Well I wrapped it up now I have a great gun sticking out of the collector trying to quick dry lol. How long did you guys wait before painting?

 

How much of a difference in heat reduction do you get by wrapping and painting the oem header with high temp bbq spray paint? Is it a noticeable enough difference? Could the wrap cause cracking in the long term?

 

No cracking civic has a wrapped header for 5 years now and that's a crappy eBay header not a nice heavy duty OEM piece.

I can hold my hand on the heat wrap on the header after driving it for a day

Underwood temps are waaaaaaay lower no heat ploom after you pop the hood.

 

This is also an ebay header 90 shipped... lets see how it holds up...

 

not bad looking at all...im probably going to end up taking mine off and doing it my damn self...i knew i should have wrapped it before i put it on, but oh well

 

Great job! The black on black on black looks awesome under the hood.

Btw I used a small propane torch to heat my header to dry the wrap a bit haha.

 

Yea man its not that bad at all...

Things I have learned from this experience...

1. Measure 4 times, add 30" extra and cut once.. lol
2. Map out your wrapping plan...
3. I used a solid roll of 2"x50' and tapped into another because i made a few mistakes. So buy 1 50' and maybe a 25 or 15' just in case..
4. wear gloves and a long sleeve shirt you plan on throwing out anyway lol, this shit is itchy.

Hope this inspires you

 

Yea i am torchless lol. luckily i was able to fiddle around with some other stuff while my "heat gun" (thanks ma!) got the job done

 

yea, ive wrapped about 4 different headers back in the day on my ITR...i am well aware what a pain in the ass it can be lol

 

i have the same ebay header from a local member and ill be wrapping it up as well