TSP Headers - Question before I install. - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

SimpleGreen · 05-13-2015, 08:09 PM

I've been sitting on a set of 1 7/8" TSP headers with off road connection pipes for nearly 5 months and I'm finally getting around to installing them before Camaro Fest comes around. I was chatting with a place to have the car tuned and they were concerned that the TSP headers would be prone to rust. I'm presuming from past experience. Instead he recommended Kooks or ARH. Has anyone on here seen any issues with surface rust on the TSP 304 stainless headers in the long term? Or any other concerns? A magnet doesn't stick to any part of them but the flange, so I'm assuming that's the only 'dirty' metal in them. Thoughts? I will switch to Kooks if there is a good viable reason but otherwise I will just run these since they are already sitting in the shed.

Thanks.

Magz_rule · 05-13-2015, 08:12 PM

Have had these installed for a while (in NY..salt the roads like crazy) and have had no issues. I wouldn't worry.. get them in

flyinglow57 · 05-13-2015, 08:43 PM

Mine have been on for 5 years. They are not shiny like coated headers but not rusty. Just have them coated if you care what others think when you pop the hood. Mine perform great and I have 43000 miles and that was 3 or 4 Pittsburgh winters.

SimpleGreen · 05-13-2015, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by flyinglow57

Mine have been on for 5 years. They are not shiny like coated headers but not rusty. Just have them coated if you care what others think when you pop the hood. Mine perform great and I have 43000 miles and that was 3 or 4 Pittsburgh winters.

It's no show car. I drive it. If all they do is turn faded blue and gold like all stainless headers do then I'm totally cool with that.

ZuluKilla8 · 05-14-2015, 08:19 AM

Ive had mine on for about 4 years in NJ/NY shitty weather and are doing just fine, for the price you cant go wrong and made a good choice!

briancamaross · 05-14-2015, 08:23 AM

im about to buy a set of them today tsp 2 inch ones since they are sold out of everything else..

Avenging Orange · 05-14-2015, 09:28 AM

Apparently they dont know headers....or trying to sell you more expensive ones. The TSP will outlast your car.

Denis · 05-14-2015, 10:01 AM

Ive had my 1 7/8" TSP's on for the last few years. No rust at all.

SimpleGreen · 05-14-2015, 10:06 AM

Cool. Thanks guys. If I get motivated enough I may start on them as soon as tonight so I can finish them for tomorrow afternoon and drive it to work Saturday.

Denis · 05-14-2015, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SimpleGreen

Cool. Thanks guys. If I get motivated enough I may start on them as soon as tonight so I can finish them for tomorrow afternoon and drive it to work Saturday.

very easy install. doesn't take long to do at all.

Taco Time · 05-14-2015, 10:28 AM

I'd pay to have them coated. (If I did it all over again I'd have mine coated.) Yes they will last just fine, but it's not going to take long for them to look like crap. If you don't care about that then you have nothing to worry about.

GMTool · 05-14-2015, 10:29 AM

5 months? You must have a lot of patience.

Taco Time · 05-14-2015, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by GMTool

5 months? You must have a lot of patience.

I was kinda thinking the same thing! I can hardly wait long enough for my stuff to be delivered before I start messing with it like a kid at Christmas. He's probably like some sort of karate master!

Homeless Man · 05-14-2015, 10:49 AM

Yea a lot of people seem to say they've had their headers or exhaust sitting in garage for a few months. So why did u wait so long?

05-13-2015, 08:09 PM	#1
SimpleGreen Drives: 2015 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southeast Louisiana Posts: 2,112	TSP Headers - Question before I install. I've been sitting on a set of 1 7/8" TSP headers with off road connection pipes for nearly 5 months and I'm finally getting around to installing them before Camaro Fest comes around. I was chatting with a place to have the car tuned and they were concerned that the TSP headers would be prone to rust. I'm presuming from past experience. Instead he recommended Kooks or ARH. Has anyone on here seen any issues with surface rust on the TSP 304 stainless headers in the long term? Or any other concerns? A magnet doesn't stick to any part of them but the flange, so I'm assuming that's the only 'dirty' metal in them. Thoughts? I will switch to Kooks if there is a good viable reason but otherwise I will just run these since they are already sitting in the shed. Thanks. __________________ 2015 Camaro 2SS/RS SIM 2016 Jeep Wrangler 2DR Willys Wheeler 1993 C1500 Single Cab Stepside 5.3L LS Swap

05-13-2015, 08:43 PM	#3
flyinglow57 Drives: rumble bee,2SS 6sp Join Date: May 2009 Location: pittsburgh, PA Posts: 539	Mine have been on for 5 years. They are not shiny like coated headers but not rusty. Just have them coated if you care what others think when you pop the hood. Mine perform great and I have 43000 miles and that was 3 or 4 Pittsburgh winters. __________________ blk 2ss 6spd with sunroof. intake,tsp cam,full exhaust,pcmforless tune,trailing arms,toe rods. hopeing for 11.9 because my g/f said she will take the cam and the suspension back if not.

05-14-2015, 08:19 AM	#5
ZuluKilla8 Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS/RS RJT Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 831	Ive had mine on for about 4 years in NJ/NY shitty weather and are doing just fine, for the price you cant go wrong and made a good choice! __________________ 2010 Camaro SS LS3 Holley Hi-Ram Manifold,Custom grind boost cam,Vortech V-3,10Rib 3.47 Pully Airfilter Pipe Delete, 10 PSI, TSP LT Headers, Flowmaster Outlaws, Alky Control Meth Kit, PFADT 1.25, ZL1 Fuel Pump, DSS 1000HP axles, Mantic ER2 Clutch, Full BMR rear suspension drag pack upgrade. C6 Vette 18 rims with M/T 305 out back. COPO Hood Race Proven Motorsports tuned

05-14-2015, 09:28 AM	#7
Avenging Orange Drives: 2010 Inferno Orange 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Clermont, IN Posts: 3,297	Apparently they dont know headers....or trying to sell you more expensive ones. The TSP will outlast your car. __________________ 2010 Inferno Orange 2SS/RS M6 Black Leather, Sun Roof, OBX Headers, Borla touring axle back, Cold Air Inductions CAI , non synthetic fluids, BMR total bushing upgrade/1" lowering springs, DSE 32mm rear sway bar. GM fe4 shocks/struts/LCA's, AAM 3.91 diff, Vertini RFS1.8 20x9 +30. Conti ExtremeContact Sport 275/35/20. sjm autoprod ABL dash kit. Mike Norris tuned 413/419. Avenging Orange: 43 years of not buying into the Hype........and damn proud of it!! https://youtu.be/9JD9it6SmB8 https://youtu.be/xmelTlEzI34 KICKING CANCERS ASS SINCE 2015!!

05-14-2015, 10:01 AM	#8
Denis Drives: 2010 SS Join Date: May 2012 Location: Yorktown Heights, NY Posts: 7,695 View My Garage	Ive had my 1 7/8" TSP's on for the last few years. No rust at all. __________________

05-13-2015, 08:12 PM	#2
Magz_rule Drives: 2011 Camaro SS Join Date: May 2014 Location: NY Posts: 180	Have had these installed for a while (in NY..salt the roads like crazy) and have had no issues. I wouldn't worry.. get them in

05-14-2015, 08:23 AM	#6
briancamaross Drives: 2011 ss 2ss auto camaro Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: mary esther florida Posts: 385 View My Garage	im about to buy a set of them today tsp 2 inch ones since they are sold out of everything else..

05-14-2015, 10:06 AM	#9
SimpleGreen Drives: 2015 2SS/RS Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Southeast Louisiana Posts: 2,112	Cool. Thanks guys. If I get motivated enough I may start on them as soon as tonight so I can finish them for tomorrow afternoon and drive it to work Saturday. __________________ 2015 Camaro 2SS/RS SIM 2016 Jeep Wrangler 2DR Willys Wheeler 1993 C1500 Single Cab Stepside 5.3L LS Swap

05-14-2015, 10:28 AM	#11
Taco Time Drives: 2014 1SS Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Angleton, TX Posts: 1,339 View My Garage	I'd pay to have them coated. (If I did it all over again I'd have mine coated.) Yes they will last just fine, but it's not going to take long for them to look like crap. If you don't care about that then you have nothing to worry about. __________________ Taco's 2014 SS Mods: 417 Stroker \| CAI \| Bo's PTB \| Kooks LTs \| Flowmaster Outlaw Catback \| Night Fury Cam \| Powerbond UDP \| Apex Catch Can \|PRC Ported Heads \|FAST 102 Intake \|Suspension Crap\| Built by J-Rod.

05-14-2015, 10:29 AM	#12
GMTool MY SS is SOLD Drives: AGM 2012 Camaro 2SS/RS L99 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Southwest Illinois Posts: 1,838	5 months? You must have a lot of patience. __________________ CAI, Dynatech Headers, HF Cats, JRE Tuned, Corsa Cat Back, Strut Tower Brace.

05-14-2015, 10:49 AM	#14
Homeless Man Homeless Life Chose Me Drives: LS3 (sold 4/21) Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Streets of Philly Posts: 3,650	Yea a lot of people seem to say they've had their headers or exhaust sitting in garage for a few months. So why did u wait so long? __________________ Pity a man in familiar places, who yet feels like a stranger.