Painting/Coating Headers

I used POR-15 on all my suspension parts and it worked fantastic. That was in 05 and they still look great. Since it worked so good on the suspension I thought it'd be equally as good on the headers but it wasn't. Lasted less than a year and rust was popping out everywhere. Within 3 years they looked almost as bad as yours. I then pulled them back off and blasted them perfectly clean again and used VHT and it lasted about 2 yrs. and was back to rust again. This spring I pulled them off again (I'm a glutton for punishment) and once again blasted them perfectly clean and tried Eastwood's high temp coating. Got about 500 miles on it and rust is starting to pop through again. My opinion is nothing short of hi-temp ceramic coating is worth your time and money. Especially when they are such a PITA to R&R. Got a new set of Doug's ceramic coated headers coming so I can throw the ill fitting Hookers in the dumpster.