RV6 Ceramic Coating Damage

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Anyone else who is running the ceramic RV6 catted down pipe have it coming off? After two track days I noticed what looked like dust but it seems to be some of the coating coming off. Possibly due to getting hot?
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I have the black coating but mine is fine
 

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i have PRL items but went with the glacier black cerakote and it's holding up well on the downpipe and front pipe. always an option if it is indeed coming off.
 
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i have PRL items but went with the glacier black cerakote and it's holding up well on the downpipe and front pipe. always an option if it is indeed coming off.
Thank you for the recommendation! Iā€™ll check it again after another track day and see how itā€™s doing. Really odd
 


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Genuinely curious: why would one need to ceramic-coat their DP?
Itā€™s supposed to help retain heat inside the exhaust. Good for limiting heat soak / under hood temps and making more power
 

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Itā€™s supposed to help retain heat inside the exhaust. Good for limiting heat soak / under hood temps and making more power
Ah, got it. TY!
 


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Jeez Louise! Just when I think Iā€™m finally not breaking my car. I have the same problem with my ceramic coated RV6 catted dp. Just got done with a track weekend too. You can see where I rubbed off a patch of the ā€œdustā€ or whatever.
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Seems to effect the upper/hotter side of the pipe. I also threw an O2 sensor low voltage DTC, probably something different/a coincidence. Just putting info out there and maybe someone can help put things together.

Letā€™s shoot them an email and get their take. But practically, if the part is safe and carā€™s running well, I wouldnā€™t do anything about it. I kinda feel there is some luck involved in not breaking the studs/bolts on install (I didnā€™t, thank god). The enemy of good, is perfect.
 
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Jeez Louise! Just when I think Iā€™m finally not breaking my car. I have the same problem with my ceramic coated RV6 catted dp. Just got done with a track weekend too. You can see where I rubbed off a patch of the ā€œdustā€ or whatever.
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Seems to effect the upper/hotter side of the pipe. I also threw an O2 sensor low voltage DTC, probably something different/a coincidence. Just putting info out there and maybe someone can help put things together.

Letā€™s shoot them an email and get their take. But practically, if the part is safe and carā€™s running well, I wouldnā€™t do anything about it. I kinda feel there is some luck involved in not breaking the studs/bolts on install (I didnā€™t, thank god). The enemy of good, is perfect.
The code is probably because of the defouler on the secondary sensor. I had the same issue. Its not reading enough air passing it compared to the first sensor.

This is why I went with titanium.. to hopefully not have to worry so much about breaking the studs.

@RV6 have you guys seen this before?
 

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The code is probably because of the defouler on the secondary sensor. I had the same issue. Its not reading enough air passing it compared to the first sensor.

This is why I went with titanium.. to hopefully not have to worry so much about breaking the studs.

@RV6 have you guys seen this before?
I have Hondata and have the secondary O2 sensor ā€œdisabled.ā€ I could remove the defouler, but if it wonā€™t definitely fix my problem, it seems like it may be a pain in the butt without taking out the whole dp again.
Also, sent an email to RV6 today. Weā€˜ll see.
 

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The fading is normal and powdery residue. The extreme heat oxidizes the surface. In order to get the shine back you will have to polish the downpipe. We recommend this product. We have been using this coating company for years and we rarely have issues.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cci-cghp6
 
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The fading is normal and powdery residue. The extreme heat oxidizes the surface. In order to get the shine back you will have to polish the downpipe. We recommend this product. We have been using this coating company for years and we rarely have issues.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cci-cghp6
Thank you so much for the recommendation and response :)
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