I have a toxicfab exhaust manifold, when I received it looked awesome!

now it looks dull and “rusted” it still performs great but looking to have the show finish again

Any tips?

 

There maybe better options , but what comes to mind is taking it off and sand blasting it ?

 

I don’t think you can get that brand new look again. The SS going through heat cycles turns that golden brown color. You could have it ceramic coated but I’m almost certain you won’t be able to get it looking like new.

 

I would ceramic coat it

 

Get it coated for the added benefit of reducing heat under the hood. Any bare metal header is not going to stay pretty for long unless you never drive the car.

 

ceramic coating is the only way to keep that thing looking okay

 

https://www.cerakote.com/

Withstands up to 1800 deg f


Not ceramic coating. Like what is on the cars paint. That would be gone almost instantly.

 

Mothers I use to polish mine all the time then I got fed up

 

Ceramic coat the outside, copper coat the inside. Did this to my C7 Z06 headers two years ago and they still look amazing.