MACs new coating

[myponyrocks]

As much as I love my pro-chamber sound... MAC get your crap together....

Pipes have seen 1 winter, but thats not excusable

 

[sgarlic]

So what's the question? Are those the coated ones or not? Either way, looks like you need to wash the underbody a little more often.

 

[tomustang]

That is something Mac has lacked in for a long time, but still I buy for the sound.

 

[STNG_96]

I just wash off the underside of my car regularly, Ive never had a problem.

 

[myponyrocks]

Its not a question, its a statement. If I woulda known better I woulda got the SS version and had it coated myself. Just warning people.

I love the sound, but new and improved coating is a fat lie.

*EDIT* I wash my car underside and topside minimum 1x a week.

 

[Mossberg]

I don't get it.

 

[myponyrocks]

I don't get it.

If you get MAC stuff even with thier "new" coating, get it powdercoated or ceramic coated professionally

 

[Gearbanger 101]

How old is the system?

 

[mity2]

i painted my Mac prochamber with 1500F header paint, and let it burn it bit. almost no rust(little on weld) 1.5years later..

 

[blackink00]

that sucks. im glad i got my bassani. no rust at all nor ever will be.

 

[lockw33d]

i painted my Mac prochamber with 1500F header paint, and let it burn it bit. almost no rust(little on weld) 1.5years later..

Ive got some 2000F grill paint that i got from lowes, ive been wondering if that will work or not, but there is kinda already a coating on them. I bought them used and they kinda have a crussty chalky coating on them. Should i try to sand that stuff off or just paint over it??

 

[myponyrocks]

I'm probly just gonna paint em with that stuff that eats rust and transforms the rust into a new coating.

 

[tomustang]

That rustoium (sp?) I don't think that's high temp.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

They ARE exhaust pipes... Aren't they supposed to look like crap?

 

[mity2]

Ive got some 2000F grill paint that i got from lowes, ive been wondering if that will work or not, but there is kinda already a coating on them. I bought them used and they kinda have a crussty chalky coating on them. Should i try to sand that stuff off or just paint over it??

i would. but header pain is ceramic based paint. like that of brake caliper paint. donno is grill pain is or not tho

 

[myponyrocks]

They ARE exhaust pipes... Aren't they supposed to look like crap?

Maybe in 5 years... not 1.

That rustoium (sp?) I don't think that's high temp.

Crap I think you're right Oh well, I'll just get some high temp black then.

 

['03GTinFLA]

+1 for what Kilgore said.
My ceramic coated LT's are rust free but my prochamber has a rust film on the welds, but who cares. They work great and the only ones that see the exhaust are the small animals that can't run fast enough.

 

[umachme]

MAC = CRAP they are usually the cheapest "mainstream" catback and usually have problems fitting... ie. my swap headers... Pipes can rust from the inside out so I dont see a coating being a "cure all." It's all in the material they are made out of... MAC add's rust to there production line

 

[Gearbanger 101]

Ehhh, I'll agree with you that their headers are junk (at least for the OHV engines anyway) but I was quite impressed with their cat-backs and mid-pipe. I had an older system, that looked pretty much like the one above did fairly early on in it's lifetime, but 6-years later, when I sold the car, it hadn't changed a bit. Still looked like it did after the first year it was on.....and still sounded great.