider changing. I would have gladly paid another $40.00-$50.00 more for a coated Y. I just wonder how much more heat will be transferred to the floorboard with a non-coated Y than would be with a coated Y. I actually had my stainless headers coated for this same reason and now I am going to use a non-coated mild steel Y in conjunction with it and it almost seems hypocritical. Oh well, live and learn.

Camaro SS 2002

Your being over critical about a coated Y pipe. I wouldn't worry about the heat being transferred to the floorboard. I could understand headers being coated, but non coated stainless steel headers are still better IMO. The merge collector is a different story, I agree with you on that.

BOWTIE

You misread my post, my headers are stainless and I had them coated as well. I would have paid extra to get the Y coated as well had I known it was not. That is my fault for not asking that question. I am sure it would cost a lot less than $20.00 a foot had it been sent there straight from Kooks. I know Tbyrne claims to be direct with Jet hot and they can get any Y/pipe coated for $10.00 a foot.

NOZR1

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IMO, coating stainless headers is unnecessary.

SapphireHawk

I gave up on my Kooks y-pipe it fits like crap & bangs terribly. I just ordered a flowmaster y collector and I am having an exhaust shop fabricate one for me.