Ceramic or Stainless
 

I am doing a full I/H/E on my 1999 civic si. I have already decided on a AEM v2, but the headers i cant decide between greddy, and dc sports, is ceramic better, it is cheaper than the stainless, and what is a good cat back. oh and where i can get a high flow cat

RE: Ceramic or Stainless
 

well a cermaic should look the same.....

and a stainless will shine realy nice and then change colors after so much run time... BUT i think a stainless steel header would last longer cause it shouldnt rust...

i think ceramics burn off after along time and at least the ones ive seen used look preaty rusty :(

RE: Ceramic or Stainless
 

you mean after exactly 2-5 minutes of run time haha

and it doesnt matter what you get...i beleive the ceramic coated ones give off less heat
but who would want that when you can have a cool purple, brown, gray, black, blue header?!?! :D

RE: Ceramic or Stainless
 

ya i like the colors mine turned BUT main thing you want to do is WEAR BRAND NEW THICK COTTON GLOVES when instaling the stainlesssteel header... the bottom parts dont need much cause cause no one realy sees them.LOL but that top part is what everyone sees.
ive had mine for about a year now still looks preaty good... just alittle yellow and only like one purple mark on the header where OF COURSE my dad had to touch looking at the header. :(
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...X/DSC00275.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...X/DSC00276.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...X/DSC00277.jpg
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...X/DSC00278.jpg


alittle dirty tho.... but its been on my motor for about a year now. alittle care when you pull the header out of the box and during instal as well and just DONT TOUCH IT..... if ya clean it either hose it down or use a new rag to wipe them down. i wouldnt use any kinda cleaner on it!