I've heard a lot of stuff about ceramic headers and stainless steel headers.

I heard stainless steel last longer than ceramic but they turn a purplish color after years of use.

Is this ture?

 

you get what you pay for.

 

Doesn't really answer the question.

 

yes this is true, ceramic will eventually crack. The stainless header turns purple due to oxidation, but many people on here sand and polish their header to get back that stainless shine. however eventually it will oxidize again

 

i have a DC 4-1 ceramic, still looks new.

only problem, Dents REAL easlily.

i'd get a 4-2-1 next time.

well actually, next time will be a turbo, so i dont need it.
haha.

if you want it, i'll give it to you 100 shipped.

has 2 small dents underneath.

 

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every stainless header oxidizes

 

Hell i think stainless steel headers turnin purple would be awsome. Ive seen what they look like on a buddys car once and they don't look at that bad really, was kinda a blue'ish, purple'ish color.

 

yeah they look cool.

 

Ceramic Header rust real easy... I have the JDM 4-1 DC Sports SS Header on my 01 Integra GSR and it takes about a week for it to turn kinda purple blue color. Hey I rather have that color than a rusting header.

 

i love that color purplish headers are sexy

 

a little FYI. ceramic headers start out as stainless headers. no other steel would stand up and not be thin-wall. ceramic is the way to go. its worth the 50 extra bucks. you could get them almost as weather proof by using header paint. i have done it. i matched the dark blue of my chevelle. for about 2 weeks before it discolored. headers rust, it goes with the package. get ceramic headers and sand them back to new if you want. after about 4-5 eimes, you will wear through the thin ceramic coating. just let them discolor, its still better than a stock manifold.

 

correct me if i'm wrong. but i think Ceramic is cheaper then SS.

i personally like SS better. after a year it'll turn blue-purple and bronze, which i think looks pretty cool lol. but if you dont like that youc an simply wet sand it it and polish it back up. I've also heard people spraying WD40 on their SS header so then it wont turn that blue color, but instead it turns goldish-bronze.

 

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Not true. Ceramic has nothing to do with the base header material. The header material could be stainless, mild steel, titanium, ect. Then, the ceramic is usually sprayed on the header and finally baked in an oven.

 

i thought ceramic was just a coating on stainless, solely for the purpose of heat resistance? the header isn't actually made out of a ceramic material! sheesh!

 

lol my megan racing ss turned goldish after i started the car and it been liek that for a while

 

if your looking for the best performance posible, ceramic is the way to go and by ceramic its not ment that the header is formed for ceramic! what it is, is a special coating that it baked onto it. this coating increases the strength of the product and helps resist scratching and other damage, it also helps keep the ambient temp of the engine bay down (works like exhaust wrap for better looking). this will also help keep the exhaust presure higher, making the gases leave more quickly. now most ceramic coatings from factory come in either black or tan but there are places out there that offer better coatings then oem and in a wide variety of colors including chrome. http://www.jethot.com is one such servicer. this maybe a better option because depending on the company, your paying more for the service but the header is just mild steel.

if you dont really care about these things the finish on ss headers looks cool too with that pearlesent appeal to them.

 

SS dose turn color how ever depending on how thick the steel is and the ambient temps around them as well as duration of driving vary the colors shown.

 

I want to get a stainless header that stays BRONZE. I have one now, and it's all purplish/blue and looks horrible.

 

Hey i use to have a ceramic, and to be honest it was ok...but it sucked ***. The color is so ugly you feel like wrapping it with header wrap, just so it won't look so ugly.

 

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wrapping a ceramic header would increase rusting and cause cracking 10x quicker

 

dont know where people are getting their info but got my ceramic for 2+ years, and no rust, still looks new. only time i think it would rust is probably at the bottom where it scrapes and is dented.

 

ceramic = less heat

 

ceramic headers give you more horsepower.... the wrap traps the heat in and the hotter ur runners are the faster the exhaust flows.... the stainless steel headers allows the heat to seep out and ur headers dont stay as hot... i perfer ceramic headers