Thread: Exhaust...stainless or ceramic coated?

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A heartfelt thankyou goes out to Bob, John, Dave, Deuce, Steve, & Bob for your assistance and pictures. I will try and go with two V-band stainless steel polished clamps and hopefully I can still be under the 6 ft. maximum distance for the ceramic oven. I will use the V-band on the front section from the headers to the muffler and have the rear welded because I'm positive that will be under 6 feet long.

Deuce I was trying to see from your picture what muffler/exhaust hangers you used, but could not see them. I am searching for a billet or polished type of hanger. I've had NO LUCK hunting for what I want on the web so far. I will know it when I see them...guess I'm anal about wanting everything to fit together like a doctor's latex glove.

We have a Jet Hot shiney silver exhaust on the jeep. It absolutely keeps the heat down...the headers are stainless that also has Jet Hot coating. The only problem with the Jet Hot is when oil or grease gets on a hot pipe. For instance, some grease from a u-joint slung on the pipe....the stain will not come off even when I shout "Out, damn spot!" Be careful of grease and oil and you should be OK.

mike in tucson

[QUOTE=stylingZ] I will use the V-band on the front section from the headers to the muffler and have the rear welded because I'm positive that will be under 6 feet long.

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Unless you are flanging the ends and using an insert pipe, the V-band clamps are a bit of overkill. I use the wide flat band clamps. They're about $8.00 ea. vs. $40.00 for the V-band. My NAPA guy keeps them in stock in various sizes. No problems with them and a heck of a lot cheaper!!!