Rear bumper melting

[mrfitz]

Just fitted my new Blitz exhaust - looks lovely - warmed the car up and it was smelling a little as it\'s new....  Then it was smelling very plasticy as it melted away part of my rear bumper.

Does anyone know where to get a decent looking shield for your rear bumper to keep the heat away??

Thanks,

Mark.

[Alex]

I had the same problem.  Got a stainless heatshield from the states.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7925545818

Needed a little bit of tweaking to get it to fit perfectly but it is spot-on now.

HTH

AL.

[mrfitz]

Thanks Alex, Just what I was after.  Did it take long to get here?  How easy were the rivets?

Thanks again,

Mark.

[Alex]

They were really good to deal with, not the usual problem with US sellers this time.  I also bought a rotor shaped key blank which I thought was quite nifty :cool

Took about a week to get here.  I had to take a small section off it to make it fit better around the lower bumper contours and just put another drill hole through it to improve the fixing.  Riveting was really easy and I also bonded it on with black automotive bonding agent.  This just joints it to the bumper a bit better.  I bought some cool stainless rivets as well. If you use aluminium stuff it will react with the steel over time and go scabby.

If you get one, give us a shout and I\'ll send you a bunch of stainless rivets as I bought a big pack of 100, so got the odd one or two left  

Cheers

AL.

[mrfitz]

Thanks Alex, I appreciate that.  Think I\'ll order one now.  I\'ll send you a PM about the rivets.

Cheers Alex,

Mark.

[Alex]

No worries.  Give us a shout when you need \'em.

AL.

[Mart160plus]

Cor, was gonna join in with you guys til I saw the price, get me the silver foil, I\'ll make me own !!!
Hope to see what your\'s look like soon Gents but for $80 plus postage methinks we can source/build one in the UK.

Cheers,

Mart.

[mrfitz]

I do agree with you there Mart, but it all comes down to being arsed to do it....  something I am not!
I\'ll go for the easy option!!

Mark.

[clive]

How about just dropping the back box down a little to give an "air gap", that will sort it.

If its actually touching all that will happen if put metal on is it will radiate the heat and melt a bigger area, surely ?

[Alex]

I agree the price isn\'t great, but if you think about all the messing about involved in buying some 304 stainless, machining and rolling it into shape and then tigging it up (all of which I can do as I\'ve done metal fabrication and welding courses) you start to get into either more money or a lot of time arsing about.

If I had all the equipment in my cellar I\'d love to do it but it would still take a good few hours to knock together.

Clive, you\'re right.  Giving it an air gap should sort it, but the lower valance of mine was already melted and looked scruffy.  It also started to come away from the main bumper and droop towards the exhaust.  The shield actually pulled everything back into place and even if it does have a bit of heat soak it won\'t radiate far enough out to be visible on the bumper.

I\'m pleased with the look, I\'ll get a piccy and post up to let you see the finish.

AL.

[craigr]

Carbon Fibre

Bought from the States, although they imported it from Japan. Rotary Extreme - but got it delivered to my office in Seattle, and personally carried it back to avoid shipping costs.

Just drilled it and riveted to the rear valance. Fits perfectly.

Cheers, Craig

[Kieron]

I melted my bumper the day I fitted my nur spec, I did the easy fix (what clive said) and its been fine ever since

[Mart160plus]

Mark, Alex, I hear you both, and you are right, I\'m full of good intentions, half of which I neither find the time or energy to complete. My 5" tailpipe managed to melt right through the black part of the rear valance at the Ring but it seems to be holding so far.
Craig, that looks wicked, my Rex is silver too, where did you get it from ??

Mart.

[FD3Typer2]

Craigr,

How does the plate hold up against the heat? I have been loking at that plate from Rotary Extreme but was worried it was more for looks than protection. My bumper is getting real black around the exhaust area.

[craigr]

Hi all,

The carbon fibre guard works really well. It\'s \'true\' carbon fibre, rather than a lookey-likey, so is very heat resistant. Mart - I got it from Rotary Extreme (their banner ad is on this board).

The photo was when I had a 5-Zigen exhaust, but I now have a Blitz Nur Spec R and it works really well. No colouration, staining, melting or anything.