SunplusTrade 2" x 50' Black Exhaust Heat Wrap Roll for Motorcycle Fiberglass Heat Shield Tape with Stainless Ties

I installed this on a 2007 Subaru STI with a catless downpipe. My mission was to try to decrease under hood temps and keep the heat in the downpipe/hotside of the turbo. This is the first time I've heat wrapped anything. This product looks like the big brand name versions, but at an affordable price. Since there weren't alot of small bends, I decided to go with the 2in version. The material seemed very thick, but durable. Before installing, I watched a couple of videos on how others did it. First, soak the roll in water for 10 mins (or until the bubbles are gone). This will eliminate majority of the fiberglass getting everywhere! Wear thick latex gloves at the least, and suggest wearing long sleeves and possibly pants. I started off at the top of the downpipe, fastened the first couple of wraps with a metal zip tie, made sure there was enough clearance for the bottom bolt. Make sure to pull the wrap tight. At the end, I tucked the end of the wrap into itself, then used a zip tie. I also used 2 zip ties in the middle. I stopped just half way of the pipe, the portion that is exposed outside of the engine bay to limit the wrap being soaked incase of rain. I didn't use any coating and let it dry for a day before driving the car. The biggest pain was untangling the wrap since the wrap stayed in the water bucket while wrapping the propped up downpipe. After 1-2 days of short driving, the minimal white smoke stopped. Not worried about corrosion, this is not a daily driven vehicle, its rarely driven in rain, and the downpipe is high quality (Invidia). So far, the wrap has stayed on and no issues.

WEAR GLOVES and long sleeves. Good stuff, but even though I knew better I didn't wear gloves when first putting it on my golf cart exhaust. Well the rest of that day I felt like my hands had teeny spikes in them. Finished the job a couple days later with gloves and no issues. The tape is pretty easy to work with, easily went around a very small diameter golf cart exhaust. I was concerned at first with the small amount of metal zip ties it wasn't enough but it was, as the tape holds tight and I found I only needed 1 zip tie on each end.

Bought this to wrap the pipe on my bike. If you've never worked with fiberglass heat wrap before, lemme tell you something, Rick... It traps heat in the exhaust pipe of your motorcycle. This does two things. One, it helps keep you from burning your leg if you get too close to the pipe, or if you like to squid around in ball shorts for some anarcho-psychotic reason. Secondly, it kinda-sorta improves performance. Something about cooling exhaust gasses pooling in the pipe right outside of the manifold causing back pressure, and if it stays hot it mitigates restriction of...blah, it's basically black magic and sorcery, but it's true. Now, installation...take off your exhaust. I've seen people do it without removing their pipes. Some people's kids are always trying to swim upstream. It goes on alot easier with the pipes off. You'll want to soak this stuff in water for a little while. Get it wet. It'll go on better and maybe...if you're blessed, cut down on a little of the fiberglass that will inevitably get everywhere. Start the wrapping, clamp it (With a clamp, not one of the metal zip ties you get in the set), and wrap it like you're trying to tie a mattress to the top of your car to drive down the freeway. Wrap it tight. Put the ties on every so often too to hold in it place so you don't lose all of your work. Then clamp it when you're done. Start your bike and let it run until the pipes get hot. Tell you what, do this in a fully-enclosed garage or better yet, your living room with your wife home. Just kidding, DON'T! The wrap will smoke like your bike is about to spontaneously combust. This is perfectly normal. It's the steam from the water blowing down, and the heat wrap curing. It will smell like Satan's barbeque too. Also, your neighbors will probably come over to ask why your brand new bike is on fire in your yard. Again, perfectly normal. It happened to me. After it cures fully, usually after a few rides, you can treat it with the spray goop you can buy on here. Then burn that off too. It'll smoke some more. Oh...I almost forgot to mention something. Fiberglass. It's like how Anakin feels about sand. It's coarse, and rough, and irritating, and it gets everywhere. You will itch. Your skin will crawl. You will say things your pastor won't like. Unless you wear good PPE and gloves when you wrap your pipes. I did not. DO not be me. Worth the price. My leg stays cooler, and my bike probably has like half of a horse more now. It looks pretty aggressive and awesome too. Would recommend.

Good product

Worked well when wrapping my pipes you will want to get some black silicone spray paint, however, so they do not fade with the heat of the exhaust

I did the installation of this on my Buell XB12XT this weekend. I'm not going to repeat what others have said, but I will emphasize two things: - Wear protective garments and a dust mask! This is fiberglass tape - it will create dust. - Don't start the engine until the bike (or whatever) is outside! The initial off-gassing is intense. You probably don't want anybody downwind of it, either. I didn't wet the tape. I installed it with the pipe on the bike, and I took the chin spoiler/fairing off beforehand. I cut one piece of tape and wrapped the front pipe down to the join. My front pipe piece was roughly eight wraps, I think. I used zipties at each end to hold it while I worked. Then I taped the remainder of the header from just above the outlet joint, captured the end of the front pipe tape, and then up toward the rear exhaust. I ended up about an inch shy of the exhaust port when I ran out of tape. It'll take a good bit of fussing and adjusting the wrap to get it to fit and look right. You'll want to feed several wraps of tape loosely around the outlet - to - rear pipe before you start wrapping it - the roll won't fit between the pipe and the engine until you're well along in the job.

Works well for heat and changed the look of the exhaust. Unfortunately it smells very chemically and the color is wearing off after just 2 days. 3 stars because it helps with the heat, but cosmetically it’s not holding up.

Good quality, easy to install, great value for the amount you get.

I used this on my refresh job on an engine built in the 2000's with that old style gold color wrap. It worked very well. I used the water technique to keep the dust down and stretch the wrap easily around the corners. After wrapping I used the new style silicone coating I found on Amazon to protect the wrap as much as possible and it looked even better than uncoated with that flat black look. Time will tell how this wrap holds up but I have had it for a few months and it still looks awesome!

Very bad quality and color fades to white very fast.

EXELENTE

Worth every dollar.

Great for exhausts at a great price.