Permatex makes a copper coat spray

 

when i dropped off my car that's what i was told. from what i understand the was a old and new version. my cometic had a layer on top and the rest was solid. someone corrcet me if im wrong?

 

The one I purchased was the "new" version and it was 3 pieces. It was not layered by any means and it just felt flimsy and I could tell that it wasn't going to be able to be torqued down without being compromised. I trusted it though and now I will be paying for another one. This time I am going with the layered 2mm and I will be pulling the rivets out and copper spraying each layer and fitting it on without the rivets as to allow it to sit the way it needs to.

 

your right mine was also 3 layers... like i said i was told they sprayed it. a friend of mine has a turbo vr6 gti (my old car) before he built the motor he did a headgaskett and used copper spray. i guess it makes a difference with the seal. call cometic and see what they say? although i dident have a good experiance with cometic, when i had a problem they were not helpful. worth a shot. good luck

 

I bought it from king motorsports and had it installed by honda. Now I have to redo all of that work. Ahh Whatever. I knew going turbo was going to create problems here and there.

 

if i had to do it again.... i would have gone with the inlinepro and called it a day

 

Why do people continue to use ARP studs when there are MULTIPLE accounts of them flat out failing?

Not to mention, they don't provide anything else the OEM bolts don't provide so why put a potential hazard into your engine?

 

I've used ARP head studs on both of my builds and never had a problem. The blame doesn't belong with the head studs, it belongs with the idiots who over torque them. A head stud is always better than a head bolt.

 

208-4702 thats the part number on the ARP box are these the ones everyone else is using?

 

understandable however "a headstud is always better then a head bolt" is kinda vague....why is it better, I don't see any OEM bolts failing (granted they are all installed properly)?

I'm curious not flaming