Ceramic Coating Vs Heat Wrap Headers

A ceramic header coating also provides protection against the corrosive materials in the exhaust.

Ceramic coating vs heat wrap headers.

Ending the debate of high temp coatings vs exhaust heat wrap. I know the summits are not the highest quality so i was thinking of the ceramic coated hooker headers but wondered if the coating contains the heat as much as header wrap. But it is less expensive than ceramic coating. Stainless headers get around this problem by using a material that doesn t corrode in the first place.

The term ceramic coating is familiar to most car buyers today. This is all in less than two months. Header wrapping involves wrapping an insulating cloth around the primary tubes and collector. Should i coat or wrap my exhaust.

Header wrap is more expensive than high temp paint. This forms a hard impermeable barrier that doesn t corrode. Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat. Gasket ones and now the flotech deadsoft aluminum ones.

These coatings made of aluminum powder mixed with ceramic dust are sprayed onto the header as a powder and then baked on in an oven. Ceramic coatings take that a step further. It can also be done in your garage. Ceramic coating is a clear coat which includes a liquid.

In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000. Dei s titanium wrap is resistant to chemicals and will retain its original color for the life of the wrap which can be three to five years. Even before delivery some take their new car for applying ceramic coating. The insulating properties of header wrap will help the scavenging process even more because unlike ceramic the material used in header wraps don t retain heat on the surface.

Even better this highly specialized insulation blocks intense engine heat that can rob your ride of horsepower and damage engine components. We received a question recently from a reader asking us the question of if he should have his headers hi temp coated or he should wrap them in a high temp exhaust wrap we thought this would be an excellent time to write an article explaining which one is. You can t buy wrapped headers but it is easy to diy.