Nickle Plating on Headers?

I just found out some of the dirt ballers in my area have their headers nickle plated. Any of you guys had this done and how does it hold up????


Thanks Tore

Back in the early 70's I bought a set of new nickel plated headers from Nationwise Auto parts for my 65 Mustang. They looked like stainless but wasn't. I had them for about 5 yrs.They stayed nice shape but turned a little yellow from the heat thru the years. I would buy them again in a heart beat.

A shop around the corner from does em for about $150. That isn't bad.



Tore

The shop manager at our local chrome plating shop said that with "triple chrome plating" (copper, nickel and chrome), that the nickel was the most important layer. I just don't remember his reason or rational behind that statement.

Charlie

The swap headers I bought from L&L were nickel plated. They lasted much better than regular steel that's for sure.

plenty of good ceramic coatings out there too.

dfree383 wrote:plenty of good ceramic coatings out there too.

I think the nickel coating was before ceramic coating was around. I know it has been a very long time since I bought those L&L's. But they are still in the same truck for 14 years.

I think I would call NitroPlate in Nashville.

Dave.

The thing that would lead me more to the Ceramic over the nickel,would be that the Ceramic also gets the inside of the headers. If the headers rust in the inside you can pack some ring lands pretty good w/rust.(cam overlap). I don't think the nickel plating get's the inside.

jasonf wrote:The swap headers I bought from L&L were nickel plated. They lasted much better than regular steel that's for sure.

X2, L&L headers have some really nice truck headers. And as far as ceramic vs nickle, I'd like to know if the nickel plating does get on the inside like ceramic as Rick mentioned

ceramic coating also helps keep the heat down in the engine compartment. It doesn't eliminate the heat as some people and companies try to advertise but it definitely helps lower it.

Isn't nickel plating a liquid dip process? If so, wouldn"t that coat the inside?

maverick wrote:Isn't nickel plating a liquid dip process? If so, wouldn"t that coat the inside?

It might Kim,I'm just not sure. I do know that nickel is a part of the Chroming process,but they don't get chromed on the inside.

bbf-falcon wrote:

maverick wrote:Isn't nickel plating a liquid dip process? If so, wouldn"t that coat the inside?

It might Kim,I'm just not sure. I do know that nickel is a part of the Chroming process,but they don't get chromed on the inside.

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When you have headers Nickle or Chrome plated the chemically clean them then diped, so yes it gets inside...