coated or uncoated
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From: Hereford,Lubbock
coated or uncoated Ok i was reading the life span of Pace setters thread and i started thinking about whether i should go coated or not on mine. I have had my car 2 & 1/2 years and i have only put 10,000 miles on it. So i was thinking is it really necessary to go with the coating since my car doesn't see that much road time?
I would get the coated ones. Aside from the fact they will develop surface rust pretty quickly without coating, if the car sits over the colder winter months you'll get condensation and they will eventually rust. IMO it's a small investment, I think the coated Pacesetters are only $100 more than uncoated. I learned my lesson many years ago when I had a 90' firebird I put uncoated Edelbrock headers on. After smelling the paint burning off for a few days they rusted shortly afterwards. My next car a 92 Z28 I had my headers coated by HPC and they were flawless after 7 years, 2 of which were spent as a daily driver.
$100 for coating is a good deal even though it's outside only on those headers.
just my .02 but I would never put uncoated headers on my car.
$100 for coating is a good deal even though it's outside only on those headers.
just my .02 but I would never put uncoated headers on my car.
