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Old 01-05-2009, 05:07 PM
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Help! Plastic melted on exhaust tip

I was driving at night the other day and there was a platic piece on the road that I ran right over. I didn't think anything of it because it was just simply a piece of plastic. THEN, a day later, i come out and i see that the plastic got wrapped around the left exhaust tip and was MELTED on the tip!. I got most of what i could out but the plastic is hardened on the tip. Question is, how do I properly get the rest of the plastic off?

Should I get a heat gun, melt the plastic, and try to wipe it off as it is melting? Input plz ...
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:10 PM
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same thing happened to me but on my cat.. i pulled off what i could but three wekks later i still smell it .. its less and less everytime .. hopefully it goes away soon i hate that plastic burnt smell ..
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:11 PM
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it melted on, so I'm sure you could melt it off. That's the best I can think of.
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:12 PM
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It should burn itself off...
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 06:43 PM
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yea, maybe that orange **** goo gone or something?

melt that b1tch off
 
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Old 01-05-2009, 11:02 PM
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dayam, iono if i should drive around and let it melt itself off?! or try to melt it off with heat gun and scrape it off as i go. I just dont want to mess up the IMPUL exhaust
 
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Old 01-07-2009, 08:56 AM
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Update: So i drove for like 45mins and then tried to get the plastic off and most of it came off but there's still a good bit on it. What sucks is that the plastic took some of the finish of the exhaust off with it. Gotta try to get the rest off with a heat gun or something. Any other ideas to get plastic off metal?
 
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Old 01-07-2009, 09:14 AM
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I woul think maybe a puddy knife with tape wrapped around the tip and a heat gun
 
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