Someone wrote about the coating on their header pipe pealing. I mentioned this to my brother in law who has been twisting wrenches on everything BUT Harleys all his life. In the spirit of sharing read this and comment with your experiences:

Go to this website: www.jet-hot.com. This is ceramic coating which will keep the pipes cooler and will last a long time. They come in various colors but black and polished are probably the most popular. My brother in law owns five bikes (Dukati and BMW) and routinely sends every header pipe to them. Cost is reasonable ( $100 for two pipes) and the work will last. Use the series 1300 coating for bike headers. Largest selection of colors.

 

I used Jet Hot Coatings on a Buick Grand National's downpipe years back and there was a definite drop in temp under the hood as well as the fact that you could feel the difference when your hand was near the pipe.

 

Jet hot does awesome work. I had the headers a few of my Mustangs done and I believe I may have even picked up a few pounds of boost from the turbos.

 

I talked with this company a few minutes ago and they have a hell of a warrantee...life!

I asked about re-doing my heat shields (mine don't need it yet as they are new) but they said $40 per running foot but remember there is only one surface you will see on a heat shield unlike the muffler where the whole outside diameter is seen.

Mufflers or heat shields that are chromed need to be stripped first ($50 ea. piece) then re-coated in ceramic for $165 for the muffler, plus the heat shields at per foot price.

Man, their headers for the cars and trucks on that site look freakin awesome.

 

The heat shield should be done on both sides to keep the heat down. Also, did you ask if the price for the pipes includes both inside and outside? Just for fun I am looking into having a set of headers fabricated out of stainless steel that will go into either a Bassani Muffler or D and D Bob Cat. I would have the headers ceramic coated inside and out. I believe the shiny ceramic coat finish on the pipes with the Carbon Fiber muffler would be pretty cool and unique.

 

I looked back at the posting and it was his heat shields.

 

On the Jet-Hot website, it says one piece pipes (like Thunderheaders) are only coated on the outside. So I'd imagine the heat shields would get coating on both sides, while the pipes would depend on whether they're one piece or have separate headpipes and main body.

 

I've used Jet Hot before in Silver and it looks great. They do good work.
Be warned however that a great deal of care must be taken when reinstalling as the ceramic can be chipped.

Also, although heat shields can be ceramic coated, they are required to be. Any color regular powder coat may be used as heat shields don't get hot enough to require ceramic.

 

Good point. However, coating the inner surface of the heat shield will block a substantial amount of heat transfer to the outer surface. I used to use it on race bikes that had underseat exhaust. I always had the heat shields coated to keep the heat from the seat and bodywork. The stuff really works well.

 

^- this is true and not... for example touring bikes if you want to run powder coated shields you ahve to pull the cat out... on dyna's if you dont have the propper jets/tune in your bike powder will not hold up on your shields either... another option is high temp powder... we coat headers all the time in this and it holds up great... just be sure if you are going to use regular powder your sheilds your bike is set up for it and it is done right

just so you know high temp works great if you propperly do your cure cycles... here are some we have done!