Hi I just spoke to Trevor today and the reason that they are not doing the bottom heat shield any more is that they lose way to much money on them. It's because they are hand made and not stamped out, that bottom collector one takes about 5 hours to make and mount by itself and it just doesn't look like that much work has gone into them. They charge $110 an hour for labour and then there is the cost of coating them etc, so they lost big time on mine as they only quoted $600 odd all my heat shields. So mine and 1 other set of the collector heat shields are the only ones they have made and they have decided not to do any more, so basically it's an economic decision as they just lose to much money making them ( not to mention that they were a pain in the arse to make). So they are only going to do the two for the pipes from now on.
Yes you would be amazed at the time they take to make and look good at the end, very time consuming
 
A product called "NuFinish" works very well polishing ceramic coatings. Have used it for more than ten years on several headers. Keeps them easier to clean bugs and road tar off too.
 
Hi I just spoke to Trevor today and the reason that they are not doing the bottom heat shield any more is that they lose way to much money on them. It's because they are hand made and not stamped out, that bottom collector one takes about 5 hours to make and mount by itself and it just doesn't look like that much work has gone into them. They charge $110 an hour for labour and then there is the cost of coating them etc, so they lost big time on mine as they only quoted $600 odd all my heat shields. So mine and 1 other set of the collector heat shields are the only ones they have made and they have decided not to do any more, so basically it's an economic decision as they just lose to much money making them ( not to mention that they were a pain in the arse to make). So they are only going to do the two for the pipes from now on.
Pete,
Thanks for giving him a call and getting the reason for no longer doing the collector heat shield. I still like the idea of a heat shield at the collector. I have not seen an actual pipe with the collector heat shield but I am surprised that it cant be stamped out, but I still will order one of their systems. Thanks, again Ron
 
I only ever found them hot to touch; no problem with the radiated heat.

You blokes have then NOT ridden in stop and go traffic for any time.
Regardless of where I put my feet (pegs or engine guard pegs) it gets PAINFULLY hot!!!
THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT - ONLY A COMMENT as I LOVE my CES!!! :thumbsup:
 
A product called "NuFinish" works very well polishing ceramic coatings. Have used it for more than ten years on several headers. Keeps them easier to clean bugs and road tar off too.

Looked this up and it seems to be a paint polish???
Unsure how it would work on a hot header.
 
You blokes have then NOT ridden in stop and go traffic for any time.
Regardless of where I put my feet (pegs or engine guard pegs) it gets PAINFULLY hot!!!
THIS IS NOT A COMPLAINT - ONLY A COMMENT as I LOVE my CES!!! :thumbsup:

Canberra doesn't get that sort of traffic and most places out of town I rarely need to stop in traffic. Couple of minutes at a set of lights is all I have to worry about. Guess I take it for granted.
 
Canberra doesn't get that sort of traffic and most places out of town I rarely need to stop in traffic. Couple of minutes at a set of lights is all I have to worry about. Guess I take it for granted.

No complaints with my CES - but they DO get hotter than dog *****at heat time in heavy traffic!
 
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