Heat wrap on my V&H short shots question
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05-11-2010, 01:50 PM
ok guys, started up this morning to ride to work for the first time with the wrap. About 8 blocks from my house the wrap started smoking like a son of a bitch. I didn't think i was getting home without a fire. What gives? do I need the coating on the wrap that they told me I didn't need but the box states I do need? Is this normal the first time you run it? I don't think so....
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05-11-2010, 08:41 PM
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05-13-2010, 06:18 PM
I took my heat shields of to put the quiet baffles in about 2 weeks ago. They were a little scratched from the previous owner so I thought about wrapping them. I bought the wrap and and the guy I didn't need anything else. Then I got home and saw on the box it needs hi heat coating and snap straps. I used metal clamps instead of the snap straps, but do I really need the coating? I called and the guy even had the rep there at that moment and they said no and so did the mechanic.
Do I need it? can I just pick it up at kragen? it's not the ceramic coating is it? i thought that was for the inside of pipes. Another guy told me not to use the wrap at all because the pipes will crack. It's on their and looks cool, but I just want to know if I did it right
Do I need it? can I just pick it up at kragen? it's not the ceramic coating is it? i thought that was for the inside of pipes. Another guy told me not to use the wrap at all because the pipes will crack. It's on their and looks cool, but I just want to know if I did it right
I just bought a set of pipes that had that stuff put on them for 100 miles and it turned stainless steel totally black because it causes over heating of the exhaust pipe itself and you WILL notice more heat coming off the engine than you did previously.
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05-15-2010, 12:48 PM
iron71, I really like the wrap you did! I'm gonna wrap my pipes too, any tips or advice. What color is that wrap you used? I have an all black 09 nightster so I thought of going with black, but the color you used is pretty sharp. (yeah I ****ed up my front heat shield last week after too many shots of crown, no more motorcycle rodeos for this guy)Jason
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05-16-2010, 03:50 AM
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I rode the smoke off. seems fine, but the bike feels different. could be me, I'm a hypochondriac about anything I take a tool to. I definitely gotta clean it up, i was sloppy at the end. with the 2" wrap I think you need 2 clamps per pipe to keep it from fraying. I'm also gonna fold it under like another poster said. I wish I'd wrapped to the end of the pipes, but stopped in front of the mounting plate. This could cost my wife some melted shoes......
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