alrighty race fans.... lets talk exhaust coating
the exhaust wrap sucks. it would be fine if i could put it on, install everything as smooth as could be and never touch it again. but thats not the case. it dries up after being on there a few weeks and just dusts everything with fiberglass anytime you touch it. i mess with stuff to much under the hood or climbing under it while stuff is hot so running no thermal barrier is not an option.
I used DEI lava wrap stuff too, so not really cheap product issue.
Ive had stuff done by a local guy with the shiny ceramic coating but it didnt last long, the finish flaked off, it probably protected the part but thats not what i need since pretty much everything is stainless.
I am close to pulling the trigger on swaintech but looking at some long term/abused parts they start to bead out some of the product and it just looks like a chalky kind of finish.
A company I wanted to try out with last turbo car is called
https://www.zircotec.com/ but they are in the UK, makes shipping everything add a few hundred bux to the cost there and back. have been looking for somewhere here (in the US) that does the same process, there is several but not directly geared toward doing automotive applications so im worried parts will come back needing to be cleaned up due to prep/masking problems
