Header wraps, Are they safe? Options

[HectortheRican]

I was just wondering if header wraps are safe for a daily driver. Because on my dad's AE86, with a 4AG, he wrapped his headers and he later had to replace them b/c there was a big crack on on of the seams. Maybe he didn't wrap them right? I want to know b/c since the header on the 7AFE is not even a foot away from the air compressor and I don't want the excess heat from the header to damage the compressor. (That's what happened to my dad's AE86). Help please?

[Spider77]

My header is wrapped, and Ive had no problems. Of course by me saying that I have the feeling all the "header wrap" cons will come into play now. I know guys who also wrap their headers on old muscle cars with no problems either. Then there are guys here who run without wraps as well (and im sure have no problems). But either way, your going to get the guys who say its safe to wrap, and your going to get the ones who say you car will blow up with them on (ok, thats a bit out of proportion). I wrapped mine cause I wanted to keep bay temps down.