Bonneville America Forums Forums Technical Forums Exhaust Blues cure?

ok i have looked at old posts recent posts and still don't have a definitve answer. So here is my story and maybe some of the experienced members can add some input
02 TBA bought used with only 500 miles on it.
I thought it would be cool to wrap the exhaust headers with
high heat wrap from the head to the stock exhaust pipe clamp
ran like that 100 miles noticed the clamps turning gold didn't worry. Then left side ignition coil goes out
(got lucky by finding exhaust on left side to be cold and had no power it was like riding a moped.)So I leave the wrap off thinking it might have caused head to over heat
causing ignition coil failure. Then my pipes turn blue!
So I polish my headers with semi chrome still have blue and gold pipes. I can't stand the headers being any other color than chrome or black. I went to my local high heat ceramic
powder coat shop they can treat the pipes to match my frame paint good up to 2000 degrees
THE QUESTION IS CAN I PUT THE WRAP BACK ON OR TREAT THE HEADERS WITH 2000 DEGREE COATING WITHOUT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE HEADS?

if no one knows the answer that is fine but at least give me some personal suggestions pretty please?

When you wrap your headers, the wrap acts like insulation by retaining heat within the pipe. By retaining more heat, you have probably retained enough heat to turn things that normally don't turn color (i.e., your clamps). I see no connection between wrapping the pipes and coil failure. That's all opinion though.

I believe that sometimes, when the heat level is high enough or the blueing hasn't been removed quickly enough, the discoloration may be nearly imposible to remove.

I have also seen ceramic coating that looks like stainless steel in appearance. Tou may want to consider that instead of black - just a suggestion.

Personally, the only reason I would use heat wrap is to permanantly hide my headers (i.e., discolored beyond repair)

i would go with an Air Injection removal kit (can be gotten through brent) and that will help your problem with the pipes turning blue.

After you remove the AI, get some nice mother's chrome polish and most of the discoloration will come out

I have had my pipes wraped, and Epcos powder coated for just over 4k, with no problems.