Cerakote doing my header in

Nat67 said:

Thanks Mick . I wanted the CES for so long but could never justify the cost . Not that it was unreasonable , more the fact that by the time HMRC took their bite in import duties and VAT it would have left a bad taste in my mouth . The price I paid for the used header , plus duties , plus refinishing worked out to be around half the price of a new Set. I never even considered that the cerakote chrome finish wouldn't be available here ! Still , after all is said and done , I do finally have the pipes , for which I am made up so all in all , colour of finish is just a detail I will get my head around . It's the pipes that count !

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Grumpy Ole Codger said:

..with a view to development perhaps???

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Nat67 said:

That is still in the pipeline , but I can't talk about it , not with copy right laws and such like . A stainless version would be the muts nuts tho !

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R3Tex said:

Nat...take heart in the fact that you are not alone. I have had multiple sets re-coated by multiple vendors and they rarely stand up to what is expected. I have simply resigned myself to the fact that they will need to be re-coated every few years. My next set will go to Jet Hot Coatings to try their services, but realistically I expect them to be no better than the others I've tried.

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barbagris said:

Just my opinion here master Nat.

In general stainless is nowhere near as good from a gas flow performance pov. Being a shyte thermal conductor it creates hot (and thus colder) spots. Good quality blue steel - with ceramic'd insides: and outside (or chrome) for aesthetics. Stainless can be a bit of a misnomer - it does (ime) discolour. Even double skinning can fail.

MYG5-2012

• barbagris
• Aug 31, 2013

All stainless and not insubstantial either. I have some cermakrome ceramic and one day hope to get around to doing these.

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