Who sells them?
Have seen Pro Alloy on ebay sell them but only with the intercooler and cooling kit. Tried Geary at EP but he doesn’t.
You’d think there was a market for these. 
What do they look like ? And do I need one 
I made one, it’s not a particularly difficult shape to recreate.
From the testing I did the heat shield alone makes negligable difference (I left it off my charge cooler install) but if you add it with some auxiliary ducting from the side pods there’s a measurable improvement to be made on intake temps.
Heat shield is the first phase, I’ll then DIY some side pod ducting.
I thought more companies would make them.
Yeah I guess it’s just a really small market for it. The full kit that RLS/ProAlloy etc do is big money for what it is tbh I think when I DIY’d the lot it came in at just under £100.
Very easy to knock one up though, you can get motorbike faring heatshielding material (like a thick self adhesive foil) and some sheet ally from B&Q or whatever. I think I worked out that one of the sheet sizes sold off the shelf by B&Q was actually the right dimensions for it out of the box, you just need to trim an alcove out for the oil filler cap. As the material is so thin, you can tin-snip it if you don’t have any other cutting tools.
Thought about doing this in the past, but then decided it would just be another potential source of rattles.
Yes good point, you can only use a thin material for the heatshield as otherwise it raised the IC too far up and the pipes are then strained. When you use a thin material it can buckle and ‘pop’ and resonate under vibration. One of the off-the-shelf kits you get has a brace across it to try and fix this, but I found that the self adhesive faring covering that I used acted a bit like dynamat and absorbed the vibrations.
I did have to tweak mine a few times though to silence it, so if rattles really bother you - considering the negligible gains is might not be worth any effort.
I’m going to make one over the next couple of weeks after the other jobs. I have an idea to stop it rattling, spacing it off the mounting brackets.
Also going to fit side pod cooling to the intercooler. Just need to research and make a list of whats needed.
Sounds good, it’s a fun project - let us know how you get on 
Here’s my idea to space the heat shield from the metal brackets to stop rattles.
Rubber 20mm open grommet. This will be cut through to make two, measuring just 2mm thick. These will compress down when tightening the intercooler bobbins/mounts.
I have a pattern we made from the one that came with the Forge intercooler kit. They are pretty simple to make.
Had one on my car, made by JDS in the early days, they don’t do a lot and also fracture and tiz due to constant vibration, adding side cooling is a much better use of your time 
Hey all, following this thread ive been meaning to fabricate a piece from an alloy sheet, however i gave up and end up buying the actual proalloy heatshield as a separate piece from proalloy. Cost me 42£ inc delivery
Got any pics?
2mm thick black alloy weighing approx 700grams
Ive wrapped it with heat reflective tape so its ready to go on
Ooh, gold 
Hello,
I’m new here and saw this topic, I have attached the template if any needs it.
Hazim
Excellent, thank you for the template and for posting.
Thanks [mention]Hazim[/mention] ! That’s really useful