Heat shield on headers - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

winsometang · 11-12-2015, 07:47 PM

Has anyone tried fitting oem heat shield on aftermarket headers? Or are there aftermarket headers with heat shields that look close to stock?

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Impureclient · 11-12-2015, 08:54 PM

You trying to hide it from the dealer?

pushrod · 11-12-2015, 08:58 PM

Trying to hide the heat from the coil packs?

imaguitar · 11-12-2015, 09:11 PM

Why does everyone always want to hide headers & stuff like that from the dealer?

Is it because of warranty stuff?

Hawk77FT · 11-12-2015, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by winsometang

Has anyone tried fitting oem heat shield on aftermarket headers? Or are there aftermarket headers with heat shields that look close to stock?

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Ceramic coat is your best bet

jvincent · 11-12-2015, 09:34 PM

If anything an aftermatket header is probably putting less heat into the engine bay since the cat is gone (usually).

That said, I had mine ceramic coated so that there would be even less heat in the bay.

kodyo · 11-12-2015, 09:39 PM

I half assed tried with the FT86SF header, as far as I could tell it wasn't even close to fitting. Seeing as he is in Cali, I'm guessing carb legal motivated.

EzyBrzy · 11-12-2015, 10:45 PM

Probably same thing I'm worried about, warranty/smog(although wont have to get checked for a while)

winsometang · 11-12-2015, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kodyo

I half assed tried with the FT86SF header, as far as I could tell it wasn't even close to fitting. Seeing as he is in Cali, I'm guessing carb legal motivated.

Yes sir, I've recently had a run in with the lovely authorities and unfortunately was found guilty for having a catless set up... My car just dosent feel the same anymore.

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kodyo · 11-13-2015, 08:56 PM

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Yes sir, I've recently had a run in with the lovely authorities and unfortunately was found guilty for having a catless set up... My car just dosent feel the same anymore.

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I feel for ya, I'm moving to Cali in 2 months and already planning to remove all my aftermarket parts.

solidONE · 11-13-2015, 09:39 PM

replace the stock header. Even if you manage to retrofit the stock shield. I dont think you'll be fooling anybody, never mind the authorities that look at these type of cases everyday.

rx3 · 05-14-2016, 07:03 AM

There's still no aftermarket header with a heat shield or an aftermarket header where the stock heat shield would fit?

DAEMANO · 05-14-2016, 10:58 AM

Gut stock header or gut+weld in straight pipe. It works.

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solidONE Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: FR-S Whiteout Location: California Posts: 2,863 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 790 Times in 611 Posts Mentioned: 42 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	replace the stock header. Even if you manage to retrofit the stock shield. I dont think you'll be fooling anybody, never mind the authorities that look at these type of cases everyday. __________________ Intent > Content cowardice is the mother of cruelty.

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jvincent Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2022 WRB BRZ Sport-Tech Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 1,746 Thanks: 131 Thanked 1,410 Times in 715 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	If anything an aftermatket header is probably putting less heat into the engine bay since the cat is gone (usually). That said, I had mine ceramic coated so that there would be even less heat in the bay.

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kodyo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: Scion FR-S Location: Los Angeles Posts: 686 Thanks: 597 Thanked 256 Times in 173 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I half assed tried with the FT86SF header, as far as I could tell it wasn't even close to fitting. Seeing as he is in Cali, I'm guessing carb legal motivated.

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EzyBrzy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: 2015 WRB BRZ Location: NorCal Bay Area Posts: 284 Thanks: 133 Thanked 77 Times in 62 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Probably same thing I'm worried about, warranty/smog(although wont have to get checked for a while)

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