Should the RRM headers rust?? I thought ceramic coating was supposed to prevent this.. Ive only had it on since they came out which isnt that long ago, but there is rust at the bottom of the header and where it connects to the dp. Enough rust to look really really ugly and just aggravate me.

 

well I'd sand down the rust by hand, lightly and pick a color of paint ,black for me but whatever and that should be the end of it....IMO

 

yeah but those headers arent even that old and their rusting already he shouldnt have to sand anything down, but but hes going to have to i guess, maybe you just got a bad set of headers.

 

Ceramic coated exhaust parts still have to be maintained. Gently clean the header with soap and water. Then, take a microfiber cloth and some gentle metal polish and gently polish it back to shiny.

 

^that sounds like too much work to keep your headers from rusting, the headers on my old focus never rusted in the 3 years i had it. something just doesnt sound right to me, it doesnt make sense

 

yea i didnt think it made sense either. but im trading her in so im not as mad as i SHOULD be. im gonna try and get pics this weekend. i took another look at the rust and its pretty much the entire dp thats rusted. and i mean looks like total crap.

 

it shouldnt be like that, maybe its the fact that you got all that snow this winter, but i still dont understand b/c from what i know they only use sand in new england instead of salt. it really has me puzzled

 

may sound like a hella noob here but can you powder coat them?

 

^^you could. and now im going to have to go look at my header, i havent noticed any rust just that the welds right at the flange are discolored now but thats expected.

 

Ceramic coating will rust if not cleaned oftenly.
Just go purchase some naval jelly, slap it on and call it a day....

 

nice......and even better when you start up your car and that stuff burns off....

 

Naval jelly usually takes rust off in a matter of seconds depending on how bad the rust problem is. You dont leave it on the vehicle. Just wipe it on, wait a while and wipe it off.

 

^thats something new, ive never heard of using that.

 

Clean them and paint them

 

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