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- Vehicle Year
- 1996
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- Fix it till its broke!
I would just go by an aerosol can of AirCraft stripper from walmart or the parts store. Its what I use to strip car hoods and other parts down to bare metal at work. Its some mean stuff. Coat the headers then cover them in painters plastic for half an hour to lock in the gas. Coating should come right off with a pressure washer or even just a towel.
Dont get it on your hands, it burns a bit..
The stuff is strong enough to strip powder coat so I would bet it would strip those headers.
On the other hand getting them sand or bead blasted will prep the metal pretty well for any coating you want to put on them. Sand blasting leaves metal pretty rough and ready for paint or powder coat once any oils or contaminants are cleaned off.
Yup aircraft paint stripper lol that stuff is pretty strong, even if it doesn't remove it I'm sure it will soften it. You should check it out, it's cheap :thumbup:
