Are my Kooks headers supposed to rust like this?

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Dec 31, 2005 | 01:06 PM

Shawn MacAnanny

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Are my Kooks headers supposed to rust like this?

These are maybe 4 months old, have 3600 miles on them. They are Kooks 1 7/8" headers. i also have the Kooks X pipe, and all stainless exhaust but only the headers are rusting. Is this normal?

Yes i know i have a broken valve spring lol.

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:20 PM

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I have the exact same ones on my z06 and they aren't rusted. I've had them on for about 8k w/o problems. The car is garaged and seen rain only once with the headers, maybe thats why?

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:23 PM

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My isnt kept in the garage but i have only driven it in the rain once or twice. They had begun rusting before i ever drove it in the rain though.

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:26 PM

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Anything STAINLESS should NOT RUST.....unless its surface...then steel wool will work....something is not right there though,they look really rusty in that pic....

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:29 PM

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you got a broken valve spring

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:52 PM

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Lol i know i have a broken valve spring. Yeah i was pretty sure they werent supposed to rust at all. They have kooks branded on them and all, i don't know what the deal is.

Dec 31, 2005 | 01:53 PM

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yeah i sure didnt think stainless would rust at all

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Dec 31, 2005 | 02:12 PM

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Yeah i tried to call them today but they were closed. I was just going through pictures of the broken valve springs i sent to ET Performance and happened to notice the headers. I never really paid attention to them until it occured to me i paid $1400 for them NOT to rust. Here is another pic i just took. I know it's huge but i figured the extra detail might help determine a cause based on the crystaline oxidation pattern (sound BA right?).

Dec 31, 2005 | 02:16 PM

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From the look of the bolts, it looks like long term salt water exposure

Dec 31, 2005 | 03:25 PM

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dude that blows...i thought kooks was top notch quality...all that cash down the friggin drain...

Dec 31, 2005 | 03:38 PM

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some grades of stainless do rust

Dec 31, 2005 | 03:47 PM

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Well i live atleast 40 miles west of the Ocean so i dont think its from salt water. I'm not to pleased with the headers to be honest. I would haev gone with coated headers if i had though this is what the kooks would look like after 4 months.

Dec 31, 2005 | 05:17 PM

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How excessively do they salt the roads there, or does it never see winter weather??

Dec 31, 2005 | 05:24 PM

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man thats crazy my painted pacesetters look better than that still

Dec 31, 2005 | 06:01 PM

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type 304 stainless is the cheapest version of stainless, none the less, whatever happened to your headers.....I have no clue.....

Dec 31, 2005 | 06:28 PM

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Never been on salted roads, we've only gotten a couple inches of snow this year anyway. Started rusting in the summer i noticed, but never thought anything of it.