How to clean rust off of BBK headers?

[Brian992V]

Have a set of the chrome headers that has rust. What could I use to clean them up?

Thanks

 

[Turd Tops]

Steel wool. Give them that brushed look.

 

[QUICK91LX]

he is right on the steel wool. then some polish.

 

[1991notchbackLX]

my longtubes rusted so i Thermo-Tec wrapped them and then painted them with their hi-heat coating, turned out awesome and actually helps you pick up some miniscule amount of power (negligible on a close-to-stock set-up but a surprising increase on race motors and high horsepower applications)

http://www.thermotec.com/dynamometer-tests.html

 

[mob]

Doesnt header wrap cause more rust?

 

[skunk21]

headerwrap can rot out headers, it's not really used for daily driven cars. There are some threads about this on other sites. Like the others stated, get some steel wool and just work at it, you will be amazed at how much it removes. Follow it up with some qaulity high temp paint and you should be good to go.

 

[5.0Droptop]

sand blast them

 

[Chuckman]

wish i woulda seen this BEFORE i bolted my headers back on, they could use a good refinish

 

[1991notchbackLX]

Doesnt header wrap cause more rust?

headerwrap can rot out headers, it's not really used for daily driven cars. There are some threads about this on other sites. Like the others stated, get some steel wool and just work at it, you will be amazed at how much it removes. Follow it up with some qaulity high temp paint and you should be good to go.

i was neither aware of this, nor have i had any problems for going on a year and a half oh well, if they rot out they'll be replaced