paint or polish my mac lt's

volpestang · January 31st, 2012, 12:17 PM

hey guys just bought a pair of ceramic headers and i was wondering if i should take the time and polish them or should i just paint them? ill try to get picture us sometime soon. they are used so they have a little rust on them but they are in great shape.

STANG34 · January 31st, 2012, 12:30 PM

just polish them up.

volpestang · January 31st, 2012, 01:21 PM

thats what i was leaning towards i was just looking for pros and cons about it. anyone have good tips on polishing them?

STANG34 · January 31st, 2012, 01:39 PM

can you post some pics of the rust? might be able to shed some light. surface rust or rust rust?

Froush · January 31st, 2012, 02:58 PM

I painted mine and the paint basically burnt off the first time i started it and smoke up my garage and house. so i would polish them if you can.

Raddy GT · January 31st, 2012, 03:19 PM

I feel like the paint would just burn right off. I would just try to polish them up a bit

nkausch · January 31st, 2012, 03:26 PM

The paint may work if you used high heat paint? Just an idea

CobraStang161 · January 31st, 2012, 03:35 PM

Neither. Have them jet coated.

STANG34 · January 31st, 2012, 03:37 PM

Some high heat paint does work. Yes. Dont go to your local parts store and get it though. Any bodyshop should be able to get you some real high quality stuff if you go the painting route. Atleast this is what worked for me a previous time.

STANG34 · January 31st, 2012, 03:37 PM

Jet coating? Enlighten me

mrbigjeep · January 31st, 2012, 08:21 PM

i just used some paint from the local advance auto and it worked great.

its high heat ceramic paint made for headers. withstands up to like 1200-1500 degrees i think. not cheap (around $12 a can) but its held up great.

06mustang-gt · January 31st, 2012, 08:30 PM

I'd clean the rust off and wrap them with header wrap

volpestang · February 1st, 2012, 10:51 AM

it looks like just some surface rust. ill post some pictures up in a little. i didnt want to wrap the headers unless i had to. anyone run mac lts? i know alot of guys with flow tech wrap the drivers side but i never heard anything about macs

STANG34 · February 1st, 2012, 12:38 PM

Oh ya not bad at all. Polish them bad boys up OR dont even worry about. Not like you can see them anyway

volpestang · February 1st, 2012, 12:59 PM

i just spent about 10 mintues with some #0000 steel wool and the rust is mostly gone. ill probably just try to shine them up if they come out nice then good if not fuck it

STANG34 · February 1st, 2012, 01:08 PM

Thats what I would do! Maybe get one of those steel wool bits for drills and do some real good to it

CobraStang161 · February 1st, 2012, 01:37 PM

Originally Posted by STANG34

Jet coating? Enlighten me

It's the best form of ceramic coating.

Tang Stang · February 1st, 2012, 02:32 PM

Just do a Google search on "Jet Hot header rust"...it's common. You can clean it up with fine steel wool, but it does come back after a while. I clean mine about once a year or so, though the car only sees about 1,500 road miles a year and very rarely sees any rain. Still, the coating is far better at protecting the headers than any paint out there.

justAbullitt · February 2nd, 2012, 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by STANG34

Oh ya not bad at all. Polish them bad boys up OR dont even worry about. Not like you can see them anyway

Exactly what I was thinking when I saw this title.

stal94gt · February 2nd, 2012, 01:43 AM

if they are not ss headers paint them, or leave them alone. polishing them willl just lead to more rust.

January 31st, 2012, 12:17 PM	#1
volpestang Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 959 iTrader: 1 reviews	paint or polish my mac lt's hey guys just bought a pair of ceramic headers and i was wondering if i should take the time and polish them or should i just paint them? ill try to get picture us sometime soon. they are used so they have a little rust on them but they are in great shape. __________________ BLACK STANG CREW #199

January 31st, 2012, 12:30 PM	#2
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	just polish them up. __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

January 31st, 2012, 01:21 PM	#3
volpestang Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 959 iTrader: 1 reviews	thats what i was leaning towards i was just looking for pros and cons about it. anyone have good tips on polishing them? __________________ BLACK STANG CREW #199

January 31st, 2012, 01:39 PM	#4
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	can you post some pics of the rust? might be able to shed some light. surface rust or rust rust? __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

January 31st, 2012, 02:58 PM	#5
Froush Enthusiast 2002 Mustang launch soft, shift slow, stay slow Join Date: May 2011 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 730 iTrader: 4 reviews	I painted mine and the paint basically burnt off the first time i started it and smoke up my garage and house. so i would polish them if you can. __________________ "Happiness is being blown and stroked at the same time" V6 => vt 302 forged stroker My Build Thread click link http://www.moddedmustangs.com/forums...shs-build.html

January 31st, 2012, 03:19 PM	#6
Raddy GT Ricers Gunna Rice 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Radford, VA Posts: 275 iTrader: 0 reviews	I feel like the paint would just burn right off. I would just try to polish them up a bit __________________ 2000 Mustang GT / Atlantic Blue / 5spd / Flowmaster / CAI / H&R Springs

January 31st, 2012, 03:26 PM	#7
nkausch Enthusiast 94 Mustang Gt Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Central, NJ Posts: 569 iTrader: 0 reviews	The paint may work if you used high heat paint? Just an idea __________________ 94 Mustang Gt Vert-Mods: Tubular Headers, BBK Catted X, SLP Loudmouth 2's, EGR Delete

January 31st, 2012, 03:35 PM	#8
CobraStang161 Hardcore Enthusiast 4V twin turbo 2000 GT I live my life a quarter mile at a time xD Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Staten Island, NY Posts: 1,739 iTrader: 0 reviews	Neither. Have them jet coated. __________________ 2000 Mustang GT Built 4V Motor with Sullivan Single Plane Intake Custom 66MM BB TT kit Borla XR-1 Dumped before rear Moser built 9" Rear 35 spline WaveTrac Diff with 3.75s 35 spline Moser axles 14PT roll cage and minitubbed

January 31st, 2012, 03:37 PM	#9
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	Some high heat paint does work. Yes. Dont go to your local parts store and get it though. Any bodyshop should be able to get you some real high quality stuff if you go the painting route. Atleast this is what worked for me a previous time. __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

January 31st, 2012, 03:37 PM	#10
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	Jet coating? Enlighten me __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

January 31st, 2012, 08:21 PM	#11
mrbigjeep I Post Entirely Way Too Much 04 mustang gt 7.21 @ 98 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: upstate sc Posts: 5,923 iTrader: 1 reviews	i just used some paint from the local advance auto and it worked great. its high heat ceramic paint made for headers. withstands up to like 1200-1500 degrees i think. not cheap (around $12 a can) but its held up great. __________________ cams + 150 shot

January 31st, 2012, 08:30 PM	#12
06mustang-gt Newbie 2006 Mustang GT ? at this time Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 24 iTrader: 0 reviews	I'd clean the rust off and wrap them with header wrap __________________ Don't Drink and Drive, Smoke and Fly !

February 1st, 2012, 10:51 AM	#13
volpestang Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 959 iTrader: 1 reviews	it looks like just some surface rust. ill post some pictures up in a little. i didnt want to wrap the headers unless i had to. anyone run mac lts? i know alot of guys with flow tech wrap the drivers side but i never heard anything about macs __________________ BLACK STANG CREW #199

February 1st, 2012, 12:38 PM	#14
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	Oh ya not bad at all. Polish them bad boys up OR dont even worry about. Not like you can see them anyway __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

February 1st, 2012, 12:59 PM	#15
volpestang Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 959 iTrader: 1 reviews	i just spent about 10 mintues with some #0000 steel wool and the rust is mostly gone. ill probably just try to shine them up if they come out nice then good if not fuck it __________________ BLACK STANG CREW #199

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February 1st, 2012, 01:08 PM	#16
STANG34 Tits Magee 4V Swap GT Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Iowa Posts: 305 iTrader: 0 reviews	Thats what I would do! Maybe get one of those steel wool bits for drills and do some real good to it __________________ Needing some COP covers for 4V Cobra Did you know if you sound out gullible slowly it rhymes with orange?

February 1st, 2012, 02:32 PM	#18
Tang Stang Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 Mustang GT Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 1,961 iTrader: 2 reviews	Just do a Google search on "Jet Hot header rust"...it's common. You can clean it up with fine steel wool, but it does come back after a while. I clean mine about once a year or so, though the car only sees about 1,500 road miles a year and very rarely sees any rain. Still, the coating is far better at protecting the headers than any paint out there. __________________ Rod @ AzzKicker Cars 2004 Ford Mustang GT-The Driver-BBK CAI, PP TB & Inlet, Steeda UD's, SLP LM1, & 3.73's. 1990 Mercury Cougar XR7-The Meth Addict-5.0L DOHC Stroker w/2.1L KB SC. 1995 Ford F150-Mud Toy-5.0L, 4x4, 33's, & Warn 8274 Winch

February 2nd, 2012, 01:43 AM	#20
stal94gt I Post Entirely Way Too Much 2003 mustang v6 ;) slow Join Date: May 2010 Location: eglin afb florida Posts: 10,197 iTrader: 2 reviews	if they are not ss headers paint them, or leave them alone. polishing them willl just lead to more rust. __________________ bone stock from the factory!

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