doesnt stick. you just wrap it around the header and use steel zip ties to hold them on. if you wrap it tight enough, just a few zipties is needed in strategic spots to keep it on and not unravel itself. if you look closely you can see one getting closer towards the bottom of the header near the collector area.


If I had to take a guess, from the exhaust wrap ive done on wrx (notorious for turbo manifold heat issues) 1" is easier to work with. Its easier to get around tight bends and is more "flexible" in a way. 2" is good for longer straighter areas such as exhaust piping starting post cat or so. And 1" is normally used for headers/manifolds

 

Got it. I think I'm going to go for this. Do you start at the top and work your way down to the collector, or other end?

 

for S2000 header, I would start at top and work downwards towards collector. I bought an extra oem manifold to try this because I know it'd be lengthy process (including time it takes to remove brackets for oem heatshielding) but I am reconsidering and might just send it off to get ceramic coated by a local place here in Houston instead

 

I did mine from bottom and upwards, it was probably harder but you get the overlap on the "right side" so less dirt and dust gets trapped.
I used the expensive DEI stuff and but didn't seem to shield that good.
Also when I pulled out my header the other day after a couple of years use itchy fiber stuff was raining down everywhere, so not sure on longevity either.
I will probably never wrap another header, at least not for this car. Think I will coat it instead.

 

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Its certainly not expensive if it does the job. Even come with metal zip ties looks like.

 

I had a ceramic coated header on another car. I would agree it's more durable, although over time it loses the gloss finish. And there's no way to put your hand on it even after street driving, never mind on the track. I don't think it insulates heat anywhere near as well as a wrap.

 

 

What kind of coating was it?
I'm not sure touching it is a good test since the wrap ads at least a few mm barrier to the heat source.
I don't doubt the wrap could be more effective, just wish it could could be more durable.

 

Seems like quite a mission although somewhat fun lol. Coating might be better especially if it offers the same or more heat resistance/dampening.

 

I don't know how many hours it took, but it was a lot and my hands were sore as hell from constantly pulling on the wrap.
Definitely not fun at all, but I guess for a less OCD person it might not take that much time and not be that bad