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black painted headers

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Aug 8, 2007 | 08:05 PM

hokie00 TA

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pacesetter headers

ive got a 2000 ta looking at a set of pacecetter headers and was wondering if i should get the black painted or the armor coated headers.is it worth the extra 100 bucks.

Aug 8, 2007 | 08:10 PM

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I got the coated set. I dd my car and live in Indiana which equals lots of rain. The bottom of my headers where rusted pretty badly in about a 8 months. Wasn't worth the extra $!

Aug 8, 2007 | 08:16 PM

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I bought the coated headers about a year ago, they still look like the day I bought them.

Aug 8, 2007 | 08:27 PM

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I bought coated ones this spring and they still look new, although my car never sees rain. A buddy of mine has uncoated PS's on his 97 TA and they looked terrible less than a month later.

Aug 8, 2007 | 08:40 PM

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Coated here for about 8 months, driven in rain, and about 8,000 miles later still look new. Get coated. Its worth it. My .02

Aug 8, 2007 | 09:03 PM

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I got the painted ones....ive seen threadfs were the coated headers have rusted several times....you cant go wrong with either one....

Aug 8, 2007 | 09:04 PM

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Uncoated going on soon, thought I'd save some cash...... well spent alot of that "saved" cash on getting enought VHT on them.

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Aug 11, 2007 | 07:25 PM

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Aug 12, 2007 | 05:35 PM

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+ you cant beat the look on your face when you open the box and see a pair of coated longtubes next to your stock maniforlds

Aug 12, 2007 | 08:31 PM

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all the people with the pacesetter headers that are lowered do you have any trouble with hitting on speed bumps.

Aug 12, 2007 | 08:48 PM

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I have BMR springs on my car with Pacesetters, and I haven't had any issues with the headers hitting anything, but the TSP off-road y pipe hits everything.

Aug 13, 2007 | 01:27 AM

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^^^ +1

Aug 13, 2007 | 09:27 AM

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definitely go with coated

also on a side note i recommend ARP header studs to anyone doing a header swap made my life so much easier and really clean look to with no exhaust leaks

il have pics tomorrow night time crazy dark over here

Aug 13, 2007 | 11:23 AM

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I have the hotchkis pro drop and my y-pipe has only hit a couple of times when i dont take the speed bumps with precaution.

Aug 19, 2007 | 10:08 PM

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coating is the only way to go.

Aug 20, 2007 | 01:30 PM

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already ordered the coated pacesetters and got them this morning look good now just gotta get them on.

Aug 20, 2007 | 03:04 PM

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HEADERS really should come coated anyways...

Aug 20, 2007 | 03:20 PM

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From: Philly

This has been discussed a thousand times over. Coated Pacesetters are so incredibly affordable, you'd be crazy not to get coated ones. Uncoated mild steel headers are a waste of money IMO. Personally, I can't recommend anything but stainless, but for the money, it's hard to beat Pacesetters.

I'd probably go for a set of XS stainless for a measly $100 more though...

Hope you enjoy your new headers!