wetmountainman
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I did the heat recall on my 2013 RT Ltd. and that really helped for what it was supposed to do, but I still got a hot right foot from the fan exhaust. I know many have probably done some kind of modification for that, but I decided to try something on my on.
I found an old white tote lid of some pretty pliable plastic material and decided to see what I could come up with. I make a rough cut cardboard pattern and then refined it to fit better. I just cut the plastic with some heavy duty scissors. I used 5 small pointed end screws to mount the shield to the rear interior wall of the fan exhaust outlet - top and bottom, 3 at the top and 2 at the bottom. That inner wall above the center brace is not attached to anything behind it, so screwing my shield to it pulls it away from it's normal shape / position a small amount, but OK for my purposes. The only drawback to a one piece shield like this is that to remove the middle side panel, you have to remove the shield, but no biggie - just 5 short screws, and the holes are easily found again on a reinstall. I felt that a two piece shield would be too flimsy and possibly vibrate too much. At first I planned on getting some Krylon black plastic paint for the shield, but after a pre-fit, I decided I liked it white and decided to leave it as is.
After I test ride it, I'll see how things work out. I don't think this will not be too restrictive to airflow.
I changed the photos to verticals, but they loaded horizontal. Sorry!
I found an old white tote lid of some pretty pliable plastic material and decided to see what I could come up with. I make a rough cut cardboard pattern and then refined it to fit better. I just cut the plastic with some heavy duty scissors. I used 5 small pointed end screws to mount the shield to the rear interior wall of the fan exhaust outlet - top and bottom, 3 at the top and 2 at the bottom. That inner wall above the center brace is not attached to anything behind it, so screwing my shield to it pulls it away from it's normal shape / position a small amount, but OK for my purposes. The only drawback to a one piece shield like this is that to remove the middle side panel, you have to remove the shield, but no biggie - just 5 short screws, and the holes are easily found again on a reinstall. I felt that a two piece shield would be too flimsy and possibly vibrate too much. At first I planned on getting some Krylon black plastic paint for the shield, but after a pre-fit, I decided I liked it white and decided to leave it as is.
After I test ride it, I'll see how things work out. I don't think this will not be too restrictive to airflow.
I changed the photos to verticals, but they loaded horizontal. Sorry!
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