Ceramic coating exhaust components

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Originally Posted by solidsnake11

You know I post on here to help people that want to work on their car and that might not have the financial means to buy everything.
I have about $3500 in my k-swap compared to the $25,000 that most say it cost.
My point is to show others that you don't have to have piles of money to modify cars.

The proper way to fix a cracked header would be throw it away and buy a new one.

Now stop being a wuss and put a turbo on your car.

I know that you are capable of good welds if you choose to prep.

My post was to help others out too. For less than half the price of a coating, someone could apply some header wrap themselves. It will outperform the coating, and if there is a crack then a welder will be able to quickly, easily and cheaply fix the crack. The header wrap can be removed and reapplied. It doesn’t look as pretty as a coating, but it is the better thing to do. Many welders won’t want to weld over a coating. Obviously, there are exceptions. Even if they do, most porous welds on thin walled headers won’t survive repeated heat cycles of metal heating/cooling, expansion/contraction. At best, it is a gamble with their investment.

[solidsnake11]

There is a 2jz with a 80mm inducer gt4508 under the hood.