Good day. I have a pair of one piece long tube headers that I would like to get coated since the engine is out of the car. I was looking at Jet-Hot, but seems expensive for their extreme coat 2500 at $300 per header. Anyone have any feedback or experience with them? Any other recommendations on similar companies doing the same coating?
That's the going rate, a few are a little cheaper but jet hot has a killer rep far as I know, its definitely worth doing tho
Jet Hot is #1 in my book. Coated a set of iron exhaust manifolds and an aluminum intake about 10 years ago, and they look perfect today. And I drive the car a lot.
I used JetHot on a Very different application. I had them coat the exhaust pipe on a Honda XR250 four stroke dirt bike. I’m thinking I had the bike for around 15 years after that. I was very pleased with how the their coating lasted. It never turned colors (maybe the dirt bikes pipes never reached the same temps that a V8 does). What did stand out was how I never had to deal with chips and rust (the main reason I had it done). That’s especially amazing considering how much dirt, mud, rocks etc the front tire throws up onto the pipes. As I remember the cost was around $200 back in ‘95. I would certainly use them again. Mark
I'll be using them on my TA shortys as soon as I get the test fitting done to make sure they don't need a massage anywhere.
I had this done on a set of headers. Between the sandblasting and cost it would be about the same for a new set. Plus selling your old set. It didn't help the shop i used sucked. I wouldn't recommend the crank shop in vt to anyone..
I jet hotted a Terry Houston Down Pipe Mild steel .Known to rust out with race gas in 1998.Raced the car for many years Pipe is still on and looking working fine 87 GN Money well spent
I used them on my Stage 2 long tube headers back in 2012. Definitely worth the money. Be aware that some of the less expensive companies do not coat the inside of the headers, only the outside.
I would go Jet-Hot. In the past I'd always used Calico Coatings. They are still in biz and, like Jet-Hot, were one of the first companies I became aware of who did this. Bought an uncoated set of headers from Kenne-Bell. They usually came chromed, but I think they used Doug Throley headers and sent them out to be chromed. I actually had good experience w/ a previous set--the chrome held up nicely. Not so good w/ Calico. Had the uncoated headers sent directly from K-B to Calico. Had them do ceramic coating on outside AND inside. Coated headers could NOT stand up to the Chicago road salt. Rested pretty quickly. When I contacted Calico they put the blame on me for not doing periodic "maintenance" on the headers--cleaning off the rust w/ steel wool, frequently. Hell, I thought the point of ceramic coatings was not having to "baby sit" the damn things! I have not heard similar stories about Jet-Hot, so I think they are worth the money. Best, Ranger Aiken, SC
