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DC Ceramic Headers color not looking good... How can I make them look new again!?

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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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Default DC Ceramic Headers color not looking good... How can I make them look new again!?

Well I have had the same headers for about 3-4yrs ago, I dont drive my car that much anymore, its just for show, but after puttin all this diffrence shiny thing to make my engine look better the color started to look like crap... What should I do? Sand them down? and repaint them? Send them off somewhere to get recoated? ... any ideas thanx guys...
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 01:51 PM
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BUMP! no one ells had or has the same problem? ... bump bump bump!!
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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BUMP!
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 06:20 AM
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Default Re: DC Ceramic Headers color not looking good... How can I make them look new again!? (BiGGie got a

If you want looks get a SS header, not ceramic. I've never heard of anyone recoating a ceramic header, and painting is 50/50 with how it turns out.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 09:17 AM
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just use header wrap...it would make it look cleaner if its all fugged and would be functional
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 01:44 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TypeRPaul &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just use header wrap...it would make it look cleaner if its all fugged and would be functional</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 01:41 AM
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True but! I dont like the way they look, the engine has to be open up on shows, and dont really like the header wrap... any other things that you guys can think of?
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 06:13 AM
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header wrap? wouldnt that crack the headeR?
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 07:13 AM
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or have it HPC coated and don't worry about it any more, but look at spending $150 or soo.
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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Just Buy a new header
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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why buy a new one when this one works just fine...
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 01:11 PM
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but you said it looks like crap so dont fix get a new one the are not vaery much
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