cedric85745

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just wondering,

a friend told me, that it was not worth it getting the painted pacesetters LTs and was better to spend the extra 100 or so for coated one
he said that it would hurt perf and raise temperature in the engine bay

so is there really a performance gap , oh and I dont care if the painted one will be trash in 2 years, or if paint chips...


thanks

HowellSoccer88

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Well the coated ones will not put off as much heat as the painted ones but I dont think there is a performance gap by any means. I love my Pacesetters (painted) but if I could go back, I personally would have bought the coated primarily for looks.

cedric85745

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well , if its just for looks , then it would not be justified to me,
if I had to go with nice nice , I would go with ssteel QTP or KOOKS but thats not the same $$$!!!!

Screamin_Z

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I'm sure u know u'll get more hp and tq with a set that is designed like QTP but pacesetters are hard to beat for the price. The coating is not just about the looks, it does help keep temps down in the engine bay...by how much I would only be guessing.

Rescue Ranger

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i'd go for coated man.. just for the reliability of the coat over the paint. QTPs are definately nice, but the extra change you'll spend for that 6hp gaim is better spent on a power adder that'll get u 40-70hp gain (cam, n2o etc.)

cedric85745

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thx for the advice, keep my eyes now on good deal for pacesetters coated to with my stock cat back ( well there is a cutout in the i pipe just in case !)