i installed my header less than a month ago and after driving around for a while, it turned colors like you would expect, but it didn't work out evenly as you can see in the picture. i'm thinking i may have gotten sweat or some kind of residue on it during the installation that caused it to discolor in some areas when it was exposed to high temperatures.

i don't know how to word this right but can anybody tell me how i can make it look like it's supposed to?
thanks

 

don't worry about the discoloration.. there's really no real "look" it's supposed to develop. No two headers will discolor quite the same, so why bother worrying about it? And personally, I think it looks fine (I see the areas you're talking about and it doesn't look bad). I think it just might be one of those things where you know about it so it's a big deal to you, but others don't really notice it unless you point it out.

 

I agree. I think its looks fine. Also if they all discolor differently.. then yours is unique.

 

I actually like how it turned out

 

it looks spiffy but if you dontwant the discolor tiedye look i think paint thinner takes it off for awhile but i comes back after a couple of weeks so your pretty much stuck with it

 

That header is awesome.

 

just spray some wd-40 were you want it to turn a different color but dont get carried away

 

There is nothing you can really do to keep the metal from changing colors. Its not just from gettings oils on it it also is from oxidation. Metals tend to oxidize slowly just from being in the atmosphere but when you add heat they oxidize really fast. That was causes that rainbow color on there, oxidation from the high heat.

 

i can understand how you feel, but honestly man its not like people will look at it and be like "wow the discoloration of your header is realllllyyyyyyy taking away from the beauty that is your civic"

 

it's not that he didn't want it to discolor, it's that he's concerned with how uneven the discoloration is. Like, look at the runner coming from cylinder #3 (the fingerprints or whatever). And even so, I still think it looks good.