Equal lenght SF header
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Equal lenght SF header
After I recieved my kit, in really poor shape actually, I decided to polish the crap out of it. Here's the progress so far, only on 180 grit as of now, but it's coming along. Doing all the intercooler piping and the intercooler itself, seeing as there's a huge scratch in the middle of the bottom piece. What you all think so far?
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Originally Posted by aznboysrfr
pretty nice ... however, SF spray paints their headers with hi-temp paint, that's why it looks like that ...
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Rep Power: 0 Ya, I'm going to step it down to 3000 grit then use a high heat clear coat. The paint never came off with the stripper I used, it came off the intercooler piping though.
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
wow, that looks really great man 
maybe i should have done that with mine.......blah, either way it will still rust
maybe i should have done that with mine.......blah, either way it will still rust
. This way I can sort my fuel issues out and not slap something on thats not ready to be there. 
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Originally Posted by opto_isolator
Yeah - autozone sells it. Its good to 1200 degrees. BUT - for that to happen you need to bake the part for 500 degrees for 2 hours or something like that. I HIGHLY doubt SF bakes ANY of his parts, as seen from other quality issues.....
Wish I'da used it on my manifold.
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Still looks great though
Still looks great though
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Rep Power: 0 Thanks for the comments. It does take a very long time, so thats why I'm thinking about just getting it sandblasted, but I don't want to loose the nice metal look of it afterwards. Should I just keep on polishing everything?
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Rep Power: 0 They are only in the US, don't feel like sending it there, then having to pay duties when it comes back again. There's a coating place in Calgary, but thats 7 hours away also.
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Originally Posted by opto_isolator
Yeah - autozone sells it. Its good to 1200 degrees. BUT - for that to happen you need to bake the part for 500 degrees for 2 hours or something like that. I HIGHLY doubt SF bakes ANY of his parts, as seen from other quality issues.....
let it dry for about an hour...
and GO DRIVE IT ....thats how you bake it.
I did mine yesterday in BBQ Black.... came out perfect...
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Originally Posted by Dapper
lol SPRAY THE HEADER you guys,,,
let it dry for about an hour...
and GO DRIVE IT ....thats how you bake it.
let it dry for about an hour...
and GO DRIVE IT ....thats how you bake it.
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I did mine yesterday in BBQ Black.... came out perfect...
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
My... aren't we cocky for a n00b
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Originally Posted by iamboo
you don't even know the guy... just because it says new member for his title doesn't mean he's a n00b to the F/I area... he's just letting you know what he used to "bake" his header...
Whatever dude.........maybe he shouldn't be so cocky then. He is trying to bash Opto, when Opto knows the most out of all of us on this site concerning F/I.
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Originally Posted by dezod
I have some high temp 1500 degree paint.
Wish I'da used it on my manifold.
Wish I'da used it on my manifold.
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Originally Posted by civic01vtec
Whatever dude.........maybe he shouldn't be so cocky then. He is trying to bash Opto, when Opto knows the most out of all of us on this site concerning F/I.
anyway- heres my cocky header spray'd and baked by driving-
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Originally Posted by Dapper
lol I bow to Opto then. lmao. DUDE. lol you need to chill. There just might be some people that are levels ahead of any of you-.
anyway- heres my cocky header spray'd and baked by driving-
anyway- heres my cocky header spray'd and baked by driving-
