vwynn

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ok so ive been thinking about this thing for the heat shields.. well most people who have heat shields use prolly aluminum or some type of sheet metal. metal likes to get hot overtime..

so i was thinking.. can you make it out of fiberglass? knowing that fiberglass is an isolator itll keep cool better then metal yea? also fiberglass is pretty easy to work with.. it just iches and burns when u breath it in ... shoulda been wearing a mask..

so yea what do u guys think?

neurocity

iTrader: (17)

Check out some of the IS300s on the site, Ive seen heatshields for them.

vwynn

iTrader: (4)

yea ive seen em too like the SRT ones. but they are made out of AL. wouldnt fiberglass be better or no??

Lexmex

Fiberglass would indeed be better. I use a lot of PVC in my intake piping (the stuff you can't see on my RX), but have been toying with the idea of heat shield made out the stuff (since good fiberglass, not el cheapo, is hard to find here).

vwynn

iTrader: (4)

oic. well if my idea thing works out. maybe i might make an actual intake from fiberglass.. mm the wonder of glass...

so how would u know which is el cheapo glass n quality glass? lol

Lexmex

I can see imperfections in the materials, not smooth or level areas. Usually there are some specialty groups that make the higher quality stuff here.

vwynn

iTrader: (4)

o. i think ur talkina bout like premade sheets or soemthing.

im talkin like fiberglass glass and u resin it n yea =]

CleanCL

IMO plastics are the best.

Lexmex

No, these aren't sheets. There are dudes that you can go down here that can fabricate stuff, problem is that after looking at some of their work, you can tell they used shoddy material.

vwynn

iTrader: (4)

oic.

well been talkin to my uncle about this idea and i think its not going to be a good idea since he said fiberglass tends to warp when heated up a lot and yea.. dont think thats good.

Lexmex

It depends on the type of fiberglass...get something too thin and/or cruddy material and it will have issues over time.