my friend brought over his 04 to show me his new pacesetter headers. i was expecting nice shiny headers like i see in advertisements. when he opened the hood i was a little thrown off. they were black around the flanges and down the tubes 4 or 5 inches then the black coating was burnt off and the tubes were various colors and what not, i figured from the heat. one of the tubes had spider web or fish scale looking crap on it that i wondered what it was all about. i didn't question how they looked to him but i don't understand. are they black because they weren't ceramic coated? they felt and sounded unbelievable but didn't look very nice. just wondering thanks.

 

Yea, those were the uncoated, black painted once. The really cheap once. When I order my Pacesetters coated, I was sent the uncoated ones by mistake instead of the coated. I was like what the hell! Sent um back and got the nice shinny ones.

 

yeah i was a little suspect on that......i thought ceramic coating was important for a couple of reasons? like proper temps or 02 readings? maybe someone can clarify a little for me. is the coating what makes them nice looking?

 

Yea the coating has a nice shinny finish. They look good, but the main job of ceramic coating, is to hold the heat in the header tubing. If the hot exhaust gas stays inside the header tubing, it will flow faster. In other word more hp. Also, it keeps underhood temperatures down a little bit and they cool fast.

 

did he know what he got lol? Hope he didnt order coated and think thats how they look?

 

yeah i don't know if he does lol.......a very reputable shop here sold and installed them for him, so i don't know........also my friend told me that the shop had a helluva time getting them in and swore never to do another install. which is the opposite of what others have been saying. just kinda interesting.

 

was his truck a 2wd or 4x4?

ive heard the 2wd guys are having a tight fit though.. and they wont even fit the 4x4 guys I wanted them for mine, but no dice on 4x4's

i think ill just find a 150bucks set of shorties and have a nice lil gain for the buck.. maybe a whole 8hp lol

 

I bought the uncoated, added ball flanges then had them coated.. Mine fit great no problems pretty easy install.. Personally I thought they wer great for $.

 

how are they performing for ya?

It'd be nice if we had an 1 7/8" option

 

Yeah it would be! Hey aren't you supposed to be working on your truck right now?