I had a Pacesetter Header on my Civic for over a year and it gave me no problems. I had it wrapped with header wrap and it was good to go. sure it lost the black color in about 2 hours of driving, it burns right off cause its paint. but if you want to spend a little more you can get a ceramic one. i had a full pacesetter setup (except cat) on my 1995 civic and it went and sounded great.