what dose everyone think pros an cons I'm thinking about goin for it because i have painted headers and it will lower heat under the hood an keep your eyes from seeing bare matel an when it starts to rust

 

From what I have seen it with cause them to rust out a lot quicker and if the headers were not built to be wrapped they may crack over time.

 

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My feeling is header wrap is an old technology to hold heat in the tubes (and out of the engine bay) that was of most benefit in tight engine bays where other components are in close proximity.
Today we have ceramic coatings to keep heat in the tubes, and in our application we have a relatively spacious engine bay.

 

Header wrap does a find job of holding moisture against the tubes, giving them the opportunity to rust rather quickly. As mentioned, the ceramic coatings are a far superior solution. Granted, it costs more, but, you don't have to replace your headers every couple years either.

 

i have been thinking of having my headers powder coated just haven't looked into price of blasting and coating or just blasting them an painting with high tempt paint

 

If you live in a northern area, dont bother with wrapping them, holds moisture and you will be replacing them rather quickly. IIRC there is a spray on ceramic coating you can get at chain stores, no idea what it was called or how well it works though.

 

I have had ceramic coating done on my snowmobile exhaust, my old eagle summit with 4-2-1 headers, and on my old eagle talons headers. IMO it's the only way to go. I've had the sled for 5 years then the pipes look new still. ive since sold the other vehicals but after 2 years on each they sill looked awesome and were very effective.

I used Jet Hot. can be pricey but worth it in every way.

 

how did you apply that? is it a rattle can or you buy it by the gallon?

 

Don't use wrap - your engine will run slightly hotter. As far as heat in the engine bay goes, I don't personally think it's enough to worry about...

 

I sent it out to JetHot. I am assuming they dunk the headers then bake it, because the inside of the tubes and out get coated. I only payed $150, but I am assuming retail through them is around 2-$300 (i could be wrong, worth a call to them if your interested)

You can get the spray on, but it's just not the same quality yet still probobly better than wrap.