Poll: hooker sidepipes- sterling or flat black coating?
10-17-2004, 08:17 PM
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Poll: hooker sidepipes- sterling or flat black coating?
Its time to get my sidepipes ceramic coated.
I cannot make up my mind what colour I want the sterling finish or flat black like they are currently painted.
So I have decided to let the forum decide.
Here's what she used to look like--- and willl look like when I get done the restoration.
I cannot make up my mind what colour I want the sterling finish or flat black like they are currently painted.
So I have decided to let the forum decide.
Here's what she used to look like--- and willl look like when I get done the restoration.
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10-17-2004, 08:31 PM
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Thats tough...Its taken me months to decide. I ordered the ceramic package from summit this morning. I think it would depend on the color of your car, and what type of wheels/rims you have. Ceramic does shine up nicely, and looks great with crome wheels...some of the guys on here have that package and those are some bad azz look'n cars. I had to do it too! To top it off I went with the Spiral Turbo Baffles. I'll post a pic when I'm finished...you do the same please. Check out this guys who I've not seen on this forum: http://www.c3sharktank.com/scott/my81now.html
10-17-2004, 08:35 PM
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Sorry about that.
Its a 78 that will be painted light mettalic blue(similar to 77 light blue) with stock ralley's on it for now but polished aluminum rims in the future.
I am in the process ofo trying to find my home page so I can post a picture.
Its a 78 that will be painted light mettalic blue(similar to 77 light blue) with stock ralley's on it for now but polished aluminum rims in the future.
I am in the process ofo trying to find my home page so I can post a picture.
10-17-2004, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by carguy4sure
What color and what year is your vette. A pic may help.
I just destroyed my Hookers two weeks ago because I was "not happy"
I mentioned a few months ago that my Metallic Ceramic Thermal Barrier
Coated one year old Hooker Side exhaust setup peeled.
...no one believed me.
They looked like crap and kept peeling, so I went and sandblasted them with Aluminum Oxide or something of the sort. I bought some 1500 degree resistant black paint and painted them using 16 tins of the stuff.
Then had it baked for three hours.
Now they're black.
I still have my 90" piece of 308SS that I bought a few months ago, but can't find a way to bend the 4"ID SS pipe.
I'll have to cut it and then weld a 1/4 piece of a 90 degree U onto it.
The problem now is that my side pipe headers are black and I'll have a set of 308SS side pipes to compliment them
I'm trying to find a way to paint the headers chrome....can't find high temp chrome paint!!
10-17-2004, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MikeC
The problem is I currently have a set of the black ones and the budget does not allow for the purchase of new sidepipes.
I figure that that is what screwed my Hookers!!!
Hot Hookers getting splashed by very cold water as you hit a puddle every now and again.
10-17-2004, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Summerfun
Do you drive in winter at all.....say for example a sunny early March day?
I figure that that is what screwed my Hookers!!!
Hot Hookers getting splashed by very cold water as you hit a puddle every now and again.
I figure that that is what screwed my Hookers!!!
Hot Hookers getting splashed by very cold water as you hit a puddle every now and again.
10-18-2004, 12:26 AM
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Melting Slicks
bought mine chromed 14 yrs ago, then 7 yrs ago sent them to jet-hot and had them dechromed and jethot coated in the lustre finish. couldn't be happier w/the results. just took the sidepipes off to install the STS mufflers and the insides of the sidepipe look like new still. 
10-18-2004, 01:06 AM
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After my last set of Jet Coated headers rusted on me I don't trust them and went with chrome. I figured if they will rust anyway why not go with the best looking ones.
10-18-2004, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Corey_68
After my last set of Jet Coated headers rusted on me I don't trust them and went with chrome. I figured if they will rust anyway why not go with the best looking ones.
10-18-2004, 09:11 AM
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Jet-Hot coated. Happy so far. Any marks seem to come off with just a little metal polish.
10-18-2004, 10:45 AM
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Given your choice of wheel, I'd say you'd be happiest with Sterling. I think the black and/or white pipes look best with racing wheels that have little/no lustre.
10-18-2004, 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by rosslato
how long did u have them on there for till they rusted?
The headers were for my C4 vert, and it took about 8yrs for them to develop rust spots and to turn colors. Maybe I had a bad coating job, not sure but I think a couple members also had to send their headers back because of rust.
