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cjernigan asked me a while back about how my ceramic coating from BEGi was holding up, and this past weekend I was able to get a couple pics.
Brand new: Attachment 215420 After 15 months/20k miles including on salty roads last winter: Attachment 215421 Attachment 215422 As you can see, it's faded a bit and some surface rust has come through near the head. The SS downpipe doesn't look nearly as pretty as it used to, either. |
Thanks again for throwing me those pictures before. I've never seen stainless do that. Wonder what kind of stainless they use.
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Boy, that's pretty depressing. My manifold is uncoated, but I had my downpipe done by a local shop and though it's not exposed to road salt it still looks great after a year of operation. The shine has dulled somewhat, but nowhere near as bad as that poor Bell manifold looks.
I wonder if the choice of shop (and therefore the choice of coating manufacturer / process) makes a serious difference? |
Do you park inside a salt silo?!
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Only after the roads are cleared in the spring/when there's no snow, why?
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I bet the coating would shine up if you took some really fine steel wool to it.
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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 171200)
Boy, that's pretty depressing. My manifold is uncoated, but I had my downpipe done by a local shop and though it's not exposed to road salt it still looks great after a year of operation. The shine has dulled somewhat, but nowhere near as bad as that poor Bell manifold looks.
I wonder if the choice of shop (and therefore the choice of coating manufacturer / process) makes a serious difference? |
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