I have my Pacesetter Header on order and when I get it I will be painting it with the highest temp paint I can find. My question is Should I give it like two coats or plenty of coats. Is more better or worse for the high temp.

I think no matter how manny coats of paint you give,it will burn off
or turn into a dull color!

Make sure you strip the black paint off the header, then paint it. I say give it about 3-4 coats of paint. Greg Perry painted his pacesetter header, and it lasted for quite some time.

Originally posted by TREYDEE
I think no matter how manny coats of paint you give,it will burn off
or turn into a dull color!

I disagree. :D

I have Greg Perry's header on my G20 now. When I received it, it was in great shape. No rust or corrosion at all. I stripped it down back to the bare metal and repainted it again after the local shop welded a crack *** appeared between the #1 and #4 primaries. Look at it now going on maybe 6 months or so.

http://nismopc.tripod.com/exhaust.htm

Scroll to the bottom. It has no signs of rust at all.

Originally posted by NismoPC

I have Greg Perry's header on my G20 now. When I received it, it was in great shape. No rust or corrosion at all. I stripped it down back to the bare metal and repainted it again after the local shop welded a crack *** appeared between the #1 and #4 primaries. Look at it now going on maybe 6 months or so.



What did you use to strip the paint?

Steve

You can use BIX or some other paint stripper to take the paint off. Or a wire brush on the end of a drill. If and when I get a PS header, I'm going to strip the paint and finish the welding job that PS didn't when they tack welded the pipes to the plate. Then have it ceramic coated or paint it with ceramic based high temp paint. Make sure your first coat is very light, just misting it and don't try to cover in the first two coats. Make sure you leave plenty of time between coats, at least 10-15 minutes or longer. Read the can and figure 5 minutes over what they say, the more the better. I'd do at least 4-6 light coats. Then let that sob bake in the sun for awhile, or bake it in the oven, I think Greg did that once, so you'll have to ask him for the recipe. But let that paint get nice a hard before you install the header.

Originally posted by thepep

What did you use to strip the paint?
Steve

A wire bristle brush bit and a drill.

All you have to do is this...

If you buy the 1500 degree paint:
- Paint the header in light coats (3-4)
- Let header dry
- Install header within 6 hours of painting (Must follow this)
- Drive car for 1 hour to cure
--OR--
- Put header in oven at 600 degrees for 1 hour to cure
- DONE!

If you buy the 1200 degree paint:
- Paint the header in light coats (3-4)
- Let header dry
- Install header
- DONE!

It's not rocket science. :rolleyes:

That's some good info NismoPC.

It's not rocket science.

No, it's not, but there are various right ways to do things, some are more right than others.

I used some spray on paint remover. Some sections of the paint bubbled away to bare metal. I then power washed off what I could, and I was able to peel away big giant gobs of paint.

Then I sprayed on more remover, and let it dry before painting it. Took maybe 30 minutes. I sanded it a bit, then washed it off again and let it dry.

Then I shot on 3 or 4 coats of 1200* paint, let it sit overnight then installed it. 3 weeks later its still lookin good.