Damage
My Dax has a sidepipe, I shielded it with a combination of muffler wrap on the headers and nice polished stainless heat guards from Fleetguard truck exhausts.
They come in various patterns, lengths, and diameters up top 12".
Check out pages 44 and 45 of the cattledog:
http://www.nelsonexhaust.com.au/file...fleetguard.pdf
Nelson Exhaust up in Brissy were really helpful
The plastic wrap is still on the shield........