Man oh man. I took a look at my jet hot's from under the car last night Well even with the limited driving I have done this winter, the dam chicago winter took their toll on my poor jet-hot's. This is my DD, so I can understand that the coating didn't hold up a full year. Well surface rust crept up on them, as well as some of the under carrige. There is no way around it, unless I kept it out of the rain and snow, and garage keep it.

So I figured when I do the heads and cam, I'll send these suckers back out. They haven't really even been on a year. So for those of you who have sent your Jet-Hot's back for recoating under warranty........

How long did it take to get them back?

Did you have prove your purchase? I hope I still have my warranty card!!!

Am I better off just paying to have a local shop refurbish and recoat them?

Thanks guys.

Mike

 

I am going to be sending mine in for recoating soon.

I just called up Jet Hot and they gave me that address to send them to.
He also gave me my customer number.
That was quite a few months ago so I don't know if the procedure has changed.

I'll be sending them back very shortly but I need to weld an EGR tube on mine because emissions are now required.

 

ty!

 

you can pass emissions w/ long tubes as long as they have the EGR tube?

i was under the impression that you couldnt.

 

yeah, my impression was that LTs weren't smog legal, not due to the AIR/EGR provisions, but because it moved the location of your cats.

 

i thought the jet hot coating was supposed to stop rust? or is it just to trap heat more?

 

Jet-Hot hasn't stopped any rust on my headers. They started rusting about 4 months after I got them and now the bottom side is completely rusted out. Many others have reported rust with in months after install even on cars that are NOT daily driven. I would like to send mine back but whats the point if they will just rust again. I'm sure as heck not doing another header install for nothing . Plus my car is a daily driver so I can't have it not running for however long it would take. Definitely don't get Jet-Hot for rust protection !!

-Bryan

 

If you dont want your headers to rust then you gotta go with stainless.

 

I only have to deal with a visual inspection in my area.
I imagine that long tubes would make it hard to pass a sniffer.

 

Nope, Mine 160k car passed w/ flying colors w/ long tubes.

 

Are the stainless steel headers 100% proven to never rust? Because I have seen stainless steel get surface rust before. So IMO why should I spend the extra 300-400 bucks when I still have a chance of them getting rust? Keep in mind I'm in the midwest.

Thanks for the input guys. Yea I normally wouldn't just take the time to pull them out to send them out for recoating. But later on this year when I have to do the heads and cam, it will be a perfect time to do so.

Mike

 

Ditto. For some reason the coating seems to stay on parts that are stainless steel. My SLP headers have been on my car for 3 yrs and the coating hasn't flaked off at all. I also bought my headers used from a guy off this board so they may have been coated for many yrs before that.

 

Some stainless steel will suffer from surface corrosion. 409 is the least expensive stainless and will show some surface rust, but it will last far, far longer than mild steel. The surface rust development is a property of the 409. 304 will stay good just about indefinitely. Hooker, Jet-Hots, and Pacesetters are all mild steel. The available coatings will help with corrosion and heat retention. SLP headers are 409 stainless. Kook's headers are 304 stainless.

 

thank you for the information.

 

What do you have on your car? Egr/Air fittings and cats?