[shifty]

OK i know that stainless colours under high heat and expands and contracts too much. But steel just rots too quick. What do you ppl suggest?

 

[mobiuslogic]

Mild steel with industrial strength chrome plating. Yeah, the stainless has a horrible amount of thermal expansion and will easily shear bolts. The mild steel will expand very little, it's cheap, easy to work with, and the chrome plating will keep it from rusting and rotting as well as giving the unmistakable mega bling factor.

-mobiuslogic

 

[shifty]

so if i dont make tuned headers than would it be pointless to do this? Cause i know that tuned headers would be a pain to make them fit. unless....hmmm

 

[ffvulcanpowah]

Originally posted by mobiuslogic@Feb 8 2004, 03:12 AM
Mild steel with industrial strength chrome plating. Yeah, the stainless has a horrible amount of thermal expansion and will easily shear bolts. The mild steel will expand very little, it's cheap, easy to work with, and the chrome plating will keep it from rusting and rotting as well as giving the unmistakable mega bling factor.

-mobiuslogic

You must be fluent in the language of Blinglish. haha. good ideas though, i couldnt agree more.

 

[mobiuslogic]

Well, choming versus powdercoating are likely to be about the same price. But the chrome has the bling factor and the much much higher anti-corrosion properties that just a powdercoating wouldn't.

-mobiuslogic

 

[Bob Gervais]

Actually, depending on the chrome job you got, they may rot anyway. Another option is Jet-Hot coating, which disperses heat and adds corrosion resistance.

Jet-Hot Coating Website

 

[silvapain]

chrome plating will blue out and eventually burn off. The best option is ceramic coating. They can make it look just like chrome, but without the bluing.

 

[Doc]

Jet-Hot is the she-it and they do offer coatings for the bling-ably challenged. They coat inside and out.