A heel guard fabrication request.
Let’s move right along. Whoa! Take a closer look—isn’t that titanium? We’ll weld the muffler-side flange nut to secure it. The argon is really running low again… I really need to order more soon.
Piercing a hole and flaring isn’t the only way to flare. The largest rib at the very back gets flared first with a large flaring tool, and then we cut out the sheet. There are all sorts of techniques to use.
Since the sheet alone couldn’t cover everything, we bent a round bar and welded it on. To avoid marring the appearance, we kept it simple and didn’t let the back bead show.
Then we installed it and we’re done. Since it points quite far down, it turned out surprisingly understated, I think.
Custom shops are usually good at this kind of work. We’re not great at it, so please don’t ask us too often.
