dohc-father

my bottom half of the heat shield broke off because of rust or whatever, my car is rattling so ****** bad that the top half is just rubbing on it... Am i able to take it off if i got under my car or do i have to take it to a shop?

Blk00EJ8

You mean the one on the cat itself or the one on the chassis above the cat? The one on the chassis is just held on with 2 measly 10mm bolts and they tend to rust off. So yea, that's easy to take off.

blackdelslo

I doubt its illegal. I wouldn't worry about it as if anyone did see that you didn't which would be hard for them to, I doubt anyone would care, including a cop.

THC07

you'd be surprised, im pretty sure that if you were to go see a california Ref, he would tell you to get a cover as a fire precaution. In NJ i dout you will have any problems.

whats with the sig Blk00?

redline5th

Ah, it really depends on where you are.

dohc-father

I TRIED TO TAKE IT OFF... BUT THE ONE DAMN NUT IS RUSTED THAT I COULDNT TAKE IT OFF. IM JUST GONNA TAKE IT TO A MUFFLER SHOP AND HAVE THEM REMOVE IT. ITS TOO MUCH OF A HASSLE. THE TOP SHIELD IS VIBRATING AND IT IS ANNOYING!!!

thesmogman

What I use to do on the old Ford rangers is get a coathanger and wrap it tight as you can to hold it from vib'ing.

JDM-EJ1

I don't have one.

ke98248

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use a grinder and grind off the bolt then yank the shield off

JDM-EJ1

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Or, just remove the cat; remove the bolts that hold it on to the cat and than remove the one that is on the bottom of the chassi.

ke98248

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Sure, if he wants to do that, either way works. But he said the bolts were rusted so I'm offering the fastest solution..

stephen_civic98

Use PB Blaster on it, and a big pipe on the end of your socket wrench.

phyzJunkieCivic

LOL how can he do that if the bolts are rusted off?

stephen_civic98

he didnt say it was rusted off, just rusted on. He might have a small chance of getting them off with bp blaster and a pipe if not, then he is going to have to cut them ether way.

Blzdeep

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haha thas so ghetto i love it ... if you find a cop to get under your car to see if the cat has the heat shield ..... lemme know so i dont go there

STG_PeteJ2

no its not

BAMF_SOHC

If your sick of it vibrating just take some huge worm clamps and bam nomore rattle, thats what I used to do when i worked for honda that or rip it off...lol

F'NfastSOHCturbo

Its as illegal as having sex w/o a condom I heard.....

phyzJunkieCivic

My b i have a drinking problem and can not read sometimes.

EK 2 9K

screw two hose clamps together to make them longer and tie two of the clamps one and each end. need a total of 4 clamps

92slowcivic

i couldnt get the bolts off my cat heat shield so i just crawled under the car and cut it off with tin snips. kind of a pain, you gotta cut by the bolts and by the o2 sensors. only took a few minutes though.

dohc-father

thanks for all the ideas fellas, is the CAT flammable? lets say if i rope tied it for a day or so? cause i need to make time to get to an exhaust shop to get that bad bot removed. its buggin the hell out of me!!!!!

slowpokecivic

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in CA, it is not illegal to remove the heatshield from the cat...

i barred without one on mine...