well my header is looking pretty beat up and rusted. i was gonna clean it up and paint it a ceramic color but what paint should i use so that it doesnt bake off. my dad used dupli-color good for 500* and it baked right off on first start up. so is there anything out there that can withstand more heat?


thanks,
josh

 

i used 1200 degree paint and it burned up. you will have to find some that will hold over like 1600 degress or something

 

Just heat wrap it. It'll look decent and lower engine bay temps at the same time.

 

yeah i tryed heat wrap after awhile it start to look dirt and just as bad as the header does now...i want to paint it a silver color.

 

get it sand blasted before you do any kind of painting. getting it ceramic coated will give you your silver color. it cost money, but is the BEST way to do it.......

 

yeah i will deff sand blast. just dont really have the extra cash for powder coating i would love to but i have other stuff to pay for to...if i could find some good paint that wont burn off then i will be all set.

 

How much do you expect powder coating to be?

Just curious because I was planning on doing that to an FD setup.

 

getting block hugger headers for a v8 was quoted at 150-200. so for a rotary should be around 100 i would GUESS. well worth it. if you have ever had anything PC'd, its the way to go IMO

 

best? ceramic is the ONLY way to do it.

 

mine baked off as well and I also used 1200 degree paint

 

so pretty much there is no paint that will stay on...and the only thing to do is geting them ceramic coated

 

lol, dont bother, it literallt evaporates off. i painted mine with 1400 degree and it was gone after 5 mins or so of idle. it was 3 coats of paint, but you can watch it evaporate off if you want too. lol

 

^lol