[Chronology]

Originally Posted by Blue_Elite

Funny enough, I bought the header w/o ceramic coating because I'm cheap. I will definitely take a look at wrapping the coils. I'll probably get the header coated internally and externally. Heck, I may even wrap the header on top of that as I'm hoping to do some HPDE days at some point.


No plans on front or over pipe at this time. Midpipe and axle back are the Corsa pieces currently. It's truly a beautiful exhaust. Excellent sound, excellent quality, excellent fit. Unfortunately, I've heard that when its paired w/ a catless header, it turns into an absolute screamer. As in window shaking, ear splitting loudness at any RPM above 4-5k. For this reason, I am actually going to have my stock catback ready when I install my header, just in case it's too much.


Q300 and Perrin 2.5" resonated is my short list for replacements currently. Maybe next Christmas will be suspension mods... If I can hold out that long

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I will be insanely jealous of those volks... I cannot wait till I burn out the rest of the stock rubber so I can justify upgrading wheels and tires.

The tape is cheep, you can the Defi (smallest roll) online. I think you made a good call on not going ceramic heads, also wrapping them is a sticky situation, yes you are keeping the heat in a specific area, but condensation and other factors come in. If you go turbo, then I can see going to extra mile for heat dissipation.

For me, I did a bit of breather mods, just to get the extra punch, now its time to get suspension in order, next big savings will be for the Volk's on some stickies and then S/C. I keep my cars for 10 years, so saving and enjoying the process is my game. I got tons of time to save, but man they are sexy! The wife said the same thing about the tires, kill the ones I have then use the money I would have spent to replace the tires into the rim/tire package.