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Hi guys, For ceramic coating when the dump pipe is already on car, remove dump pipe, 1 hour, new gasket top and bottom, send away 3 days, spend $200, no car 5 days, replace dump pipe 1 hour.

Not for me, I rather spend $60 on wrap and do it all in less than an hour.

nothing against thermal coating, heat wrap done right works just as well. It's cheaper, easy and doesn't see your car off the road.

The rumours about thermal tape is basically due to people who don't install it properly. I have done this to many a car and the only issue I ever had was on cheap mild steel and I had not followed the instructions (first effort).

Other than the one bad experience I have had trouble free operation on several installs over many years.

Instructions:

* clean surface

* spray with ceramic based exhaust paint (VHT flameproof mat white)

* Cure the paint as per instructions

* Wrap pipe 'evenly' (very important -- and why DEI is great stuff).

Most ceramic coating I have encountered is less effective than heat wrap. I can put my hand on the dump pipe , when it's probably glowing red with heat wrap. Most coating doesn't trap this much heat. The stuff that does isn't cheap.

The price varies for coatings. The most insulative coating is very expensive. Simply ask whether you can hold the dump pipe with your hand when its on the dyno pulling a full power/boost run. If the answer is 'yep, you can feel nothing' then the coating is the good one, if not don't bother wasting your money.

In Brisbane the place to go is Insulation Supplies, 330 Curtin Ave (west) Eagle Farm. 07 3268 7399. They are specialists in insulating materials. I'm sure there will be an equivalent place in all the cities. They also have 10mm foam sheet with aluminium facing one side, self adhesive the other, I used a double lthickness of this to make my cold air box and it is very very effective.

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