I searched no dice if a repost my bizzzad.

Soooo I was changing my 710 today and while I was under my car I gave it the quick once over just to make sure things were kosher. I noticed well yeah that my j-pipe is scratched LOL but on one side there was black markings on it.

Staring at it for a while I noticed that there is some black plastic.....lets call it a protective cover but apparently its flush with my ATLP J-pipe. Well im far from a genius but heat and plastic never is a good thing.

I trusted my installer because he has done this install many many times and If it were dangerous im sure he would have mentioned it.

Im just wondering if anybody has noticed this or even knows there is a possible fire hazard under the car. Im in Virginia and the weather is pretty mild so i cant imagine any Southern state owners with heat being in traffic.

So without hesitation I grabbed a steak knife and hacked a strip off. Problem solved.

Sorry for the camera pics but they are clear just not big.

 

hmm im going to go look at mine today now i dont remember it sitting against any plastic like that but im sure it is if its like that in ur car

 

was that completely shielding the j-pipe before you hacked it? Either I didn't have that or didn't re-install it. I still have a plastic shield just to the left under the driver's seat but it isn't making contact and I don't have any melted goo on my pipe.

 

I don't think my J-Pipe is that close to the underbody cover. Certainly have not noticed any ill effect. I'll look again next time the car is jacked up.

 

My j-pipe is nowhere near any of the underbody plastic panels. Funny thing is, I don't see how anyone could install the j-pipe incorrectly, either. Maybe the plastic panel was put back in the wrong place?

 

+1, i dont remeber this happening

 

well it wasn't shielding as much as just resting against. If that answers your question.

 

Yeah I was thinking the same thing too about how can it be installed incorrectly. I also dont remember that panel being taken off or moved during the install but I could be wrong.

 

C'mon bro you can say I did the install ... And no I don't recall the plastic cover 2" away being an issue... Now if you cover was against the jpipe that's a different story... Because I've never seen that

culd be jpipe was bent over due to bottom out

But um glad you noticed tho, but I doubt it would cause a fire risk, more like the plastic would just melt right on to the pipe similar to what you just had

Ps. Before anyone panics, the cover he speaks of is the one bellow the trans... Not a part of the lower diffuser or the bumper

 

Ok Al did the install lolz. I wasnt about to put you on blast with what I found. Your work is phenomenal and I have seen j-pipe pics before but i was wondering why mine WAS toughing. I'm not attempting to bad mouth your work.

So yeah first 3 pics show that before I hacked it off it was touching flush against the pipe. The pipe is not bent at all. Its just a slight scrape and I heard it when I did it.

I hope i didnt cause a panic just double check and see.

 

Doubt u caused a panic as everybody has said that they haven't had this happen to em. Myself included

 

so why is it only like that on mine

 

see if you can find someone else with procats and an atlp jpipe... maybe just maybe e-shit fucked up on the flanges and this makes your jpipe shift slightly to the driver side

 

Good looking out man.

This is what forums are good for.

 

Sound good to me. Smartest fitment dude I know.

BTW congrats on baby Ava Noelle

 

Maybe Al put the cover on backwards?

 

god no... last time I took that cover off on my car it took me 10mins to find out how to put it back on; gave up and I threw it in the trunk...

 

Same here.