I purchased a set of 6114 headers, ceramic coated, used.

The guy had wrapped the passenger side for the usual reasons. BUT, now the coating has blistered and has a couple of dozen chips and rust spots. Im not supper concerned with appearance, but i dont want to have the headers fail. I will not be wrapping them.

Should I?:

1) do nothing (worried about rust/corrosion making holes in the tubes.)
2) sand, wire wheel and clean, paint with header paint.
3) send it somewhere to be re-coated? IF so where and how much$$ is that?

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1967 FE 390GT engine: 416 CID 233/238* @ 0.050 Solid Lifter w/ 4 spd TL.
1968 GT/CS Mustang. 289/c4
1995 Mercedes e320 I6 DOHC, 216 HP wagon.
2003 Tundra SR5, 4.7 DOHC, 4x4.
Another Galaxie (one day.)

Oh and a Bicycle - daily driver to save gas for the 'F'un 'E'xcursions.

But it will be all of 200 and maybe more in CA. There has got to be a local shop though, they are everywhere


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- 70 Fastback Mustang, 489 cid FE, TKO-600 5 speed, 3.70 9 inch
- 71 F100 shortbed 4x4, 397 cid FE, headers, Street Dominator, 280H, 5 lug Dana 60, 4 speed

Ive been calling around all day, cant find anyone still doing ceramic, only powder and a couple of chrome shops.

You see around here our water control boar and the bay area air quality management district (BAAQMD) have made almost impossible to renew permits for these types of shops...

and also our economy is in the tank and most small shops like that are shutting their doors.



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1967 FE 390GT engine: 416 CID 233/238* @ 0.050 Solid Lifter w/ 4 spd TL.
1968 GT/CS Mustang. 289/c4
1995 Mercedes e320 I6 DOHC, 216 HP wagon.
2003 Tundra SR5, 4.7 DOHC, 4x4.
Another Galaxie (one day.)

Oh and a Bicycle - daily driver to save gas for the 'F'un 'E'xcursions.

Caps Brite Hot Coatings
http://www.capsbhc.com/

It looks like their coating is from Tech Line Coatings (http://www.techlinecoatings.com/), and they list this company in Santa Clara:

Replika Maschinen
http://www.replikamaschinen.com/