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Speedfreaks101
| Posted on Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 12:03 am: |
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I know there was a composition change but has anyone actually polished the 08-09 header? Did it rust afterward? |
Spacecapsule1
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 11:25 am: |
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bump |
Ochoa0042
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 04:13 pm: |
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yea some on here have polished their headers, as I recall they are stainless steel, but have also seen mild rusting on some polished or not. if you want em polished go for it |
Zatco81
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 04:31 pm: |
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I polished mine last night but I have an 03. I can say if you do this I would cover the engine with masking paper or something. The polish I used was really hard to get off the black texture of the engine. YMMV... |
Bads1
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 04:49 pm: |
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Hes talking 08-09 headers. Well you'll have to bring down the coating by sanding it first then work you way down the ladder to fine wet sanding. Thing is I understand the quality of the stainless on the 08-09 headers is not as good as earlier years so you may see alittle bit more rusting going on then I do on my 04 header. Either way though it sounds like you have the issue none the less so do it up if you ask me. |
Zatco81
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 04:57 pm: |
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Hence why I said "...but I have an 03" I think my other piece of advice is relevant regardless of year. |
Bads1
| Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 08:44 pm: |
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I polish my 03 as well. Really don't need to cover anything if careful. Any polish that you get on black cases can easily be removed with some WD-40 or in my case I use Honda contact cleaner. Relax Zatco!! |
Zatco81
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 08:08 am: |
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I'm relaxed...just sayin. Thanks for the tip on the WD-40, I'll try that, soapy water didn't work. |
Court
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 11:22 am: |
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>>>>I recall they are stainless steel My headers, studs, nuts and muffler . . . at 2,000 miles . . . are not looking "very stainless".
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Gunut75
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 02:16 pm: |
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The muffler is NOT stainless! |
Zatco81
| Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 - 02:30 pm: |
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They don't look the best but I'm getting them coated this winter so I didn't want to put a lot of time into them. They look good enough until coating.
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Spacecapsule1
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:13 am: |
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those look better than coating. once coated the appearance won't be as brilliant as what you have pictured above.... |
1_mike
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 11:41 am: |
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There are, many....grades of stainless steel. Some more resistant to corrosion than others. The more restant..the higher the cost. Mike |
Ourdee
| Posted on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 05:31 pm: |
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5967 miles on my 08XT. Here's the muffler.
It has a couple of little dings in it. I'm not complaining, it was a free replacement. The dealer did re-use my three straps, but put a new clamp on the front where the header hooks up. I kind of think it was a takeoff they had sitting on a shelf, but like I said, I don't care for free. I need to get it off before winter for some extra paint. |