Date:         Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:04:28 -0800
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
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Check the Yellow Pages for Ceramic Coating or call a speed shop and see who they recommend.  Or you can Google Jet-Hot Coating and see what turns up.  That's a brand name but you'll find alternatives.   I called the engine guy who'd just helicoiled my cylinder head and he referred me.  I got a quote for about $20/foot for my system locally, but a three-week turnaround.  The guy could have given a more precise quote on seeing it.  I was willing to spend the money (my wife was not), but wanted to go camping as soon as I could finish since I'd already gotten the time off from work.  
 
Also, the coating guy suggested installing the new system completely to make sure everything fits properly, then remove it for coating.  Lots of work, but without the coating you'd probably do the same job twice more anyway.
 
Stephen

--- On Mon, 2/27/12, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:


From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, February 27, 2012, 2:11 PM


---- Robert Stevens <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> A suggestion: regardless of which header/muffler acquired, have everything ceramic coated.
> If that sounds expensive, calculate the cost of replacing this system everything 5 years or so
> (depending on which part of the country you are in) and see if the coating and resultant extended
> life that comes with that, offsets the replacement cost.

where do I get such a thing done, and for what price?

mcneely

>
> Disclaimer: this may not apply as much to OE/stock engine vans as much as it seems to
> for vans with engine conversions, with which I have some experience. I've found that the
> best (so far) exhaust system is made from mild steel then coated.
>
> Bob

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David McNeely