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Anybody have a favorite header coating place? Any better or worse from a performance stand point?

Steve Ekstrand wrote:Anybody have a favorite header coating place? Any better or worse from a performance stand point?

You're not going to rattle-can it with VHT?

cmon steve! give us some before pics! i wanna see your bisi header.

JetHot, AZ ... if you don't mind shipping ... fast and fairly inexpensive. $60 for my WRX downpipe:

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The real deal and I've used them on a number of my own and customer parts. Learned about them when I worked at ford Aerospace and they did the nozzle parts for the AIM9M Sidewinder.

Contain your drool boys.....

I've had my old stuff coated @ a place called "Olympic Coating" in San Diego - good service & quality, but a little far for me.

I now use another place in Huntington Beach: Specialized Coatings

Service is top notch, coated both sides, & prices were cheap (less than jet hot, etc).

Their stuff is still holding up despite my lack of car & a small engine bay fire... a small amount scratched off when I was installing the turbo setup, but that was mostly my fault - not very careful while installing.

Amazingly, I don't have any "after" pics of the parts I had coated; however, you are more than welcome to check it out in person (what you can see w/ all the extra wrapping & shielding I put on my setup after said fire - nothing w/ the coating but more w/ position of the part).

+1 for Swaintech, and their "White Lightning" coating-
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Is this for your Plymouth Reliant or Acclaim?

Do exhaust parts need to be new in order to take a coating?

Sebastian Rios wrote:Do exhaust parts need to be new in order to take a coating?

No

Sebastian Rios wrote:Do exhaust parts need to be new in order to take a coating?

I'm sure they will happily clean them for a fee.

[quote="Michael Smith"]Is this for your Plymouth Reliant or Acclaim?

I think it's this car; Steve's keeping it real:

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Bob Beamesderfer wrote: I think it's this car; Steve's keeping it real:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twkIdxgS0lo" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sweet! I didn't know it had all of those S T A N D A R D features. Seems like extra weight for auto-x though.

I'm pretty sure this guy had the header sandblasted first:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtJfnu5sKMo

Gesh you guys.....

I'm a family man now.... But still true to Plymouth!

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I can send them out to Embee. They do all my pistons (thermal barrier and anti-friction) and header coatings. I'll have to check on prices, They pick up and deliver directly to my shop.