flat_black
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So, I unpolished mine. Brushed SS OBX header. Sweet. A little Scotch-Brite and some elbow grease, and I think it worked out nicely.
I hate polished stainless...
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flat_black
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Mmm... Probably no more than fifteen or twenty minutes. It was pretty quick. I took my time to make it as uniform as I could, too, so it shouldn't take anyone very long to do.
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Rism said:
I was wondering about that. Brushed looks way better than the bling, but on a header isn't it going to change color? Rism, do you have any pics now that it is fubar? I guess that you could spray it with that super high temp 1500* header paint...
flat_black
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Nope, header paint wouldn't work. That stuff flakes off super quick, anyway, and would really ruin the finish of the SS.
I didn't snap a before pic, sorry. =( I know there's a bajillion of these headers out there, so I figured that you guys have seen it in it's polished form. =)
By the by, I've already traveled 200 miles on it, and it does bronze, and IMO, it looks great. =) I like the bronzed look, and don't like it when it's polished, perse. The rest of my exhaust is brushed stainless as well, and it looks a lot more natural, but really nice. I'll snap a picture of it a little later, when I get a new SmartMedia card. Mine puked. Hehe.
I didn't snap a before pic, sorry. =( I know there's a bajillion of these headers out there, so I figured that you guys have seen it in it's polished form. =)
By the by, I've already traveled 200 miles on it, and it does bronze, and IMO, it looks great. =) I like the bronzed look, and don't like it when it's polished, perse. The rest of my exhaust is brushed stainless as well, and it looks a lot more natural, but really nice. I'll snap a picture of it a little later, when I get a new SmartMedia card. Mine puked. Hehe.
flat_black
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Yeah, I'll grab some once I get the new flash card for the camera.
Rism said:
He's right eddie, it does look like s*** after a while. I left mine stainless polished and looks pretty cool these days. Like multi-color gold. However, I really should clean my engine bay..
flat_black
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Whaddaya mean? You had the cleanest engine bay at the NEPOC meet! Then again, your engine did just get dropped in at that point. 
Hehe.
Yeah, my engine bay looks pretty bad, too, just due to all the grime, oxidization, and so on. Uugh.
Anyway, we'll see how the header turns out. I put so many miles on my car, and I have an autocross event this weekend in Ayer, so we'll see what it looks like after some extreme heat cycling. Hehe.
Hehe.Yeah, my engine bay looks pretty bad, too, just due to all the grime, oxidization, and so on. Uugh.
Anyway, we'll see how the header turns out. I put so many miles on my car, and I have an autocross event this weekend in Ayer, so we'll see what it looks like after some extreme heat cycling. Hehe.
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