I have a mild steel header I recently purchased sitting in my living room right now. I just painted it black with high temp paint, but I find out that paint is not as resilient as I thought it would be. So I'm faced with a dilemma....either just ignore my paranoia and use the money on something else, or send the header to Jet-Hot to get it coated.

FYI, looks aren't really my concern. I just want this header to last for at least 5 years.

FYI, I've primered it with metal primer and the paint I used is RUST-oleum, a popular brand of high-temp spray paint available at local hardware stores.

 

if you want it to last, coating it is the way to go. just my opinion

 

Come on. Wrap the SOB.

 

Screw coating it. Install that thing and let's see how well it does on the dyno. Lotta hype surrounding this header.

-Rod