Haven't installed them yet, so I don't know how they fit, but the parts look great. I did not get the ceramic coated pipes since my plan was to paint and wrap them from the start. These were seriously some of the best looking exhaust pieces I've ever seen. I felt pretty bad sanding them and painting them with the VHT rattle cans. But the results have been good. Since I haven't installed them this is probably more of a review of the paint and wrap. I must say I'm pretty impressed with it.

I started out sanding the pipes to get a good surface for the paint. I sprayed them with VHT flameproof primer and then flameproof red. Then I cured the paint in the oven. Seems to be a very durable finish once cured. I noticed the paint does cut down on the heat a little on its own. When I got done baking the pipes I could touch the painted surfaces and it was much cooler than the exposed metal on the gasket surfaces.

With the paint cured I wrapped the pipes. I decided not to wrap the flex joints since I figure that could cause the joints to wear out faster. When you soak the wrap in water it goes on pretty easy. After that was done I baked them at low temps to dry the wrap. Then I sprayed the wrap with the VHT flameproof paint to help seal it up. The wrap companies offer their own silicone spray for this, but I already had the VHT and it's a silicon/ceramic paint so I figure it would have the same effect. Worked great and the result seems to be a durable wrap.

I left these things in the oven to cool when I was done and the pipes were still pretty warm after 4 hours. Hows that for insulation.

Fresh out of the oven. Not as pretty as they were but function over form right.

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Looks good! Soaking the wrap in water not only makes it easier to work with, it makes it safer. If it's soaked in water, you don't need breathing protection since there is no fiberglass dust to deal with. It's alot less itchy too!!!

did you use stainless steel zip ties or just regular ones?

Stainless. I got the DEI ties that they offer for their wraps. I wasn't that impressed with them though, they don't hold all that well. I ended up using a punch to set the zip tie lock in place a little better than it was holding on it's own.