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Old 08-05-2017, 06:48 AM
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So I am about to order some black exhaust wrap for my Kook LT's & X-pipe. I am trying to find out how much wrap I need to order to completely wrap the LT's & X-pipe. The product is showing 2 inches in width and 50ft for length. Has anyone wrapped their exhaust in the past that could give me a rough estimate of how much I need.


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What do you hope to gain with the exhaust wrap?
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Originally Posted by Chazzmania
Hi Guys,


So I am about to order some black exhaust wrap for my Kook LT's & X-pipe. I am trying to find out how much wrap I need to order to completely wrap the LT's & X-pipe. The product is showing 2 inches in width and 50ft for length. Has anyone wrapped their exhaust in the past that could give me a rough estimate of how much I need.


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100 ft. of 2" wide to be safe.

If you wrap the headers, use the titanium exhaust wrap. The black wrap tends to look like an eye soar after a while.

Personally I recommend ceramic coating the headers. It would be ideal if you could find someone locally to coat them.

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What do you hope to gain with the exhaust wrap?
It might be a debatable topic, but it will radiate less heat into the engine bay, and probably extend the life of the plug wires.
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Originally Posted by Maxie2U
What do you hope to gain with the exhaust wrap?
I really want to cut down on the exhaust heat under the hood.
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Originally Posted by Eddie @ WEAPON-X
100 ft. of 2" wide to be safe.

If you wrap the headers, use the titanium exhaust wrap. The black wrap tends to look like an eye soar after a while.

Personally I recommend ceramic coating the headers. It would be ideal if you could find someone locally to coat them.



It might be a debatable topic, but it will radiate less heat into the engine bay, and probably extend the life of the plug wires.

So I have heard if you spray the wrap with silicon spray it will last longer.
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So I have heard if you spray the wrap with silicon spray it will last longer.
It does. I still think Ti wrap or ceramic coating is the way to go!
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Originally Posted by Eddie @ WEAPON-X
It does. I still think Ti wrap or ceramic coating is the way to go!

Thanks Eddie I will definitely look into this. I am trying to get a price quote on coating. The prices here in Hawaii are a little more expensive. So I started to look at the wrapping option.
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Do any parts have to be removed in the exhaust wrapping process? I just received my DEsign Engineering catalytic converter heat shield. I'll put it on when I have my car up on the fit at my next oil change.

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You might also want to be aware that some wraps have been known to speed up corrosion of the exhaust system.
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Do any parts have to be removed in the exhaust wrapping process? I just received my DEsign Engineering catalytic converter heat shield. I'll put it on when I have my car up on the fit at my next oil change.
I would pull the entire piece that I was wrapping off.

Also, with fiberglass wraps, be sure to wear nitrile gloves and soak the wrap in water before wrapping the part. It helps from getting fiberglass all over you.
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Thanks for all the info

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