DEI Exhaust wrap

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:18 pm

Hi guys,
Recommended by others, I got some DEI Carbon Fibre exhaust wrap (more a coppery colour). It's nice looking stuff, soft and easy to handle. Quality looking stuff.
The bad news. The install video says to wrap it with the knitted edge facing a certain direction. Well, both edges are identical and makes not much difference as one end is still exposed to fraying. The cut ends fray and the whole lot starts to unravel with long strands of string hanging loosely.
I tried to wrap my dump pipe in-situ and it now looks like a straggly loose bandaged mummy. Sorta hoping it blows off on the highway.
I'm gonna go get a refund.
I'm sure other wraps are better and can't be this bad. I see a lot of nice installs.
Ta
Bruce

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:30 pm

I've dealt with the normal old fashioned wrap in he past.

I hate it.
It's itchy as hell and like fibreglass house insulation on steroids.

I'd just live with the exhaust heat, or spray it with aluminum paint like they did in the 60s.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 4:36 pm

At least this stuff is nice and useable with no fibres or itchiness. Shame it's a POS.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:14 pm

Titanium wrap.

Odd · Postby **Odd** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 7:43 pm

Ceramic coating is an option

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:14 pm

I don't think you can ceramic coat stainless.
Plus you have to dismantle and send the part off. I'm trying to do it in situ.

Odd · Postby **Odd** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 9:58 pm

Stainless tends to get brittle and crack
Wrapping it will speed that process up
;)
You can ceramic coat stainless ....
But Ceramic coating mild steel is the best solution

madjak · Postby **madjak** » Fri Sep 09, 2016 11:04 pm

You can buy ceramic paint and do it yourself.

I run the titanium DEI wrap on my headers. It works well as long as you are careful with them.

tails · Postby **tails** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 1:27 am

You can get header blankets which are pretty easy to install. Here is mine:

They're made by thermo-tec.

bruce · Postby **bruce** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 9:16 am

I like the idea of DIY paint. I also like the blankets, but they're so damn ugly.

madjak · Postby **madjak** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 11:06 am

I think the wrap looks great

Odd · Postby **Odd** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:39 pm

DIY ceramic paint is like wrap
Only coats outside ...so metal gets hotter...greater cycling
Professional ceramic coating does inside and out so insulates metal from inside

http://www.centuryperformance.com/exhau ... t-use.html

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:14 am

bruce wrote:I don't think you can ceramic coat stainless.
Plus you have to dismantle and send the part off. I'm trying to do it in situ.

you sure can, best bet would be to remove and ceramic coat inside and outside. that will give you the best results

Postby **NitroDann** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:37 am

No one does high quality heat reflective ceramic coating, lots of paint that doesnt peal off when its hot.

IE good if you want heat proof paint, bad if you want to retain heat.

Also you cannot do the inside of manifold and pipes because the prep process involves blasting the surface with a special grit at 90*, not possible inside a pipe.

Dann

Odd · Postby **Odd** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:58 am

Dann....Are you saying no one does a high quality DIY ceramic coating

There are a number of places that do professional coating.....and coat anything that is effected by heat/friction

Highly recommended........http://www.competitioncoatings.com.au/index.html
but I'm sure there's others in every capital city....;)