Heat shielding to the bottom of a suspension seat?

[midog]

What would you think about adding some .040 aluminum with some self adhesive insulation to the bottom of my Corbeau Baja suspension seats? I have about 4 – 5” of space between my exhaust and the bottom of the seat (exhaust tubing is wrapped with DEI header insulation, (excluding the exhaust tip)). And I have 1 – 2” between my seat and my steel tubed radiator lines (no insulation or wrap).

I am debating if it would be better to add the heat shielding to the frame or just to the bottom of the seat? I would get better support for the shielding if I could just zip tie it to the seat, but I do not know if the suspension in the seat will need more movement than I am anticipating? Or if the shielding would work better with some space between it and the seat (attaching it to the chassis).

Does anyone have any recommendations?

 

[neagtea]

Dyna mat works good if ya have a floor.

 

[SLC97SR5]

Whether you attach it to the seat or via some standoffs to the chassis I would glue 2 pieces of .040 together with high temp RTV for even more insulation and some sound damping.

 

[midog]

Dyna mat works good if ya have a floor.

The seat is the “floor” in that part of the buggy, nothing underneath?

 

[midog]

Whether you attach it to the seat or via some standoffs to the chassis I would glue 2 pieces of .040 together with high temp RTV for even more insulation and some sound damping.

I am getting some .090 maybe that would work better? What about sandwiching the insulation with (2) pieces of .040?

 

[SLC97SR5]

Sure...the more dead air, the better.

I would still use the RTV to stick it all together, the stuff is great for insulating and waterproofing whatever foam/insulation you are using.