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Originally Posted by dfrank

I have them same headers on my truck. The paint sucks and burns off fairly quickly and then they rust. I had to modify them to clear the #3 (I think) plug wire to work with my worlds products heads. If I where you than I would just get a replacement manifold for now and save up for a nice set of ceramic coated headers.

Interesting tidbit... The paint on headers is never to be considered a heat barrier coating or long lasting exhaust coating from any manufacturer unless so stated. It's just there to keep them from rusting on the shelf (sometimes unsuccessfully). Strip the black shelf coating and use a real header paint at the very minimum if you want them to last.