My exhaust is rattling by vibrating up against the heat shield around the resinator. how can I stop this? The heat shields are not loose anywhere, and I cant bend them any further back, so is there a way to just "tighten" up the exhaust itself?

Thanks!

 

remove them......

 

yeap

 

or trim them

 

Its funny how I figured out that was the problem. I thought it was rattling from inside the resinator itself, so I tried something crazy. I wedged a couple of potholders into a couple of spots where the exhaust was closest to the heat shields, and Wal-la no more rattle.

So am I to assume that removing them will not cause any heat problems?

 

I would trim them instead of removing them. They are there for a reason.

 

Thats what I was thinking.

 

just remove them.

no issues with mine without them

 

Tin snips are your friend

 

ok, i dont know how the heck you do it...

basically i loosened the 2 rubber hangers for the exhaust bpipe area and then tried to remove the heatshield... (for another project). impossible to remove!

anyhow the project is done, but im just curious to what the heck did i do wrong

 

Just cut the SOB off of there....

 

bend them

 

Bend, cut, or remove which ever way is the best to you. I just removed all of them.

 

took me a solid couple of minutes to drop the exhaust, then a few more to remove the heat shields then 30 seconds to move the exhaust from under the car..

end result: ITR-NC/FL giving you the finger when you pass them at 8000rpm.. priceless (although at that time I did have a straight pipe on the car.. lol)

 

Well, I guess I'll try to get them off as much as possible. Cutting or whatever. Seems like thats the easiest way to go.

 

ahh so you removed all of them then...
mine still rattles.. grr

 

Warrenty is a freind, covered under warrenty for me.

 

bend them with a hammer to minimize rattle

 

If you do remove them, don't park your car over any tall grass.

Unless you want to burn it down...

 

Will removing them have any adverse affects on the interior of car? I tried the bending last week on my friends 01, but it didn't help much. The reason I didn't remove them is because I figured Honda wouldn't put them there if they didn't do anything.

 

My thoughts exactly.