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Originally Posted by AdamIsAdam
I'm about to buy a car that has ceramic coated headers, but I do not think the side pipers are coated, just polished stainless. Would it help reduce heat coming into the cabin to coat the pipes or make no difference? And I assume it makes no difference in how bad the burn on her calf will be when she gets out without stepping over them, right?  |
Coating the side pipes will not change the heat coming in to the cabin -- especially if you're moving. Stainless pipes will burn your leg worse than coated pipes will, but coated pipes will still give you a bad burn if you don't yank your leg off them quickly. I keep a 2' x 2' piece of welding blanket behind my seat and drape it over the pipes before my passenger gets out. See this thread:
Rick Lake - Thanks for this Tip! I haven't burned my leg in the last ten years, but I have on occasion touched my leg to the pipes -- but I'm at a point now where I can yank it off fast enough that the burn is pretty much the equivalent of a sun burn now.
