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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:14 PM
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yo.. soo i got my headers and y pipe in today.. now i aint looking for some 10 sec truck so do i really need to get them veramic coated? thanks
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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u dont need it. Its supposed to cut down on heat. Im gonna wrap mine at the most. I just got my painted Pacesetter LTs
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:29 PM
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yeh i got my y pipe in today adn headers coming in mon.. but im real excited.. hey how much did you get your cai for? could you tell a difference?
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:49 PM
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The problem you will have is that the paint burns off. Coated are the way to go.
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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I got mine for somethin like 2hundo? I wanna say.. or about 180. I got a free Air-Aid TB spacer with it so I thought y not **** with the ricers? haha, but yeah I could kinda tell.. But its just like every other little mod, it needs a complement. I.E. exhaust and intake, headers and intake that kinda thing. But everything together usually meets a big improvement. Halleluah here comes my cam install
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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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The problem you will have is that the paint burns off. Coated are the way to go.
if I dont wrap Im just gonna paint em with some high temp rattle can. Haven't heard bad about it yet.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 12:13 AM
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I have had both. I bought a set of painted's, and my current car came with coated's. I can't say whether there is a performance difference, other than lower under hood temp. Either way, they are one of the best mod's out there.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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wraped+reg steel=rust and the header eating itself by being cooked all the time.
coated or nothing
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 11:22 AM
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wraped+reg steel=rust and the header eating itself by being cooked all the time.
coated or nothing
On the street, header wrap just kills your headers in a few years from rust, even if you're not in the midwest or nothern snow/salt belt areas.
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 11:35 AM
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get coated or buy them again in a few years. I say spend the money now and save it later
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