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Mickeyt86 · 05-16-2013, 03:04 PM

Corrosion will spread like wildfire with a wrap on. No bueno for a street car.

King Tut · 05-16-2013, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Calum

There's a joke in there somewhere, I'm sure of it.

Wraps are also famous for holding water and causing a header to rust faster then if left bare.

He's never going back.

The entire bottom of our engine is covered so water should not be a concern unless you have a vented hood. I ceramic coated my turbo manifold and downpipe and then wrapped the downpipe as well. I have no worries of anything getting on it.

NickFRS · 05-16-2013, 03:07 PM

I wrapped my header. I first painted the header with a high temp paint. Then wrapped the header. Then sprayed the header with the silicone spray. Doubt that the wrap will rust my header out faster with these precautions.

JDogg · 01-21-2014, 11:44 AM

Does header ceramic coating or wrapping help reduce cabin noise/drone/etc?

I'm looking into the FA20Club EL Header, and debating getting it ceramic coated.

FR-S Matt · 01-21-2014, 11:48 AM

Go Ceramic. I did on my JDL UEL and temperatures are drastically reduced. Plus the chrome thermal coating looks badass. Heat wrap has the potential to start fires, mainly with turbo setups if oil gets on it. It gets so hot where I am in the summer that any chance I can to reduce temperatures is a plus.

View Poll Results: bare, wrapped, ceramic coated?
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wrapped	22	18.18%
ceramic coated	69	57.02%
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05-16-2013, 03:04 PM	#15
Mickeyt86 Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Drives: FR-S Asphalt M/T Location: Tacoma WA Posts: 93 Thanks: 25 Thanked 28 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s)	Corrosion will spread like wildfire with a wrap on. No bueno for a street car. __________________ Asphalt FR-S M/T Airaid intake/5Axis wing

05-16-2013, 03:07 PM	#17
NickFRS Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Asphalt FRS Location: Gladstone Posts: 1,450 Thanks: 899 Thanked 440 Times in 286 Posts Mentioned: 75 Post(s)	I wrapped my header. I first painted the header with a high temp paint. Then wrapped the header. Then sprayed the header with the silicone spray. Doubt that the wrap will rust my header out faster with these precautions. __________________ 2013 Sion FRS 2014 Subaru WRX 2014 Subaru XV

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01-21-2014, 11:44 AM	#18
JDogg Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2013 Black Scion FR-S Location: Michigan Posts: 115 Thanks: 33 Thanked 25 Times in 17 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s)	Does header ceramic coating or wrapping help reduce cabin noise/drone/etc? I'm looking into the FA20Club EL Header, and debating getting it ceramic coated.

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FR-S Matt Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 Ultramarine FR-S MT Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 3,941 Thanks: 679 Thanked 1,771 Times in 1,111 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s)	Go Ceramic. I did on my JDL UEL and temperatures are drastically reduced. Plus the chrome thermal coating looks badass. Heat wrap has the potential to start fires, mainly with turbo setups if oil gets on it. It gets so hot where I am in the summer that any chance I can to reduce temperatures is a plus.

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