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Kels300
05-08-2002, 02:10 PM
I just put on a White Brothers E series pipe and it is melting the rear plastic where it goes under the plastic b/f it gets to the silencer.
Has anyone else put an aftermarket pipe on their 300 and had this same problem? What did you do? HELP!
I have a 98 300EX.:)
ny300exrider
05-08-2002, 02:57 PM
i was about to buy a 95 300ex with a dg pipe and the plastic was melted right where you explained but i found it was broken. probably no cure. maybe better plastics. im sorry i didnt't help:blah just wanted to say ive seen it before
bigbadbrad
05-08-2002, 03:56 PM
try some heat tiles. they are in dennis kirk hope it helps.
RdingManiac420
05-08-2002, 05:55 PM
You can also find silver heat tape to put on your fender to keep it cool.
Mine was melted when i bought it , then i bought new plastic and havent had any problems with it
400exBro
05-08-2002, 06:38 PM
ya the 400s come with a silver heat shield to protect the plastic, at first i thought it was duct tape
lol
Bro
exriderdude
05-09-2002, 08:14 AM
lol, i thought it was duct tape at first too:o
theres also a silver heat thing that looks like ducttape on my 2001 300ex
mabe they just starting putting them on
R-Crazy
05-11-2002, 12:56 PM
i just cut away where it was melting the plastic.
dave
300exryder
05-11-2002, 07:46 PM
after i installed my fmf megamax pipe i went rifing for a little bit. I came home and saw a bump on the plastic and it was really warm. I lloked under the plastic and i saw............now what was it that i saw?...........oh yeah, the remnants of a tape on heat shield. Before the damage got too bad i quickly ran to the nearest auto store and purchased some heat tape. Now i ahve a little convex bump on my plastic. read continuously until an idea pops into your head.
In english: Just buy some heat tape and put it anywhere you thing the plastic is susceptable to heat damage before things get ruined.
Kels300
05-21-2002, 07:23 AM
OK gang,
I put enough heat tape on this sucker, I think I am going to be ok. I went riding this weekend and saw smoke coming from there. I moved my leg and thought it was my plastic melting again. Here it was my warm up pants melting on the header pipe! Ha ha. So now I have a few holes in my pants from melting!:D
take tape and put some on your warm up pants! lol
tape fixes all, i knew my 250r plastc was gunna melt, i let it, then cut it out where it had bubbled and all
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