I'm getting my downpipe installed tomorrow and i was wondering what is better.... wrapping it, rigging my stock heat shield or just buying a new heat shield (ex- cobb). what do u all think?

 

wrapp it.

i'll post pictures of mine later this morning

 

 

definately heat wrapping.

 

Heat wrap it and get a new heat shield. I got a Gruppe-S one (I think) for like $40. Simple to put on, it bolts to the tranny with one bolt.

 

my AVO headers ar turbo jet black coated and i am wrapping them also along with my perrin up pipe.

what didnt your car like about the wrap?

 

One could always get Crucial Racing stuff, and not worry about it, because their U/D pipes are ceramic coated.

 

heat wrapping is better for heat dispusion. but it is hard on the metal. best to do both

 

If it's on a place where it may get wet and you have a metal that will rust, DON'T wrap (wraping retains water, water causes rust).

+1 to the only wraping the headers, turbo, and UP. Anything post-turbo is unnecessary and will mess with the heat flow in averse ways.