Turbo/S rear bumper cover heat protection strips/trim installed on a NB?
#1
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Turbo/S rear bumper cover heat protection strips/trim installed on a NB?
My 3.8 build seems to run hotter than my stock motor cars. It came with B&B headers and their cans/tips.
After polishing the exhaust tips, it does not take long for them to discolor from heat, in fact, less than an hour. At every wash, I need to re-polish the tan heat tones away.
I believe the old cat may have been partially clogged (78k miles) and that may have contributed to the tips getting hotter, as the cat stored heat would need to radiate/dissipate somewhere. The B&B tips are longer and protrude from the bumper cover somewhat.
A new Fabspeed sport cat system was added last fall.
Soon, I'm about to add some FD lovin' and some wide ovals and am a little concerned about heat transfer from the tips to the bumper cover.
I've seen some photos of bumper cover/paint damage from heat and think for a few bucks it might be a good idea to add the protection strip trim.
So I'm wondering if anyone who has adapted the turbo/S heat protection strips to a NB bumper cover, might have some advice for the install?
It appears I'll need to modify the protection strips slightly.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Al
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After polishing the exhaust tips, it does not take long for them to discolor from heat, in fact, less than an hour. At every wash, I need to re-polish the tan heat tones away.
I believe the old cat may have been partially clogged (78k miles) and that may have contributed to the tips getting hotter, as the cat stored heat would need to radiate/dissipate somewhere. The B&B tips are longer and protrude from the bumper cover somewhat.
A new Fabspeed sport cat system was added last fall.
Soon, I'm about to add some FD lovin' and some wide ovals and am a little concerned about heat transfer from the tips to the bumper cover.
I've seen some photos of bumper cover/paint damage from heat and think for a few bucks it might be a good idea to add the protection strip trim.
So I'm wondering if anyone who has adapted the turbo/S heat protection strips to a NB bumper cover, might have some advice for the install?
It appears I'll need to modify the protection strips slightly.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Al
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#2
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I have lined the inside of the bumper cover with aluminium heat resistant duct tape. Just an idea.
#3
I did modify the factory Turbo protection strips. It took a lot of grinding and filing, with a little bending but I did get them to fit. I finished them off with some high temp silver paint. Not perfect but pretty close.
Mike
Mike
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Thank you and nice job!
For some reason I remembered a post about someone doing this, but when I ran a search I came up blank.
Any chance of a pic installed?
Thank you very much.
Regards,
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For some reason I remembered a post about someone doing this, but when I ran a search I came up blank.
Any chance of a pic installed?
Thank you very much.
Regards,
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#5
ive always wanted these on my NB too, i liked the way they look.... gave up when i learned they wouldnt fit NB... interested to see how yours turn out Al. keep us posted.
you did a great job MB. interested to see pics from further away
you did a great job MB. interested to see pics from further away
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Will do Kevin.
Sunset has shipped all the parts but it will take me a few weeks to finish as I'm very busy right now.
Total price for the parts including rivets and spacers was $78.
My indy has a metal bending machine and I have a machinist at my disposal. If this gets too crazy to do, I reserve the right to abort the mission.
Have a great summer!
Best,
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Sunset has shipped all the parts but it will take me a few weeks to finish as I'm very busy right now.
Total price for the parts including rivets and spacers was $78.
My indy has a metal bending machine and I have a machinist at my disposal. If this gets too crazy to do, I reserve the right to abort the mission.
Have a great summer!
Best,
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