My car exhaust blows directly into my new bike rack. There is a manufacturer warning saying the this is a fire hazard. What do you all suggest I do th to fix this?
by JollyPicklePants1969
My car exhaust blows directly into my new bike rack. There is a manufacturer warning saying the this is a fire hazard. What do you all suggest I do th to fix this?
by JollyPicklePants1969
21 Comments
Buy an electric car.
Remove your exhaust tips and replace with down-turned tips.
How often do you have 2 bikes on the rack? If not often there’s enough space if you use the farther spot for your bike. Then you don’t need to do anything.
Otherwise, use a hitch riser as someone else suggested.
Get a hitch riser.
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No clue, but I’ve seen enough pics of deformed tires and rims (like two) from exhaust pipes that I wouldn’t risk it at all though.
Congrats on your new car.
Honestly these racks that contact the frame are disasters for higher end bikes. You will rub off the finish. 1up racks, kuat, rocky mounts all only touch the tires and the bikes are lifted up to avoid the exhaust heat.
Send it.
My solution was to get an EV.
Don’t worry about it
Get a custom tail pipe that goes up like a semi truck.
That rack looks like it would hit the ground as soon as you hit a bump any higher than a Post-it note.
New car time!!!
Just ride your bike everywhere. Ditch the car
Good eye that you caught that before putting a bike on it and burning the tire off. I remember seeing, years ago, Bike Tire flailing in the wind after it got cooked off by the straight tailpipe of a Mercedes that it was attached to. I would’ve liked to see the look on the driver’s face when they got to their destination…
Couple options:
– get an angle adapter for the hitch, to make the rack sit higher.
– get angled exhaust tips to deflect the exhaust down.
– get some sick ass lake pipes, so the exhaust isn’t anywhere near the rack.
Stick bananas in them.
Drive and pull over periodically to see if the tire gets hot. If not, stop worrying.
As much of a pain as it can sometimes be. I prefer the roof rack over the hitch, although the hitch is way easier for bikes. They should make a hitch riser of some sort.
Edit: Today I learned that they make a riser, as someone else noted. I still prefer the roof or inside the car for my prized possessions (bikes)
Straight pipe it out the hood
What is the weight capacity of the rack? It looks a bit flimsy.
Every time a get a hitch rack like this it feels wobbly as hell. Is it just supposed to be like this or am I getting cheap shit?