HEADERS
TTI strives to offer the highest quality
header coatings available on the market today. However,
high performance coatings do require care and maintenance.
The following tips are suggested to insure years of
service of your Nickel-Chrome / Ceramic-Coated / Polished Ceramic Coated &
Stainless Steel Headers.
WARNING:
First Engine Runs - Header coating damage usually occurs
during the first engine run when the exhaust temperatures
exceed 1200°F. Excess exhaust temperatures are
normally caused by excessively lean or excessively rich
air/fuel mixtures and/or incorrect ignition timing. For
this reason we strongly suggest that you use an old set of
headers or a set of cast iron manifolds for your first engine
run / cam break-in. This will insure that you will not
damage the coating or void the warranty of your new TTI
ceramic-coated headers.
After Header Installation and Before
Engine Run - Remove grease
and/or skin oils from the header tube surface. Stains
& fingerprints will show when header gets hot.
• Nickel Chrome Plated Headers:
Wipe down tubes with rubbing alcohol and a soft cloth,
dry thoroughly.
• Ceramic Coated / Polished Ceramic
Coated Headers / Stainless: Wipe the tubes down with an
environmentally safe Orange
Cleaner Degreaser or mild
soap, warm water and a soft cloth, dry thoroughly.
When storing your car for an extended
period of time, some precautions must be taken. Park the car over a large sheet of
plastic or tarp. This will protect your car and headers
from moisture seeping up through the floor. Wipe down and
dry the headers thoroughly. Then coat the headers with
WD-40 or an equivalent where the tubes are welded to the header
flanges and where the tubes come in close proximity to each
other (especially where the four tubes enter into the
collector). These areas are prone to rusting, as the
coating is unable to get between the tubes in the unexposed
areas of the header. If rust occurs, it will travel into
and under the coating and create a stain. When you are
ready to start the car after storage, wash the WD-40 off by
following the cleaning procedures.
Cleaning: Road grime / Oil / Grease
/ Surface deposits (surface rust) from water or other liquids
• Use an environmentally safe Orange
Cleaner Degreaser, warm water and a soft cloth. Two or Three
cleanings may be required.
Be sure to dry thoroughly.
• Use cleaning compounds like,
Nevr-Dull, Mothers or Wax Shop and about 15-20 minutes of elbow
grease.
• Stainless Steel: Nevr-Dull
Wadding Polish
Polish to Revitalize Coating
• Nickel Chrome Plating:
Bluing / discoloration is inevitable. You cannot remove
it, although there are products that claim to do so
like, Blue-Job Chrome
Restorer.
• Ceramic Coated / Polished Ceramic
Coated: Mothers PowerMetal or Nevr-Dull.
For More Aggressive Cleaning: Stains
/ Baked-on Oils or Fluids
• Try wet-sanding the stained areas
with a 1500 grit wet sand paper or use an Ultra-fine
Scotch-brite pad. Be careful not to sand
through coating.
• If suggestions above do not work,
then spray paint! Use Krylon 1402 High Heat Spray Paint
– Aluminum color. Once headers heat
up, color will blend.
• Unfortunately, you cannot bring
back a “High Luster” Polish (“C5”
coating option) appearance.
C0 - Raw
C1 -
Nickel Chrome Plated
C2 -
Ceramic Coated outside only
C3 -
Polished Ceramic Coated outside only
C4 -
Ceramic Coated with Thermal Barrier
C5 -
Polished Ceramic Coated with Thermal Barrier
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POLISHED CERAMIC COATING is a silver finish applied to the
steel surface to
protect against rust and
corrosion, extending part life. The polishing
procedure is a bead blasting process done to the
ceramic coated finish to give the appealing
High-Luster look which will not discolor or blue.
Withstands temperatures up to 1200°F,
reduces underhood temperatures and has an easy to
clean surface.
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CERAMIC COATING is a silver matte finish
applied to the steel surface to protect against
rust and corrosion, extending part life.
Withstands temperatures up to 1200°F,
reduces underhood temperatures and will not
discolor or blue.
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NICKEL CHROME PLATED is a bright and shiny
decorative chrome finish. Exhaust components
which are chrome plated are much more susceptible
to blueing, blistering, peeling and corrosion.
This process does not carry any warranty
other than to be free from defects at the time of
purchase prior to installation only.
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THERMAL BARRIER is a protective inside coating which increases
part longevity, reduces engine
compartment temperatures by approximately
50 degrees and protects component parts from
thermal fatigue.
Complete Exhaust Systems and exhaust
component parts can be ceramic coated at an additional cost.
Allow 3-4 weeks time for this service.
Add coating option after Exhaust System
part no. Example: B25HWM6870-C3
C2 -
Ceramic Coated “outside only”
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C4 -
Ceramic Coated with Thermal Barrier
C5 -
Polished Ceramic Coated with Thermal Barrier
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* Special Order *
Requires pre-payment for this option.
Please allow 3-4 weeks for this service.
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Coating Option suffix
Additional charge add to
Exhaust System price
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TTI Exhaust System
Part no. suffix
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Exhaust system parts to be
coated
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C2
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C3
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C4
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C5
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EXHAUST SYSTEMS
From Header with mufflers
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Reducers or Adapters,
Mid-pipes, Mufflers and Tailpipes.
Note: Mufflers are coated out-side only.
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$ 354
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$410
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$ 383
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$ 469
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EXHAUST SYSTEMS
From Header (No mufflers)
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Reducers or Adapters,
Mid-pipes and Tailpipes.
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$ 245
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$ 274
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$ 274
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$ 333
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EXHAUST SYSTEMS
From the Stock Manifolds
with mufflers
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Exhaust pipes, Mid-pipes,
Mufflers and Tailpipes.
Note: Mufflers are coated out-side only.
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$ 360
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$ 417
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$ 389
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$ 486
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EXHAUST SYSTEMS
From the Stock Manifolds
(No mufflers)
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Exhaust pipes, Mid-pipes and
Tailpipes.
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$ 252
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$ 281
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$ 281
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$ 350
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MAX WEDGE EXHAUST SYSTEMS with mufflers
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Exhaust pipes, Max Wedge
Mid-Section, Mufflers and Tailpipes.
Note: Mufflers are coated out-side only.
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$ 360
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$ 417
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$ 417
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$ 486
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MAX WEDGE EXHAUST SYSTEMS (No mufflers)
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Exhaust pipes, Max Wedge
Mid-Section and Tailpipes.
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$ 252
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$ 281
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$ 281
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$ 350
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2008 Prices subject to change without
notice.
