I searched around and did not find much ... My exhaust rattles bad at 3-3.5rpm ... i have a high flow cat header and catback... i belive the rattle is coming from the heat shield above the high flow cat .. some peolpe tell me not to take it off because something could get on fire under there ... I really dont think something would unless some paper got under there and stayed there for a while.... anyone ever take there heat shield off on the top of the cat befor is it safe and easy to get off? just some bolts right ?

 

its safe IMO, and bolts on and off. I've never heard otherwise, and heatshields do annoy me when they get loud. Only thing is the area above it could get pretty warm.....

 

do i have to take off the cat to get to the bolts or not ?

 

i had all of my heat shields under my car removed. no problems, no rattling

 

its completely safe, i've never heard of a fire occurring as a result of removing the heatshield.

 

get rid of all your heatshields.. i'd go insane if i had to hear them rattle all the time (which they will eventually do!!)

 

mine rattled on my EG, just took them off about a year ago and ive had 0 problem. go for it, its just a thin piece of aluminium.

 

isnt there a big long heat shield that runs along the middle of the car .. did you take that off to?

 

no heat shields here, been fine for over 4 years.

 

Had mine removed for 2 years on my 96' civic coupe and no problems.

 

what about the header heatshield? on my gs it look all rusty and I don't like the look of it. If I remove it will it make my car sound louder?

 

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Very few aftermarket headers have heatshields, for better or worse. Your car will run a little warmer with that radiated heat hitting the radiator, but probably not enough to notice. Most racers use headers with no heat shield or heat wrap.

Also, you will NOT hear a difference, it will not be louder. Ha!

-Chris

 

it'll get hot as hell if you do.

 

I've got aftermarket headers so I just took my heatshield off, engine bay gets a bit hotter but apart from that its sweet

 

heat shields were made to be removed.

 

Heatshield is meant to protect the stupid drivers from touching the exhaust manifold directly and others things

 

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Well, the ugly one on the exhaust manifold keeps engine bay temps down, which in turn means more power. YMMV.

 

i guess im taking it off

 

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No... it wont.

 

where would it get hot ... near the shifter ?