reflective tape wrapped my intake box, kinda crazy
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reflective tape wrapped my intake box, kinda crazy
so... had a long week and wanted something fun to try... i had some dei thermal wrap from my last car and never used it. and i am planning on going to the track soon with my car and thought i would try it out...
yea... way too much gold now in my hood...
the long tubes were the easiest to wrap
lower side was a pain! i used a lot of small pieces, and just patched the edges.
i left the ribs alone. my tape is a little old, so i didn't go to nice on it. there is a chance it will fall off i think.
starting to wrap the center section... i started with the wide tape... then used the narrow one to cover up the rest.
since i did the bottom, i decided to wrap the top of the air box areas...
completed top section view
completed air box boittom side. again, i didn't go too nuts on it... thought all the gold was already nuts... haha
wow... it is just way too gold now!
yea, i am going to not want to open my hood in public now... lol
yea... way too much gold now in my hood...
the long tubes were the easiest to wrap
lower side was a pain! i used a lot of small pieces, and just patched the edges.
i left the ribs alone. my tape is a little old, so i didn't go to nice on it. there is a chance it will fall off i think.
starting to wrap the center section... i started with the wide tape... then used the narrow one to cover up the rest.
since i did the bottom, i decided to wrap the top of the air box areas...
completed top section view
completed air box boittom side. again, i didn't go too nuts on it... thought all the gold was already nuts... haha
wow... it is just way too gold now!
yea, i am going to not want to open my hood in public now... lol
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yup... agree... just had it laying around and needed to de-stress from work... interesting project i wont do again... lol
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That's a lot of patience..... I shielded mine also, some time ago. I stopped at doing the underside and the long tubes. I used it primarily to help reduce heat soak on hot days and slow traffic. It is not something I did a b4 and aft test on. The car was down for several days and said why not. I think I used the same tape type. Since the purpose of the tape is to "reflect" heat, I think there is some benefit to adding it. I don't think you will be able to tell/measure any real difference however.