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lvlrkmart
03-05-2007, 09:53 PM
okay... my cat touches my heat shield and i trimmed it a bit.. so it wouldnt touch anymore...

but i was just curious... does the heat shield above the cat and exhaust serve a purpose..? or can it just be removed..

thanks for any help
Rory
03-05-2007, 09:55 PM
It's a heat shield..... That explains it all. lol

It keeps your center console from warming up. And yes.. it will warm up with out it.
lvlrkmart
03-05-2007, 10:02 PM
so if thats warm up, will it matter... no real damage .?
ogsmakdade
03-05-2007, 10:11 PM
keep it on. they put it there for a reason lol
lvlrkmart
03-05-2007, 10:18 PM
and they make ur car obd2, did u listen...!?!?! Noooo..!

im jk.. its staying on, i was just curious..
Rory
03-05-2007, 10:27 PM
Well .. there is really no damage... But i would not remove it. It gets really hot inside and the car soaks all the heat. Its not cool. If you can bend it.. Just bend it. But i would not completely remove it.
twokexlv6coupe
03-05-2007, 11:11 PM
i took mine completely off as soon is it started rattling like 4 months after i bought the car.

i noticed zero difference in interior temperatures
Rory
03-05-2007, 11:16 PM
THats odd cause i ran open exhuast from the down pipe and i noticed a difference...
twokexlv6coupe
03-05-2007, 11:18 PM
open exhaust as in no exhaust whatsoever after the downpipe?? thats gotta be hot as BALLSS!!

but no where even close as to simply removing the heat shield off the cat
Rory
03-05-2007, 11:19 PM
lol.. Yea.. NO EXHUAST.. lol... but i got one now.. lol
twokexlv6coupe
03-05-2007, 11:21 PM
haha k good.
cuz that would be no where the same as removin the heatshield :tongue:
Preludeshalyn
03-06-2007, 12:04 AM
my heat shield rattles like a bastard. i has since i got the car i'm just too lazy to crawl underthere and fix it. it even rattles when i shut the door. makes my car sound like a POS, good for the sleeper image lol
lvlrkmart
03-06-2007, 04:49 PM
lol.. i hated it, sounded like i was grinding a gear when i shift, i didnt want people think i cant drive.. lol
Si Speed
03-06-2007, 04:51 PM
Mine was fine till I ran over a shrub over a year ago and its all bent up now. I need to trim it but ain't ever got time.
mizlude
03-06-2007, 05:49 PM
What I did was take mine off and replace it with the dinamat for the underside of your hood and its fine.
lvlrkmart
03-06-2007, 08:24 PM
What I did was take mine off and replace it with the dinamat for the underside of your hood and its fine.

any pics..? not really sure where this is.
ogsmakdade
03-06-2007, 09:34 PM
What I did was take mine off and replace it with the dinamat for the underside of your hood and its fine.

I thought dynamat was for sound, not heat? :rolleyes:
mizlude
03-07-2007, 09:10 PM
I thought dynamat was for sound, not heat? :rolleyes:

They make some thats for the underside of a hood thats for heat
ogsmakdade
03-07-2007, 09:43 PM
ah, that I did not know. excellent.