Heat shielding/tape

[wilkin250r]

So I'm tired of deformed/melting plastics.  I've got a couple projects I would like to add some heat shielding to.

So my first question is: What are you guys using for heat shielding?

My second question would be an extension of the first.  If you haven't found a good solution, can we come up with a good solution?  I've done a little bit of research on heat shielding tape, but it seems like any decent product I want to try is sold as rolls of tape, costing hundreds of dollars.  I don't want to spend $500 on 45 feet of heat shielding tape if all I need is 1ft, only to throw $480 worth in the trash.

Maybe a group effort?  Like, collectively we all buy a $500 roll of tape, and we cut/ship according to need?  I'm totally willing to put forth the effort to divide according to need/contribution, but I don't like the idea of buying 45ft if I only need 1ft.

[jcs003]

try some of the basalt heat shield tape.  there are some with an adhesive side.

[desertR]

Look at Summit or JEGS. I've got heat wrap that I've used for years, with good results in both 1" and 2" x 25ft rolls
If you have room, make an aluminum/stainless plate  with 3/8" risers and hose clamp it after wrapping the offending pipe with the wrap.
desertR

[The norm]

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I googled fiberglass heat wrap and came up with plenty of cheap options.  Good luck

[jcs003]

this is what I used in an area where heat was an issue:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heatshield-12-x-24-Lava-Mat-Thermal-Barrier-w-Adhesive-770001-1200F-/123111333394?hash=item1caa01de12

[atvmxr]

So I'm tired of deformed/melting plastics.  I've got a couple projects I would like to add some heat shielding to.

So my first question is: What are you guys using for heat shielding?

My second question would be an extension of the first.  If you haven't found a good solution, can we come up with a good solution?  I've done a little bit of research on heat shielding tape, but it seems like any decent product I want to try is sold as rolls of tape, costing hundreds of dollars.  I don't want to spend $500 on 45 feet of heat shielding tape if all I need is 1ft, only to throw $480 worth in the trash.

Maybe a group effort?  Like, collectively we all buy a $500 roll of tape, and we cut/ship according to need?  I'm totally willing to put forth the effort to divide according to need/contribution, but I don't like the idea of buying 45ft if I only need 1ft.

Are you not using factory plastics?  OEM has a support brace that goes right over where the silencer bend is that causes most melted plastics. 

[wilkin250r]

A lot of people are posting exhaust wraps. Is that the solution most people are using?  Heat wrap on the exhaust?

I was thinking more along the lines of an aluminum tape on the plastics, similar to the strategy used on OEM plastics on any other ATV.

[wilkin250r]

this is what I used in an area where heat was an issue:  https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heatshield-12-x-24-Lava-Mat-Thermal-Barrier-w-Adhesive-770001-1200F-/123111333394?hash=item1caa01de12

Yeah, something like that.  But it seems like the fiber-reinforced doesn't hold quite as long as a true solid aluminum.  Have you had any problems with it peeling off?

[sameltoe]

I used a heatshield from a 450r. I think fourwerx also makes a shield.
Dei makes a 1.5" diameter sheath to slide over the pipe, which I was going to try next. Just to clean up the area.

[broken1]

I have some stuff on a couple sets of OEM plastic that were in a parts lot. It's foil backed mastic tape just like your looking for & it wasn't easy to remove. I have no idea how to post pics or I would but someone definitely makes it.

[wilkin250r]

And ideally I think I would want one solid piece, so I would need tape somewhere between 8" and a foot wide.

Have you ever priced aluminum tape a foot wide?  They're out there, but only sold as a full roll, 180ft, and costs about $800.  It works out to be only about $4 per foot, and if I need about a foot and half, I need $6 worth of tape.  I ain't spending $800 if I only need $6 worth.

[desertR]

"So my first question is: What are you guys using for heat shielding?

My second question would be an extension of the first.  If you haven't found a good solution, can we come up with a good solution?  I've done a little bit of research on heat shielding tape, but it seems like any decent product I want to try is sold as rolls of tape, costing hundreds of dollars.  I don't want to spend $500 on 45 feet of heat shielding tape if all I need is 1ft, only to throw $480 worth in the trash."

You asked for solutions, and many have provided you with some, but the only solution you seem interested in is yours. IF you were doing a museum quality restoration, I could understand, but then why use something on a quad that will never run. I'll offer one more solution and then I'm done, using 3/16" large flange pop rivets, and some T-0 aluminum, make a heat shield the size you need. Space the aluminum off the plastic with some 3/16" washers, allowing for an air space between the layers and that will take care of it. Best  of luck
desertR

[sameltoe]

Dynamat also makes your sticky steel backed tape. Comes in 12"x12" squares. I believe 4 came in the pack I bought at best buy...

[wilkin250r]

The dynamat stuff, from what I can recall, was a really thin aluminum.  In fact, almost anything I was able to find for automotive applications was fine for the inside of a firewall, floor, or door panel, but really wasn't capable of surviving the environment of your inner fenders.

[jcs003]

the material i mentioned earlier, works very well.  i use it where a pipe is very close to the radiator.  there was no peeling of the material at all.