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i have had my dc stainless steel header for a couple of months now, and it is starting to look like sh*t. can some people that own the stainless steel header post some pics so i have something to compare mine to? and does anyone know if this would be covered under warranty?

 
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i have ceramic but i know they change all colors, purple and blue and things like that

 
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It's galling from the heat, man.

 
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All chrome header's (pluaral) are going to change colors due to the exhaust heat thats flowing through them

 
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i think you can use high heat engine paint (not the 500 degree, the 1200 one) to make it whatever color. i'm pretty sure the header on our cars will not hit 1200 degrees

 
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If you paint em black they will give off infra red radiaiton and run cooler.

 
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hey bartkat, is that the Tenzo R front strut bar? and it fits with the intake?

Also, DIY intake? do you mean you installed it yourself or you what?

 
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i know it changes color, but on 3 of the pipes it looks like it rusted. i polish it and most of it comes clean, but after driving it around it goes right back to how it was

 
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why don't ya buy some heat wrap from (optauto.com) to cover those ugly spots and to run cooler

 
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Stainless will rust....although I'm surprised about the 3 month time frame????????? Usually it takes much longer....especially during dry summer months........still, it should perform better than that...BTW, you may be cleaning slight oxidation off (rust)...anyway, post a picture for us to better see..peace!...I've got ceraminc as well.

 
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That's a "no name" bar from Auto Dynamic that fits far enough forward and is tilted so it clears the intake by about 3/4 inches. The intake is a K&N FIPK. "Fuel injection performance kit". I need to change that in my listing.

The DIY that I did before I got the K&N was to remove the stock intake, all but the filter box and then run a flex hose to the point where the original intake sat behind the battey on top of the inner fender. It worked really nice, but was kinda ugly.

 
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Heat wrap will hold the heat in. Usually you use that on things like intakes that you want to keep engine heat out of.

 
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Use something like Flitz or Simichrome polish to clean it up. Then make sure it's really clean and then spray or wipe the area with high temperature silcone. That will coat the area and prevent oxidation. You might want to check and reapply the silicone every once a week or so.

We've done this on motorcycle header pipes, that are real bad to turn colors and oxidize. The silicone will put a barrier to air, and it is the air and high temp that is causing the problem.

 
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thanks for the info eveyone, i wish i could post pics but i dont have a digi cam. should this be covered under warranty?

 
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its from the heat, i dont have headers so i wouldnt know what to look for

 
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sorry i couldnt help you