Heat Wrap Vs Ceramic Coat Downpipe

Coating has better reliability and durability and wrap has better heat holding.

Heat wrap vs ceramic coat downpipe.

Remove it and soak it in water until wet and squeeze out the rest. Posted in power and drivetrain. Heat wrap ceramic coated downpipe. These are generally cheaper srstinting from mississsauga does this for 1500 for 4 coats on your entire car with lifetime warranty.

Before i go throught with putting on my dp and up pipe i want to treat it what i can t decide is whether or not to heat wrap or coat. Since there is only one way out it allows for your exhaust. Wrapping cuts the heat way more than coating. Ceramic coat keeps your car looking clean bird poop and small debris comes off easily but it is not protection against paint chipping from small rocks and such hitting your car.

Both ceramic coated headers and exhaust wraps improve horsepower so let s go over their pros and cons and see which one is best for you. Page 1 of 2 ceramic coating ams downpipe necessity. My profile my preferences my mates. Look at the downpipe on page 10 vs turbine housing.

Ceramic coated headers ceramic coated exhaust parts this is a spray on finish that s infused with heat insulating ceramics. Ceramic coating and exhaust wraps is a way to trap the heat within your exhaust pipes and thus causes it to quickly heat up and expand. Heat wrap 1 04 10 2006 07 57 pm by blkwgn. So i wrapped the dp top to cat back flange and it seems to perform better.

Heat wrap thoughts. Edited by nickto 25 august 2014. Some paint protection films are equipped with a hydrophobic clear coat but they often do not perform at the same level as a full ceramic coating. Factory 2 0l turbo powertrain ej series factory 2 0l turbo.

Dei makes a header wrap paint or use a good 1500deg ceramic engine paint. I always use header wrap and apply a sealer to it. Back about 2 months ago i swapped out my hks d p for a massive txs style bellmouth d p. However ceramic coatings do have their strength particularly in terms of the hydrophobic surface they create.

The wrap is now wet and will twist tighter and contour to the bend better.