Tom,
The way mine went bad is this. Supposedly the shiney new silver appearance
is supposed to turn to a satin low-luster when it fully breaks in. This
happened as I was told it would. Several months after this, the coating
started turning brown. Sort of like a rust color. What I have just found
out is this. The silver coating is rated up to around 1200-1300 degrees.
Apparently, the magnum engines product temperatures in excess of this rating
causing the coating to breakdown.
I stated earlier they were re-coating them under warranty with an upgraded
coating. I may be in slight error here. There might be a small charge to
cover the cost of upgrading to the more resilent coating material. This
black coating is supposed to handle temperatures up to 2000 degrees. It is
slightly more expensive. Even so, I'm tired of pulling the headers off to
have them re-coated. A small fee would still be worth it to me.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: fawcett@uism.bu.edu [mailto:fawcett@uism.bu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 1:45 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re:DML: Extreme Praise for JBA
Some of my coating has burned off too. I wonder if I should look into
getting
them re-coated as well.
Tom
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Subject: DML: Extreme Praise for JBA
Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: 1/5/00 9:17 AM
I would like to let everyone know just how well JBA backs their products.
This stems off the purchase of both headers and a y-pipe. The headers I
purchased were ceramic coated. The coating has previously gone bad one
time, and is now doing so again. This is no fault of JBA. Apparently the
exhaust gases in the magnum engines exceed the rating for the silver ceramic
coating. I am sending them back once again to have them re-coated with a
higher (hotter) rated black coating under warranty.
The real item of praise concerns the y-pipe. The pipe was designed to fit
the automatic transmission, not a manual. This was not know at the time of
ordering. Naturally the pipe would not clear the manual transmission
housing due to the size difference. I had the option of returning the pipe,
or taking it into a JBA certified shop for customization. I took the pipe
in for customization since the factory pipe was damaged when I removed it.
JBA covered the cost 100% for having the cutting and welding required for
this.
There aren't a lot of companies out their that are willing to go this far to
support the end customer. I am happy to say that JBA is one of them. I
will highly and happily recommend them to anyone asking for their line of
products.
Rich - Ashburn, VA
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