Mangonesailor
I'm Awesome
Go for the coating. It'll be put on via electrolysis/dipping and it'll be tougher than anything we could put on in our back yard. Paint WILL eventually crack and chip. Ever try to break off powdercoating from something? Good coatings are hard to break off because it's "attached" on a molecular level... not just "glued" on like paint is.Yup! I had no idea your truck had headers; I was planning on going with the raw headers and coating them in header paint; or do you recommend I shell out the extra cash?
The Hedman Headers are technically for the 88-95 TBI trucks, but with the EGR deleted I can run them; a few other people have done it this way I believe.
That sucks about the rest of the exhaust, I heard the Gibsons lined with the stock downpipe.
The gibsons can be configured to not have an EGR connection, so you can clean up the engine bay. I left mine connected for the moment... just in case. Eventually I'll get rid of it. If you can't make a plate buy a ball bearing ball that's slightly larger in diameter than the ID of the EGR pipe fitting. Cut the pipe out so you have the fitting nut separate. Insert ball between nut and fitting then tighten.