Doug's Headers Hitting Column!?

So I managed to get a flaming river tilt column installed. Check it out:



As you can see the rubber dust boot is very close but does not actually touch the #7 tube. The boot feels like silicone more than rubber but I suspect it's still gonna get torched being that close. If I stretch the boot out to the max the ridges don't stick out as far so maybe I'll just zip tie it fully stretched out or put some thermal wrap on it or something, I dunno we'll see. What do y'all think, should I even be worried?