The white coating is called White Lightning. It is super thick and works super good. In my opinion, it works better then that chrome coating. Will never dull, crack, chip, peel, or otherwise come off, and is completely paintable with a good high temp paint. They don't do the chrome coatings. At least not last year. I paid $188 to have my Y-pipe, expansion chamber, and silencer can done on my 2001 Sno-Pro. I painted it black and the coating is still like new. The black paint wore off on the Y-pipe from the heat, but the ceramic coating was unhurt.