Author Topic: Heat shielding  (Read 1422 times)

Offline Sam

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,186
  • Sam I am
Heat shielding
« on: 27 October 2009, 17:12 »
Hey guys, anyone know where i can get decent stick on heat shielding/matting to sit on my firewall behind the manifold. Im fed up of the 'slightly' bodged solid ally sh!t rattling every time i seem to fix it.

Thanks in advance...sam :smiley:


The entire world is a Money Pit, you just have to pick yours.

Offline Jay

  • Forum addict
  • *
  • Posts: 4,415
  • balding fat cvnt
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #1 on: 27 October 2009, 17:59 »
Passat B5.5 2.3 V5 170, with all the extras.

Want some online storage? Click here to sign up for a Dropbox account.

But for the purest engine experience, displacement has no replacement. All other methods are simply attempts to artificially recreate the benefits of displacement.

Offline Sam

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,186
  • Sam I am
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #2 on: 27 October 2009, 18:02 »
A bit of money lol.... for the size i would be happy with im looking at £50 :shocked:


The entire world is a Money Pit, you just have to pick yours.

Offline Ben Lessani

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,873
  • The poor mans MK2 Haynes author
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #3 on: 27 October 2009, 22:09 »
Sach the shielding, with the bulkhead all hot, it will keep your toes warm in winter :grin:

Offline Sam

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,186
  • Sam I am
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #4 on: 27 October 2009, 22:48 »
Sach the shielding, with the bulkhead all hot, it will keep your toes warm in winter :grin:

Yer i was thinking that, will it have any detremental effects on my car though??


The entire world is a Money Pit, you just have to pick yours.

Offline rubjonny

  • 10k hero
  • *
  • Posts: 16,349
  • Hello, my name is John and I'm a dub addict.
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #5 on: 28 October 2009, 08:13 »
the bulkhead could rust eventually, ive seen a few 8vs without this shielding have rust down the bottom.
Hello my name is John and I'm a dub addict.

Offline Sam

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,186
  • Sam I am
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #6 on: 28 October 2009, 12:14 »
Hmm, you know what... the noise is that wank im just gonna rip it off and dig deep for stick on stuff


The entire world is a Money Pit, you just have to pick yours.

Offline Sam

  • I live here
  • *****
  • Posts: 3,186
  • Sam I am
Re: Heat shielding
« Reply #7 on: 28 October 2009, 13:30 »
Haha ripped it out this morning, now shes purrrrring like the little 4 legged creature that she is...


The entire world is a Money Pit, you just have to pick yours.