Mr.Whitey

As long as the stainless being used won't get surface rust the coating should be fine. I am not sure, but I would assume that Kooks are 304, which will not surface rust. Provided the coating is a quality product, it's not the coating that is failing...it's the material. The black coatings are generally used for higher temp conditions, but it scratches off much easier than the ceramic coatings.

SS MPSTR

I opted not to coat my Kooks on my C6. They look really cool as they are, and heat is not an issue.

bowtiepwr

>I'm glad I didn't ask you...
the reason for the swap was for emissions and I know the Kooks LT will match up to their Y pipe with cats.
and I have someone that will take the jetHots off me for a little bit of cash.

plus whats $1222.22 when you get what you want

pHEnomIC

I read an article somewhere that actually said coating stainless steel headers was a bad choice. Stainless has different thermal properties and coating them isn't optimal.

Mr.Whitey

While I'm not doubting what you're saying, I can say that I've coated countless sets of stainless headers and never had a single problem.

bowtiepwr

>thats interesting, and I will have to look into that.
just noticed that Airborn Coatings moved out of East Hartford, Ct.
http://www.airborncoatings.com/homepage.html
I like to go local if I decide to coat these.