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  1. 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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  2. Hints And Tips For Installing Peel and Stick Heat Shield Material

    Peel and Stick Heat Shield

    Hints And Tips For Installing Peel and Stick Heat Shield Material

    Few products are as versatile and effective at deflecting heat away from a surface or object than Sticky™ Shield from Heatshield Products. But, knowing some useful tips for installing Sticky Shield can make using this adhesive backed heat barrier material as easy as pie.

    Sticky

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  3. 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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  4. Dress Up an Ugly Firewall and Keep Your Interior Cooler

    1964 Chevrolet C10 truck firewall

    ABOVE: A typical firewall like this one in a 1964 Chevy truck doesn’t do anything for the look of this engine compartment. Besides looking grungy and a bit faded, the color doesn’t go well with the stock Chevy Orange paint on the engine either. But adding a Heatshield Products thermal barrier to a firewall like this will make it look new and better than ever.

     

    Vehicle firewalls are seldom attractive things to look at outside of a pure-built show car. Between the irregular contours and plethora of hoses, wiring and other functional arteries passing through them, firewalls aren’t a good canvas for attractiveness. In addition to that, firewalls are a primary entryway for heat into the interior. But with Heatshield Produ

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  5. Heatshield Armor, Stealth Shield and Sticky Shield Test

    Heatshield Armor, Stealth Shield and Sticky Shield Test

    In our previous blog, we showed the benefits of replacing the OE insulation typically found under carpet or vinyl flooring with our Stealth™ Shield. Stealth Shield works great, and to achieve the best results in keeping as much heat as possible from being radiated into the vehicle’s interior from underneath, you can use two additional thermal barriers from the Heatshield Products lineup.

    Sticky™ Shield stick

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