Hi, I have been a member on the board for a couple years and am very happy that our shop American Coating Specialties is now a sponsor of Dirks site We are a coating shop and specialize in polished Ceramic metallic header coatings. We coat customer supplied new and used headers and sell new headers that have been coated in our shop. Due to our preparation and attention to detail our coating work is much nicer than that done by the header manufacturers in their factorys. Our prices are the best available and our quality is second to none. Price to coat inside and out and polish shorty headers $140.00 , long tube small block $180.00. Some Third Gen specific coated header prices: Hooker 2460 $249.00, Hooker 2210 $569.00, Hooker 2055 $519.00, Hedman 68460 $258.00, Hedman 68470 $249.00. Hedman 68481 AIR inj set single cat cars $469.00. Edelbrock 6876 set with AIR inj dual cat cars $479.00, Edelbrock 6872 set AIR inj single cat cars $469.00. On the sets such as the Hooker 2055 and Edelbrocks that include y pipes , the price is for coated headers and painted y pipes. The y pipes can be coated for $50.00 extra. Thanks Dirk, Dave at American Coating Specialties 1329 South Houston Ave., Humble, Texas 77338 Ph 281-446-6203 Email dhamil@texas.net Our website is being updated and will be back up soon. The pic is a set of Hedman 68460 1 5/8 in long tubes for 3rd gens.

 

I got some Hedman's off Dave last week. Havn't installed them yet but checked em out pretty good. He coats inside and out. Coating looks really nice. He even welded an o2 bung on for me on the left collector.

As far as the service goes, these guys are great. Dave and Jimmy (whos the shop manager) are always very polite. I can't remember the other kid in the shop or the girl that answers the phone often, but they are also very nice and helpful as well.

A few days after placing my order, I asked to change it and it was "No problem sir!". These guys are great.

What's an extra value is buying the headers direct from them. I.e, my hedman's. They go for 119.00 from summit, plus shipping. To have 'em coated, i'd have to have bought them from summit, sent out to jet hot, pay them, pay all the shipping costs between, etc.
Dave resells them coated (for only $130.00 more than the cost of the header from summit or jegs) and shipping was like 12.00.. You can't beat that.

-- Joe

 

only questions i have is what do you do about the air tubes on the 2055's? i got a coated set from summit and the air tubes has ceramic BBs stuck in the air tubes.
i called summit ,they told me to call hooker, i called hooker, they saoid send them back and we will see what can be done. it was a round and round deal.
i sent them back and i guess getting a coated set wasnt on the order so they sent me a black painted set which was fine. so now my other ques is what type of warrenty do you have on your work?

 

wish i had know i already bought my headman lontubes. i will send the to you guys though when i get ready to coat them.

 

everyone always quotes for the silver polished finish...


how much for the just as effective but cheaper black finish that you guys dont have to polish? on hooker longtubes.


edit.
i meant to say
with them coated coat inside and out, what is the price? what is the price with just outside?

 

TTT!

Do you think you might get a website, or some pictures of some of your coating work for us to see sometime?

 

http://www.acsheaders.com/ is there site, but they obviously spend more time coating headers than they do working on the website. heh

-- Joe

 

better then the first day the ad was up.....

they didnt have a website.

 

I know it's not an f-body part but how much would u guys charge to coat a header on a honda 400ex atv?

 

Hi, A new website will be up soon, this is why I didnt post the link to the old lame one, but someone posted it for me . They were trying to help and I appreciate it, but please ignore the old site. The warrantee is 3 years for any kind of peeling or flaking, and lifetime on rust through on the metal on new headers. We dont offer a black high temp coating right now, we had done some in the past but had almost zero demand for it. As far as the question about the air tubes we plug them the best we can before they go through the polisher and we have always been able to remove and or break out any beads that end up in the tubes. We always coat inside and out, we dont have a lower price for just outside. I Dave Hamilton am one of the owners, the other is my business partner Mike Adamoli, he mostly takes care of shop equipment and shop technical work. Our shop foreman is Jimmy, he or I can answer questions about the coating or which headers do I need type questions. Kimberly works in the office part time. We currently have 4 technicians in the shop that do the coating and prep work. I can weld in O2 bungs in any headers that we sell or on yours if they are sent here for coating for $18.00 total per bung. Thanks for the interest everyone. We beat all other sources on price for coated header sets and coating work, plus ours are coated better and are much shinier. You can email us at dhamil@texas.net or call the shop at 281-446-6203. Thanks, Dave

 

Hello 86305, We charge $45.00 to $65.00 to coat the headpipe depending on length. This coating on an atv pipe cuts way down on that fried leg problem that most atv riders have. Thanks, Dave

 

What product do you use to coat heades? someone like TechLine
HPC? etc..

Or do you formulate and produce your own also?

 

im very curious about that too! what do you use?

 

Our coating is a manufactured aluminized ceramic that is comprable to Jet-Hots. We do not mix our own as this is a science better left to the professinals. The coating we use creates a beautiful finished product that we a are extremley proud to provide to you!!! Thank you Jimi@ ACS.
P.S. I apologize for my misinformation about Jet-Hots warranty
That was I not Dave that posted that message.

I look forward to helping all you guys on 3rd gen out any way I can!!!
Jimi manager @
A.C.S.

 

Thats but that didnt help much. I know jet hot formulated there own. and Its a science.

TechLine makes a great ceramic coating. Personally I use techline and like it alot. but Im almost out and was thinking of trying another Co. just to compair. like HPC etc..

Thanks Anyways, I understand if you dont want to say who makes it.

 

Just to say. I have some of Daves coated Hedmans... They are great.

I saw his headers on ebay a little over a year ago... emailed but never bought till this year. I kept his number and his emails and I'm glad I did. Great product for a great price... what more could you ask.

I dont know if I was any pursuasion... but about that year and a half ago or so.... anyway.... a long time ago I recomended Dave check this site out... as well as get an ad here. Good to see it finally done. Congrats and thanks again for a great product.

 

If I was to ship a set of headers to you...what is the normal turn around time? Once you get them about how long do you think it would take you guys to finish them?

 

Hello, 1 week. Thanks, Dave

 

What is you warranty for used headers? I have a set of Hooker 2055's here that I am thinking about getting coated.

Thanks

Kat

 

Hello, If the headers are brand new you get our regular full warranty, If they are used and not so rusty that they are pitted you get a 1 yr warranty. If they are pitted we can just guarantee our coating to stick and be shiny.
Thanks Jimi @ ACS

 

Not 3rd gen, but how much for a set of Hooker 2231 LT's coated and shipped?

 

if its not a problem, could you tell me how much shipping would be on the hooker 2210s to 61073? Also, if I had some pipe coated, do you charge per foot like jet hot?

 

hey guys, The Hooker 2231's coated and shipped run $539.99 + $24.00 shipping to Iowa

The Shipping on the Hooker 2210's to you is $22.00
and we charge by the pipe, average is $25.00 per pipe under 48 inches
Thanks JIMI @ ACS

 

a set of hooker 2055's w/ coated y pipe. shipped to 11757? i'd rather go with a sponsor for thirdgen.org over jet hot.
jonathan aka WyClef

 

Hello Wyclef, Thirdgen price on the 2055's w/y-pipe is $509.00 coating the y is an additional $50.00 and shipping to NY is $23.00 for headers and $10.00 for the y-pipe
Thanks JIMI @ ACS

 

so jet hot is cheaper?

 

I ordered my headers from ACS today.

I emailed Dave on Monday with what I was looking for in headers

My bigest concern was that after all was said and done that the CAT would reside in the same postion as it does now. Since I have the TDS/Alston SFC's welded on. if the cat were moved it might cause a problem. I also wanted to make sure the car was emissions legal when I got done so I needed to make sure the headers worked with the AIR system.

Dave took the time to research and find preciesly the product I would need to accomplish what I was trying to do. He called me at work on Tuesday with a couple of options. He was very friendly and knowledgable. Best of All he is also a ThirdGen Nut like the rest of us!

I should have my new headers in about two weeks. I'll post again when I get them.

THANKS DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I instaleld my hedmans I bought off Dave today.. He did a pretty good job coating them.. I'm happy..

He also did a really good job welding the O2 bung on the collector. Looks better than factory.. Coated everything inside and out..

-- Joe

 

Jet hot may be cheaper on coatings but you get what you pay for.
Dave is a few bucks cheaper then me on ceramic coatings but there are diff. from Every company around. Product used, warrentys etc..

Ive had a set of headers go bad that Jet Hot did. They lasted about a yr. Since Then Ive started, Ceramic,Thermal and Powdercoating myself.

Just tryin to point out Its HIT or MISS with Jet Hot. and The prices they charge arnt worth the work I had em do thats for sure.

 

so are they worth it?

 

If you asking about JET HOT....... Id say NO.

 

I was very happy with the quality and service I recieved from Jet-Hot. They have the same 3 year warrentee, so why didn't you take them up on it? I'm looking into the Hooker 2210s right now, and its

Jet-Hot: $572 to my door with 2 O2 bungs
ACS: $627 with same

$55 probably doesn't sound like alot to you guys, but since I'm 17 and make $6.45, its alot to me.

 

i bought a set of these (the lt's pictured) headers last month. i havent had the time or money to put them on yet, but they look great. very happy with them coating the inside and out. i ordered mine from ebay, total coated and o2 bung welded came out to $300. I think that is a pretty fair pirce, and when i called, they were very friendly over the phone. glad to see they are a sponsor on tgo now.

i would recommend to anyone.
thanks for the hedders dave.

quick question.....you sell honda headers?

 

Hello, Yes we sell Chikara by Hedman and Airmass by Hooker for the Hondas, Acuras, Neons, And Mitsubishi 4 into 1 and 4 to 2 to1
Pricing varies so just call us with the application you want and we will set you up.
Thanks
JIMI@ ACS

 

how bout SLP headers?

 

i just bought a pair of hedman hedders off of ACS and the did a wondeful job in coating they look great and they even welded in the o2 sencor for me. There real nice and easy to do buisness with. theyt shipped my stuff out right away and they give real fast service. If ur thinking about geting headers deffinitly get it from them they have cheap prices.

 

You get the 68470?

They did a great job on mine. The y-pipe needed about 3 hours of re-working/mods (not acs problem, hedman's design sucks). If your running aftermarket heads, or a large starter good luck.

-- Joe

 

Hey guys Jimi @ ACS here
Thanks alot for your business!!!
We are happy to hear you love your product!!!
If you need us to do some coating repair on the spots you had to modify just let us know.
Happee Holidayz 2 all u 3rd gen guys (and gals)

AMERICAN COATING SPECIALTIES

 

I Was wondering If you Could Coat The out side of my TPI Plenum&Runners and how much would it be

 

Hi,

Im wondering if You gujs sell Hedman coated headers 68481? If You do maybe You can give me some info about them since Hedman dont respond. How much are they? How much will it cost to ship them to Sweden(approximatey). What dimension is the collector and the Y-pipe?

Hasse Olsson

 

Is it really worth getting the Y-Pipe ceramic coated too for the extra $50? Usually when you buy headers that are ceramic coated the Y-pipe is not. Do you think it would be fine if it was not coated?

 

I recently purchased my Hedman headers from ACS. I went ahead and got the Y pipe coated. I did not do it so much for the heat as for the better flow characteristics of the coated pipe as well as for rustproofing.

My system starts with coated headers and continues on through a stainless steel Catalytic converter and a Stainless Steel Catback. It would have seemed absurd to put an uncoated mild steel Y pipe into that system.

If $50 is a lot of money to you and you don't mind haveing to replace your Y pipe somewhere down the road then by all means Save the bucks. Even now $50 will buy a lot of Cold Beer... (Which we would never dream of drinking inside our cars!). If you want a better flowing system that is protected from rust then the coating would, I think, be appropriate.

 

Thanks I just wanted to see the pros and cons I think I will spend the extra $50

 

Hello we charge $45 for the Plenum and $25 per side on the Runners . The Intake base runs $75.00
Thanx ACS

 

Hello, Yes we carry the Hedman # 68481 We carry them on Third Gen for $475.00 y-pipe included. It is an additional $50.00 to coat the y-pipe. These headers are a 1 5/8 primary with a 2 1/2 in collector to the y and 2 1/2 out of the y to exaust. I need a zip or postal code to quote your shipping:lala:

Thanx JIMI @
ACS

 

Hi, I was wondering about the 2055's. Altogether for shipping to 27203, ceramic coated y-pipe and headers and o2 bung. Also, was wondering if you would cut the air tubes off and weld them back on the other way so they would fit and not be backwords. This is needed for a L69 motor right? How much extra would it cost to do this? I plan on ordering some this spring, along with some suspension goodies.

 

Hello, Okay, The 2055s are $509.00 + $50.00 to coat the y-pipe and $60.00 to reverse the AIR tubes and $18.00 for the o2 bung.
Shipping for all to Asheboro is $21.00 TOTAL for ALL: $658.00
Some Suspension Goodies??? Do you want us to ceramic coat them?? Or get them for you???
P.S. I can recommend one hell of a Powder Coater for you!!!
He can Powder Coat wood and porcelain and it takes 700 degrees to blister it and 1700 to burn it all the way off!!!
His stuff is great on chassis etc.!!!
Thanx
ACS

 

Hmmm, I might order some later on, what I am doing right now is pricing so I can decide on what to do. The 2055's, LCA's (ordering Lakewoods from jegs), and I need SFC's, and torque arms to get me started. Appreciate the offer though.

(man high school budgets suck )

 

Hey dave, I emailed you saturday about the headers and my dad nor I have gotten anything back from you? Shoot me a PM whenever you get this, thanks man!

 

wait till college.