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Old Mar 7, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Charge pipe:

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Both & Waste gate:
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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sticks out like a sour thumb! get the manifold and down pipe done
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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^^^ Agreed.... Jet-Hot 2000, something that will last and look better than corrosion.
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 02:41 PM
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So what's the specs on your setup? Custom kit? PSI?
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 03:57 PM
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I just got my manifold and downpipe ceramic coated and it makes it look SOOOO much better

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Originally Posted by 318_tC
sticks out like a sour thumb! get the manifold and down pipe done
Agreed! +1
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by scandalous
I just got my manifold and downpipe ceramic coated and it makes it look SOOOO much better

That mani looks soooo familiar??!?!
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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Jeze - your gonna have one slick setup after that goes on. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw it wasnt coated was 'jeze ....it would be night and day if he did the manifold'
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by scandalous
I just got my manifold and downpipe ceramic coated and it makes it look SOOOO much better
Follow her lead!
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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where are you guys finding places to do powdercoating? online and you ship the parts out or something like the yellow pages?
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:37 PM
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So what's the specs on your setup? Custom kit? PSI?
Yeah I'm not used to seeing charge piping routed like that
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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where are you guys finding places to do powdercoating? online and you ship the parts out or something like the yellow pages?
I searched www.whitepages.com and in the category, put "power coating" and put in my zip code and it gave me a list of like 10 different powder coating shops in my area. I called a few to get the best price and dropped off the pipes.
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nice info
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by paul_dezod
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I just got my manifold and downpipe ceramic coated and it makes it look SOOOO much better

That mani looks soooo familiar??!?!
That’s Jet-Hot Sterling Extreme right? If so, that’s only good for 1400 degrees shine wise and 1700 before it burns off. A friend of mine coated his manifold with a normal 1200 degree coating, burned off in one month.
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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It's not Jet Hot at all. It's a high-temp traditional cermaic coating that holds up to 1500. My car is only driven 3-5 times a month and not for prolonged periods of time - so I'm not worried about the shine fading or burning off.
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Yea - my jethot on my header ....the shine went away very very fast. I was suprised because it looked so nice out of the box ....now it just looks grey.
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Driving a turbo charged tc only 3-5 times a month would kill me.
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 07:54 PM
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even if it was turbo'd, i wouldnt want to drive hers.... chipping the paint, scraping the widebody... EEEEKKKKKK!
Old Mar 7, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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Which is exactly why it is only driven to and from shows. Occasionally I'll take her out for a joy ride, though. The paint, kit, and wheels alone are enough to bankrupt me if something happened to them. LoL.
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