So I was doing an oil change and got a chance to inspect everything under the car and I noticed my hotshot headers were prettly badly rusted. It didnt look that bad a few months ago. I have a cattman catback thats been on much longer than the headers and no rust on that thing...Is the quality of the HS headers bad? I mean Im just concerned that over time the rust is gonna be so bad there will be patches of holes in the ypipe/header. Has anyone else with HS headers experienced this? I got mine used by the way with "1k miles on them"

 

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haha next oil change man

 

try to paint them with some high temp paint

 

Stainless steel is corrosion resistant, no such thing as rust proof. Heat and weather conditions/contamination all play a factor.

 

What he said....

And why is this in Advanced Performance?

 

I figured it should go in the All Motor section, sorry....go ahead and move it to the 5th gen section if thats more appropriate

Quoted from Brian Catts:

"4. I have nothing bad to say about Hotshot headers, but their mild steel, MIG-welded headers were never in quite the same league as the stainless steel, TIG-welded Cattman parts"

Looks like since they are not stainless steel, they're all the more prone to rust. I think I should take them off...since I have no pics the best I can describe the current condition is small bubbles of rust. Really hoping it wont get worse though. I think it would discourage buyers when I take them off too...

 

Didn't realize they were mild steel (I have Cattman ) They will continue to corrode, albiet slowly, unless you do something to stop it. If you have the means, I personally would pull them off and send them out to get coated. I know it is a lot of work to do so though, and add's to the cost you already paid for the headers.

Moving to general discussions btw.

 

mtrai...it sucks man. Im gonna pick up a set of cattman headers. These HS ones make a "fluttering" noice upon deceleration also. Im never buying used stuff again. Are his headers for the 5.5 still on back order? Atleast I know I'll be getting a quality product...

Also...whats a reasonable price to sell the HS headers for?

 

took the plunge and ordered cattman headers on monday

 

Nice. Cattman headers FTW!! One of my favorite mods.

Maybe sell your Hot Shot headers for 250ish??

 

My guess = they will sell VERY fast.

 

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yea...I priced them at $350 firm and so many people wanted them, some even offering more than I wanted. But I have a local buyer for them. They arent even THAT bad in terms of rust, but I just didnt want to have to worry about them getting worse. Who knows, mabye they wont