Ceramic Coating Vs Heat Wrap Headers Sti

A ceramic header coating also provides protection against the corrosive materials in the exhaust.

Ceramic coating vs heat wrap headers sti.

Dei s titanium wrap is resistant to chemicals and will retain its original color for the life of the wrap which can be three to five years. Worth doing but long term save the money and go straight to a coating. Heat wrap thoughts. But it is less expensive than ceramic coating.

It can also be done in your garage. Should i coat or wrap my exhaust. Header wrapping involves wrapping an insulating cloth around the primary tubes and collector. You can t buy wrapped headers but it is easy to diy.

In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000. Wrapped headers are a popular choice for a lot of different hot rods. Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat. Messenger side heater pipes header tank etc got to be removed to get room.

Ending the debate of high temp coatings vs exhaust heat wrap. I see it done wrong far more than right unfortunately. On the other hand if you wrap inconel around a header it will perform worse than a decent ceramic coating since inconel is still a metal and does conduct a lot more heat at a higher rate than ceramic. We received a question recently from a reader asking us the question of if he should have his headers hi temp coated or he should wrap them in a high temp exhaust wrap we thought this would be an excellent time to write an article explaining which one is.

Header wrap is more expensive than high temp paint.