Are any of you guys having problems with the exhaust head pipe melting the plastic? If so, how have you guys dealt with it?

The side cover on my ’05 400 XT is melted from the exhaust heat. The two piece plastic cover came apart because the plastic snap tabs are melted off and there is a hole melted in the outer plastic.

I pop riveted the 2 halves back together and here is how I plan to deal with the heat issue.

I picked up a roll of header wrap. I’m going to rap the pipe up to the tail pipe flange. Ill let the spring loops poke through the wrap and then wrap the back half the same way.