| Author | Message | ||
     Pikeben08 |
What are stock x1 headers made of? I noticed they aren't magnetic. There isnt stainless under that grey/silver coating is there? | ||
| Two_seasons |
Stainless. What grade it is I'm not sure of. | ||
| Pikeben08 |
So...could it be polished? Is it hard to remove the coating? | ||
| Littlebuggles |
If your headers are coated they've probably got a ceramic finish on them. Stock headers polish beautifully, here's an example:  Supertrapp mufflers are a nice stainless steel that polishes up nicely as well:  | ||
| Littlebuggles |
Sand the paint off if it's not aging well, or use a chemical stripper, bead blast, or other. You'll want to use a medium grit so there's not any super deep scratches to polish out as you work your way up to higher grit papers. I used a red flap disk with layers scotch-brite and sanding medium in my drill to remove the factory machining in the metal, then went from 500 grit to 2000 in stages. That was the first time I polished it, eight years later I took it all to a local metal polisher and they cleaned up really well for about $100. | ||
| Jolly |
I sent mine into jet hot coating and had the ceramic coated in polished looking finish. they last a long time with no visible wear to them and I dont have to continue staying after them with polish. Ive done it to my X1 and my S1 now. | ||
| Pikeben08 |
Cool, thanks guys! How much did the jet hot cost? Now to get the dent out of my header. I've been trying the freezing technique, but after three tries, I still have a dent. Maybe i'll have to get another header. |
