Try to stay on the subject and talk about exhaust manifolds. Can you provide examples of aftermarket companies that provide both a thermal coating paint and a metal heat shield? I have not seen any! The best I have seen is some wrap material in the Fujitsubo brand, which personally I find it much uglier on the final product and easier to unwrap after some years:
Either you like the welds or not, the final result should always be the function. This is what is important at least for me.