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Old 12-20-2018, 11:51 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Joenavy85 View Post
Be careful of the exhaust piping, I'd imagine the coroplast wouldn't get along with it too well. As far as how to counter that problem, you may be able to get away with putting some sheet aluminum on the coroplast where it's close to the pipe, but I can't say for sure.
Yea, people have talked about using metal screen in that area, don't know if it was done though.

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The material used around the exhaust should be metal, coroplast will melt and deform.

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any pressure gradient at all will push on through a screen like that. It is not just a flow lengthwise, there are differences in pressure under the car. I'd stick to screen only where you had to. In my case, I have a lot of cooling air to deal with so I just left a window under the muffler.
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