Zircotec Ceramic Coating

[RedEye]

Bump. I too am looking for a ceramic/heat solution for the side pipes, hopefully other than some sort of expanded metal or external shield.

[Don]

Originally Posted by RedEye

Bump. I too am looking for a ceramic/heat solution for the side pipes, hopefully other than some sort of expanded metal or external shield.

Asked about Zircotec since I had not heard of them. I have used Swain Technology. Their ceramic coating is off white only and the ceramic particles result in a surface similar to rough sandpaper. The pipes were then baked with a black high temp coating by a local vendor. The UPS Store hand crafted the corrugate containers to ship the pipes to Swain, and returned to me in the same containers. Since UPS packed, insured the side pipes with them.

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[RedEye]

Don,

Thank you for the vendor information. I'm curious about Swain's product in two ways. Did you have your side pipes coated with the thicker .015 White Lighting material? If so, how do they appear with the apparent texture of the White Lighting product? And to what degree has this abated some of the heat and danger from the hot pipes after using the car?

Thanks!
Red

[Don]

" Did you have your side pipes coated with the thicker .015 White Lighting material? "

Yes. The side pipes had been completely rebuilt included header connection, muffler shell and turnout, were coated by Swain over bare metal.

" If so, how do they appear with the apparent texture of the White Lighting product "

Coating is an ivory pale white, not a bright or pure white, the only color. Ceramic particles are noticeable as is the rough sandpaper appearance. My personal preference was black, had the pipes high temp coated black over Swain's coating by a local vendor and then baked. Black coating made the ceramic particles less noticeable.

" to what degree has this abated some of the heat and danger from the hot pipes after using the car? "

Did not take a temp reading of the old side pipes for comparison to the new side pipes. Since the new pipes had to be coated and I also wanted the black appearance, selected Swain based upon their White Lighting narrative, use of a " ceramic " coating and comments from others. Seems the term " ceramic " has become generic and different coating vendors have their own definition. Pipes are still hot, but less than my original set, caution is still necessary.