Iirc down pipes are fine to wrap though.
Heat wrap vs ceramic coat downpipe.
Both ceramic coated headers and exhaust wraps improve horsepower so let s go over their pros and cons and see which one is best for you.
We received a question recently from a reader asking us the question of if he should have his headers hi temp coated or he should wrap them in a high temp exhaust wrap we thought this would be an excellent time to write an article explaining which one is.
Should i coat or wrap my exhaust.
Ending the debate of high temp coatings vs exhaust heat wrap.
A ceramic header coating also provides protection against the corrosive materials in the exhaust.
Ceramic coat keeps your car looking clean bird poop and small debris comes off easily but it is not protection against paint chipping from small rocks and such hitting your car.
The dynamic duo of paint protection film and a ceramic coating is the ultimate form of invisible protection you can purchase for your car.
Paint protection film is applied first to the portions of your vehicle that will be most susceptible to rock chips or scratches from road debris.
In other words ceramic coated headers look and function the same on mile one as they do on mile 300 000.
Ceramic coated headers ceramic coated exhaust parts this is a spray on finish that s infused with heat insulating ceramics.
When they are ceramic coated they are coated on the inside of the pipe so the heat doesn t saturate the pipe material.
Coating your headers in ceramic improves their heat resistance and keeps them from being tarnished or damaged by the heat.
The wrap would hold the heat in the material of the up pipes which would warp and destroy them after a while.