ordered painted headers, got chrome, good or bad?
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ordered painted headers, got chrome, good or bad? I ordered painted mac mid length headers, and was going to just paint them with high temp header paint. But when i opened the box, they are chrome. How does chrome hold up to rust? will it be like having the ceramic coated? They do look cool. 
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ya it says chrome on the box. they were shipped directly from mac. im fine with them turning blue, im just worried about rust. my car is a just a weekend car. maybe 1-2k miles a year at the most.
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I would think chrome would WAY out last just painted headers for rust
I have always had ceramic coated headers on my cars so can't comment on how well chrome holds up against rust
maybe someone who has chrome headers can reply
sound like you got more than you paid for...good.
I have always had ceramic coated headers on my cars so can't comment on how well chrome holds up against rust
maybe someone who has chrome headers can reply
sound like you got more than you paid for...good.
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Keeping it out of the rain will be a big help. But usually after a few hundred miles you will start to see they turn that purdyyy yellowish blue color. Thats my experience with mac chrome shorties on a 2009 4.6 Mustang. For my lt1 I'm ordering ceramic long tubes next week. I would of went painted myself but the car sees rain
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