{"id":299,"date":"2008-01-02T14:41:43","date_gmt":"2008-01-02T07:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=299"},"modified":"2013-02-17T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T02:32:40","slug":"home-built-header-finish-atf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/","title":{"rendered":"Home-built Header finish-ATF!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fhome-built-header-finish-atf%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2008%2F01%2Fimg_2713.JPG&amp;description=Home-built+Header+finish-ATF%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[299]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Home-built Header finish-ATF!\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Home-built Header finish-ATF!&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" data-text=\"Home-built Header finish-ATF!\" data-desc=\"Just to wrap up the header I built for my car (Pikesan's garage) I thought I'd post a few pics and the video of the car running.. you can hear what it sounds like! I build the header with help from Schoenfeld Headers and my friends at Nissan with the TIG welding skills. When I finally got it\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2713.JPG\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Just to wrap up the header I built for my car (<a title=\"Pikesan's garage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Garage\/pikesan\" target=\"_blank\">Pikesan&#8217;s garage<\/a>) I thought I&#8217;d post a few pics and the video of the car running.. you can hear what it sounds like!<\/p>\n<p>I build the header with help from <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"schoenfeldheaders\" href=\"http:\/\/www.schoenfeldheaders.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Schoenfeld Headers <\/a>and my friends at Nissan with the TIG welding skills. When I finally got it assembled, the next question was what do to for a coating? I media blasted the header and it was a shining clean silver color that looked really cool but I knew it wouldn&#8217;t last. So I took the advice I got from Schoenfeld and used ATF, yea, Automatic Transmission Fluid! I&#8217;d never heard of that, but they said it would turn the header a really cool BLUE color. Hmmm&#8230; Here&#8217;s how everything turned out.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the header I had on it before&#8230; I tried to paint this one red&#8230; I didn&#8217;t do a very good job and it turned black then white, quickly until it looked like this <em>(Click on any image to see it full size)<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"img_2713.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2713.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[299]\"><img style=\"margin: 4px 9px;\" title=\"Old Header. Believe it or not, it used to be red!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2713.JPG\" alt=\"Custom header coating hot rod pinto atf\" hspace=\"9\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the 1st video of me running the car for the first time with ATF generously rubbed on with a red rag (use something else, the rag rubbed off a little) Yea, it&#8217;s smoking! Didn&#8217;t smell too badly though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;file= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aeBV3mU1KeE&amp;rel=1;height=335&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&amp;backcolor=0x000000&amp;lightcolor=0xFFF000&amp;logo=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/content\/bpvidlogo.png&amp;link=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/&amp;image=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/vidbmwhpsport.thumbnail.jpg&amp;showdownload=true&amp;autostart=false\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aeBV3mU1KeE&amp;rel=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aeBV3mU1KeE&amp;rel=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&amp;file= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/aeBV3mU1KeE&amp;rel=1;height=335&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&amp;backcolor=0x000000&amp;lightcolor=0xFFF000&amp;logo=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/content\/bpvidlogo.png&amp;link=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/&amp;image=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/vidbmwhpsport.thumbnail.jpg&amp;showdownload=true&amp;autostart=false\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the second video. Note that the color is starting to appear as I applied more ATF (while it was still kinda hot) and the header got hot. I was afraid it would be unevenly blue, but it&#8217;s not.<br \/>\n<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"&amp;file= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZTrSasCMGb8&amp;rel=1;height=335&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&amp;backcolor=0x000000&amp;lightcolor=0xFFF000&amp;logo=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/content\/bpvidlogo.png&amp;link=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/&amp;image=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/vidbmwhpsport.thumbnail.jpg&amp;showdownload=true&amp;autostart=false\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZTrSasCMGb8&amp;rel=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZTrSasCMGb8&amp;rel=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"&amp;file= http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZTrSasCMGb8&amp;rel=1;height=335&amp;width=450&amp;frontcolor=0xFFFFFF&amp;backcolor=0x000000&amp;lightcolor=0xFFF000&amp;logo=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/content\/bpvidlogo.png&amp;link=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/&amp;image=http:\/\/bikerpunks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/vidbmwhpsport.thumbnail.jpg&amp;showdownload=true&amp;autostart=false\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Then, here&#8217;s a couple pics of the finished header with the cool blue color&#8230; its a little darker now like a blue titanium color&#8230; I love it.<a title=\"img_2889.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2889.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[299]\"><img style=\"margin: 4px 6px;\" title=\"Custom Header Coating. Do you believe it's only ATF?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2889.JPG\" alt=\"Custom header coating hot rod pinto atf\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"img_2893.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2893.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[299]\"><img style=\"margin: 4px 6px;\" title=\"Custom Header Coating. Do you believe it's only ATF?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/img_2893.jpg\" alt=\"Custom header coating hot rod pinto atf\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"575\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I reapplied the ATF about 3 times, then I haven&#8217;t done it since. I&#8217;ll do it again when I start driving it more&#8230; it&#8217;s a little cold here in AZ!I think this is a GREAT, cheap alternative to other coatings and looks better than I expected. I couldn&#8217;t have ordered that color if I had to. Let me know if you have any questions. <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-2642021-896329\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fhome-built-header-finish-atf%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Home-built+Header+finish-ATF%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Home-built Header finish-ATF!\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Home-built Header finish-ATF!&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/home-built-header-finish-atf\/\" data-text=\"Home-built Header finish-ATF!\" data-desc=\"Just to wrap up the header I built for my car (Pikesan's garage) I thought I'd post a few pics and the video of the car running.. you can hear what it sounds like! I build the header with help from Schoenfeld Headers and my friends at Nissan with the TIG welding skills. When I finally got it\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Just to wrap up the header I built for my car (Pikesan&#8217;s garage) I thought I&#8217;d post a few pics and the video of the car running.. you can hear what it sounds like! I build the header with help from Schoenfeld Headers and my friends at Nissan with the TIG welding skills. 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