ceramic coating costs

[Marc Swanson]

> Hey, has anyone done/priced ceramic coatings for their 5kT exhaust parts?

yes, I did the EM, downpipe, and turbo on my 4ktq.

> I
> am planning to coat the exh manifold and turbo turbine housing, possibly
> the down pipe as well. Since it's a turbo and (judging from my manifold),
> I'd need the 2000 degree ceramic coating. I got a wide rnage of prices. One
> said $120 for manifold, $60 for turbo, and $15/ft of pipe. Another one (not
> JetHot) quoted $350 for the manifold, $80 for the turbo, and $65/ft. That's
> quite a difference, but they both say it's the high-tech 2000 degree
> coating. Any ideas on what's making that difference???

brand name?

> Also one of my turbine housings has a crack inside near the center. Is this
> worth coating and anyone have any leads on a crack-free turbine housing?

the ceramic coating would actually help a cracked piece.  When I coated
my downpipe I didn't realize there was a crack in it, but the ceramic
coating sealed the crack and hasn't opened up yet with over 10k miles on
it since (and still looking great/no rust).

All told I think I paid about $450 for the downpipe, turbo hot and cold
side, intake manifold, and exhaust manifold.

I've had good experience with microcoat and jethot.. with jethot being
the more expensive option.  If I was to do it again I'd do it all
through microcoat because they were significantly cheaper (I had them do
my K26/T4 hybrid turbo hot and cold sides).

http://www.sonic.net/~sc7500/ is their website.


Hope that helps.

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