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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 08:34 PM
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my friend has a 99 gsr and he has a DC Sports stainless steel header. he has major rusting by the TIG weld and i was wondering what was causing the problem. also, would there be anyway to fix it or anything like that. thanks.
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 08:49 PM
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Ceramic coat it.
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Old Jul 31, 2002 | 10:03 PM
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same problem here except mines is rusting further out from the weldings
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 01:05 AM
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so what the heezy is going on?!
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 03:33 AM
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this is a problem that i have had happen to me, and have heard many others with the same thing (dc headers rust sometimes, SS or not). if you want to know how i fixed it...... i bought a set of comptechs, that's how i fixed it.
-Scary
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 04:01 AM
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Default Re: header is rusting (shaun92GSX)

Ceramic coat it.
or send it to Jet Hot for coating.
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 07:36 AM
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Default Re: header is rusting (Scary1109)

this is a problem that i have had happen to me, and have heard many others with the same thing (dc headers rust sometimes, SS or not). if you want to know how i fixed it...... i bought a set of comptechs, that's how i fixed it.


just bought a set of comptech's too can't wait to get them on, newgsrdriver has some good deals on em. im him
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 06:51 PM
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so the problem is just the quality of the DC header?
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 09:35 PM
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why not try some metal polish? I had the same issue, that cost me $2.89 to fix
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Old Aug 1, 2002 | 11:46 PM
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damn I have a DC Sports header on my otha car.. I'm going to take a look next time I have it on jack stands
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