Wow! Not my shortshots! My pipes were much cooler with the heat shields on. I can't even get close to my wraps...way, way hotter- but way hotter looking.

 

Works well, keep it wet and tight. We use some at work on some exhaust,
and I took the end and did it like you put an eye on a fishing pole.Loop a wire about 3 or 4 wraps from the end, and on your last wrap, put the wrap thru the eye loop and pull the eye thru, and it will tuck it under the outside wrap. Then they will be no need for a clamp.
A nice wrap job looks tight. Good Luck-----Gbav1

 

So I'm guessing it's super easy to remove the pipes to do this and I couldn't really screw anything up? I have some V&H Blackout 2-1 pipes on the way and they'll be installed by the stealer along with a few other stage 1 things.

If it's simple to take them off, I may do that over the weekend. I'm guessing it's REALLY simple.

 

I won't reiterate what everyone else has said, but when I bought my wrap, from DEI, I also got a can of high temp silicone (black), not sure if that's the rattler can you were referring to, just adds another layer of insulation and seeps into some of the imperfections in the wrap. I love mine, but have been eyeing a new titanium wrap I saw in a mag the other day.

 

i wrapped over the heat shields, keeps the heat way down, plus i like the look of thickness. post some pics when you done

 

I wrapped the pipes on the bobber in my sig while they were on the bike. Total time to do both was about 30 minutes. Make sure to do as someone else suggested and soak the wrap in water first. It's an easy job - just take your time, pull each loop relatively tight, and make your overlaps even.

 

I asked the question, because I just put these on.

 

Man those are big pipes, bet they are loud.
That wrap looks kind of like carbon fiber on my monitor, what is it?

 

Decent job that...respekt.

Don't think I'd ever go without wraps again.

 

There is a fairly large minority of users that have pipe failure due to the slow rate of cooling after shut-down. This is made worse by excessive and/or uneven overlap. Is it bad enough to not use heat wrap? I don't know. Everyone's experience is different with it. Just be aware of the possibility that the pipes could become very brittle and crack. I've heard that 25% overlap is optimal and will minimize the chances of this type of problem.