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  1. Products to Protect Your Car or Truck Against Summer Heat Related Issues

    Products to Protect Your Car or Truck Against Summer Heat Related Issues

    A new season of summer cruising and car shows is here. But if your favorite car or truck isn’t properly prepared, the summer heat could leave you stranded someplace because those high-temperatures caused problems underhood.

    Installing Thermal Barriers and Insulation Help to:

    • Prevent reliability problems caused by excessive underhood heat
    • Protect components from being damaged by constant high-temperature radiant heat exposure
    • Save money by reducing heat-related maintenance costs
    • Improve component and system function

    Instead of being stuck waiting for a tow truck or other help, installing some Heatshield Products insulation and thermal barriers can help make sure the summer h

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  2. Best Ways to Cut Lava Tube Material for Proper Fitment

    Best Ways to Cut Lava Tube Material for Proper Fitment

    In our latest how-to blog, we’re going to show you some helpful tips for cutting and finishing LavaTM Tube thermal barrier sleeve material so you can have a clean, professional looking install.

    LavaTM Tube is one of the most effective ways you can protect fluid lines and wiring harnesses from damaging heat exposure. Made from our specially-formulated volcanic rock-based fiber material, LavaTM Tube can handled up 1200 degrees F of constant heat and intermittent maximum temperature of 2000 degrees F. The volcanic rock-based fibers also give LavaTM Tube a resistance to chemical damage and exposure. Built-in high-temp hook & loop fastening is built into the material, making installation easy but also allowing for removal if necessary to perform maintenance or upgrades.

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  3. Introducing New Utili-Shield Thermal Barrier Protection for Wiring and Fluid Junctions

    Introducing New Utili-Shield Thermal Barrier Protection for Wiring and Fluid Junctions

     

    For straight sections of wiring harnesses or fluid lines, standard design thermal barrier sleeves work great for protecting those vital components from heat exposure and possible abrasion damage. But when it comes to shielding fluid couplings and wiring junctions from heat, a straight piece of sleeve material requires modification to fit over these junctions. Besides lengthening the installation process, these modifications can also compromise the efficiency of the thermal barrier sleeve to protect the components. This was the genesis that fueled us to come up with Utili-ShieldsTM, T-shaped and 90-degree shaped sections of thermal barrier material designed specifically to protection important wiring junctions and fluid couplings.

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  4. Quick Guide to Heat Shield Sleeve Products

    Quick Guide to Heat Shield Sleeve Products

    Heat shield sleeves can make the difference between a reliable vehicle and one that’s constantly having issues. Anything underhood near the engine and exhaust is subjected to constant, high-temperature ambient heat. In some situations there can be intermittent contact with a high-temperature heat source that can lead to irregular operation of components or even premature failure. Protecting wiring harnesses, fluid lines and critical linkages from heat and/or potential friction damage can stop a good day from turning into a bad one, whether you’re just going for a cruise or at the racetrack.

    Heat Shield Sleeves:

    • Protect fluid lines from heat exposure that can heat fluid inside to point of breakdown or loss of function (like fuel vapor lock)
    • Protect wir
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  5. Heat Issues to Look For and Fix Before Cruising Season

    Heat Issues to Look For and Fix Before Cruising Season

    Summer cruising season is right around the corner. Now’s the time to go over your ride and make sure you’re protected against heat-related issues so you don’t end up on the side of the road or in some parking lot. Heatshield Products has a variety of thermal and reflective/deflective heat barriers and insulation that can help guard against summer heat adding to underhood and under-vehicle heat to create reliability issues and possible premature component and system failures.

    Areas to protect for heat issues:

    • Fuel lines
    • Power steering and brake lines
    • Wiring harnesses and connectors
    • Clutch slave cylinders
    • Under-vehicle components located near the exhaust system  

    There areas to look at for where heat can cause you problems are anyplace on the vehicle where fluid lines, fuel lines, wiring harnesses and ignition wires/components are close to a major heat source. For example, fuel lines that run close

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