my crx is lowered and theres a rattle in the back when i'm around 2500-3k. Some people have said its the heatshield, where exactly is that? and how can i fix it?

 

its a metal shield between the bottom of your car and the exhaust pipe, basicall runs down the middle of your car, has about ten 10mm bolts holding it in, take it out.

 

for now, i park right ontop of grass(most of it is dried up) so removing the heatshield wouldnt be good.

 

Park on Grass???
I'm assuming you did your swap barefooted and with out a shirt as well???
Could be a number of things like the cat or something in the exhaust. Best to have a muffler shop check it out.

 

lol no... i have too many cars at my house and my little rex gets to sleep next to the driveway.

 

just take the damn thing off, voala, no more problem. it also might be the honey comb in your cat if you have one

 

i had the same tinny rattle noise on my rex a few months back
then i just took the heat shield off the exhaust and no noise wotsoever..its just a thin metal plate on top of ure exhaust pipe..does pretty much shitall...
hope thats the actual problem and nothing else though
cheers

 

Sometimes if you wrap a CV boot clamp or hose clamp around it will help for a short while.

 

No, crxtreme, the heat shield is between your floor board, and the exhaust piping/muffler. So without it, you would be no more inclined to start your lawn on fire than with it on..

Personally, I would try to find where it rattling back there first, and see if you can just bend the heatshield back or something like that, instead of removing it altogether. Maybe it's not a big deal on CRXs, but if you remove that **** on a modified rotary car, you're likely to melt your carpeting.

 

I was referring to the heatshield on the bottom of the converter. I haven't seen a fire start from a converter yet- but if you were running way rich and it got red hot I would worry. Take off and clamp what you can-