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dietz99vcross
05/20/2011, 07:57 PM
So I just got home from a drive of about an hour and 20 minutes. My feet were tired so I had taken my shoes off and had them on the floor in front of the passenger seat. Pulled in the driveway and when I picked up the shoes I noticed the soles were really warm/ bordering on hot. I felt the floor mat and it to was hot. Lifted up the mat and the carpet was really warm. I cant believe this is typical, but I also cant say that I have ever checked to see if this IS typical.

1. Any ideas?

2. Should I be concerned?

Thanks - Mike
IndianaVX
05/20/2011, 08:49 PM
I think it's normal, or at least it's the same as mine. I never set anything cold ( milk, drinks, ice cream) on the passenger floorboard because of the heat.
VX KAT
05/20/2011, 09:26 PM
Mine too gets red hot, as does the transmission housing & cup holder area.....but only after about 3-4-5 hrs of driving. I had my camera case on the rubber floor mat on pass side, it was just cooking! I almost think I could boil water in the cup holder sometimes.....
Triathlete
05/20/2011, 09:51 PM
Catalytic converter resides in that area=hot!
dietz99vcross
05/21/2011, 06:17 AM
Hey just want to say thanks for putting my mind at ease.
You guys all rockl
mike
etlsport
05/21/2011, 07:20 AM
you want really hot, drive for about and hour and touch the area under the windshield forward of the center console.. it felt like a radiator hose!
44ficus44
02/11/2013, 12:27 AM
Catalytic converter resides in that area=hot!

noticed that on mine too. took my soes off for a snooze and burnt my little toes :( soooo has anyone found a fix? mabe someone changed the placement of the cat?
VX KAT
02/11/2013, 07:22 AM
noticed that on mine too. took my soes off for a snooze and burnt my little toes :( soooo has anyone found a fix? mabe someone changed the placement of the cat?

Don't put yer toez der maybe? :p
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OK…real suggestion…

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/showpost.php?p=189882&postcount=15

the tranny area does heat up as well, so this bottle laying on the tranny housing gets warm after a while. Surprisingly, my feet never hit this thing, it's completely out of the way.
It would be really cool to find a place to permanantly mount this metal holder somewhere AWAY from the heat…that vertical tab is at least 5-6" long ….any ideas?

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_1854.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_1865.JPG

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/data/500/DSC_1868.JPG
Y33TREKker
02/11/2013, 10:34 AM
noticed that on mine too. took my soes off for a snooze and burnt my little toes :( soooo has anyone found a fix? mabe someone changed the placement of the cat?
You could always heat wrap the converter. Some here have done that because it was considered possible that the excess heat may have been negatively affecting the transmission mode selector switch on the drivers' side of the transmission in that same area.

I personally used a kit along these lines.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/exhaust-wrap?keyword=exhaust%20wrap&kr=exhaust%20wrap
44ficus44
02/11/2013, 08:56 PM
You could always heat wrap the converter. Some here have done that because it was considered possible that the excess heat may have been negatively affecting the transmission mode selector switch on the drivers' side of the transmission in that same area.

I personally used a kit along these lines.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/exhaust-wrap?keyword=exhaust%20wrap&kr=exhaust%20wrap

smarticle particle. ilk try that. officially on my to do list