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:


After 15 months/20k miles including on salty roads last winter:




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.

 

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?!

 

Only after the roads are cleared in the spring/when there's no snow, why?

 

I bet the coating would shine up if you took some really fine steel wool to it.

 

Who did your coating? There is a semi local shop that will do a miata manifold and T3 turbine housing for $100.

 

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