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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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Backed out of the garage today and discovered this 3"x3" piece of insulating material with a rubber/vinyl black backing laying on the floor. Crawled under car as best I can but could not determine if it fell from my vehicle. Any ideas?

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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Check this location - both sides
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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Well if we were to turn back the hands of the clock more than 20 years and the car that you were backing out of the garage happened to be a DeLorean...........you might have to make a phone call to John DeLorean to ask if he is mising any corporate "contraband" assets?
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 07:43 PM
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Thanks John, I did have the exhaust dropped a few weeks ago installing NPP mufflers.
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 08:05 PM
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May I ask - exactly what is this for - what purpose does it fill.
Mine has a little tear in it . Thought nothing of it .
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 08:06 PM
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Wow , great engineering .
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 08:10 PM
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Re-entry heat shield?
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Old Jun 27, 2008 | 08:12 PM
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May I ask - exactly what is this for - what purpose does it fill. Mine has a little tear in it . Thought nothing of it .
good question....anyone?
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I just finished changing my oil a week ago and noticed both of mine were peeling off. Not sure what they are for.
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Looks like heat insulation from the exhaust?
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Took mine off. Stock 2008, did not notice anything different.
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Seem to remember it blocking off a hole, maybe helps seal out water. Glued mine back up with contact cement. Parts guy just had a blank look when I asked about "The tinfoil tar goo patch things"
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Re-entry heat shield?
Yes, these are the tiles that you hear so much about...if any fall off, you burn up when coming out of hyperspace
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Looks like insulation material similar to what Second Skin manufactures. It's used for heat and sound insulation.
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Well if we were to turn back the hands of the clock more than 20 years and the car that you were backing out of the garage happened to be a DeLorean...........you might have to make a phone call to John DeLorean to ask if he is mising any corporate "contraband" assets?
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Well if we were to turn back the hands of the clock more than 20 years and the car that you were backing out of the garage happened to be a DeLorean...........you might have to make a phone call to John DeLorean to ask if he is mising any corporate "contraband" assets?
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It's part of the flux capacitor, I'd put it back on!
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