what is the best way to put heat wrap on some say its to put it in water or is it

 

Put it on lightly damp but not wet if it is the brown type like DEI or Thermotec.
Goes on dry with the white stuff.

 

try some shoe co glue you stupid boy

 

Hi,

Sorry to hijack, wheres the best place to get heat wrap from and what type/quantity should i buy? Also, which pipes should i wrap for best benefits?

Will i notice a difference on a standard car with decat?

Thanks
Nicky

 

Do a search on heat wrap in this forum, pleanty of info on the subject already

i.e.
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ight=heat+wrap

I can echo the bit about gloves and long sleeves. I bought a pipe already wrapped, just unpacking and holding it my arms were itching !

 

Rally Design and Exhaust Wrap Shop are good sources for the wrap, ties or lockwire that you'll need.

 

I bought mine off eBay and wrapped it wet, which was much easier than dry and enabled me to wrap it tighter.

 

got mine off ebay too. cost 26 pounds on a buy-it-now for a 30 metre roll of 50mm width wrap. bargain. enought to do both headers, cross pipe, up-pipe and downpipe.

 

Can you wrap the up-pipe without removing it? i.e. if it was on a lift or from the engine bay? I think my headers have the factory heatshields on them, can you just wrap over the heat shields or should i just leave them??

cheers

EDIT have just ordered some off the bay, 12.50 for 26feet of 2" wrap, hopefully will be enough to do the up pipe and downpipe...

 

www.thinkauto.co.uk £1.35+VAT per Meter, £3.50 postage

10M are needed fotr Downpipre
12M if downpipe has a Sports Cat
15-20M for headers

 

Beware eBay wrap. Remember how hot everything gets. Have heard of some wrap off ebay catching fire.

Check its flammability with a lighter / match before putting it on your exhaust.

 

I heard that happend a few times aswell. There was no way I was going to chance it so I used DEI which was very easy to use and fairly well proven not to go on fire.

Renno

 

Ah, thanks for the warning. I'll try and set fire to it then before i put it on....

Do you know if you can wrap the up pipe without removing it from the car?

 

It was tough enough for me wrapping it all off the car never mind on the car lol. Id be suprised if you can get it done well while its on the car. Im sure its been done or someone else might have some tips to do it that way.

Renno