Question on wrapping headers...

TrueBlue95GT

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I just bought some longtubes and they're chrome BBK's. However they do have a small amount of rust on them, because they were used for 1000 miles. Is there a way I could totally strip them of the chrome and the rust, so that I could paint them with high temp paint and then wrap them? Is there a way to leave the chrome on there and paint over it or would it not adhere? What should I do basically.

 

GRGT1994

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Is this a 1/4 mile only car? I have read that header wrap is quite bad for a DD. The headers will be completely shot in no time. Run some searches on header wrap and I'm sure you'll see plenty on this.

 

TrueBlue95GT

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ok so I see what you mean. What else can I do to get rid of this rust?

 

GRGT1994

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Maybe you could take them to a paint shop? Or send them somewhere for the jet hot coating.

Here are a couple of recent threads where other's have painted headers:

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=564514&highlight=paint+header

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=545295&highlight=paint+header