Painting new headers

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Originally Posted by dieseldawg142

whatever paint you use, it's best to take your headers to bare metal.

^^^THIS! The paint that comes on the headers is often referred to as "Shelf Paint" and even then I've seen the shelf paint fail and rust forms on brand new headers (I have a set of rusty brand new headers now that will be stripped before use). Down to bare metal and VHT and you're golden. I used silver VHT on my '86 and they didn't need 1 touch up in the year I had that truck.