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Does anybody recommend against wrapping my pipes with the heat shield still on it? The heat shield as a different kind of style than the actual pipes which I prefer but I really want to wrap them because they are all scratched up
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So:are you saying you want to wrap around the outside of the heat shields because they are scratch up?
- I guess if you want the look of big wrapped pipes you can domthat
-or...remove the shields and wrap the pipes
- or buy new shields, or have them powder coated or chromed.
- I guess if you want the look of big wrapped pipes you can domthat
-or...remove the shields and wrap the pipes
- or buy new shields, or have them powder coated or chromed.
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Depends where the pipes were made. If they're Chinese, a wrap will probably crack the headers.
Wrap insulates the pipes and they'll run higher temps. Chinese steel can't cope and will crack from it.
I'd take the shields off and have them blasted then re-chromed or p/c'd.
Wrap insulates the pipes and they'll run higher temps. Chinese steel can't cope and will crack from it.
I'd take the shields off and have them blasted then re-chromed or p/c'd.
Last edited by TeaRunner; May 8, 2018 at 02:19 PM.
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Yeah
I guess re powder coating them would be the best option but I like the rap look however the actual Muffler looks a lot different then the heat shield and they're not foreign it's Vance & Hines the pipes are awkwardly shaped the shields make them look perfectly round and they go to a point that's why I kind of want to keep them
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Wrapping over the heatshields will make them look fat and weird, to be honest. And talking of wrap, I did wrap the pipes on my slim (with no heatshields) and they were HOT! So much so that they were actually painful in stop and go traffic. ymmv
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