NUMBER: 29

Bolts to the bottom of the car, above the car. I think this one rubs on my shift.

Can I just remove this crap?
TIA

 

I have removed all my heatshields and it's been fine for 2 years now. I say you don't need it.

 

i would also like to know

ill be installing a header/cat this weekend, and im sure there will be some rubbige

 

I took the heatshield off my cat and the one right past the cat towards the rear end that is right under the shifter. 0 problems. Acura even OK'd to do it when I called them about it because it was rattling like a biotch.

 

i've ripped most of mine off, no probs so far

 

the only thing that i have found from doing this is...when you run your car hard it heats up the shift ****(mine is metal) and the the shifter gets heat soak'd and burns your hand. just FYI.

 

Depends on your ****, my Razo metal one feels fine but I can feel the shifter itself warming up.

I have taken all the heatshields off my car and not 1 problem so far... it did get a tad louder though.

 

I drive with gloves. No heat problem here.

 

no heatshield = no rattles/buzzes = no problems

on a side note, many who experience the 3000rpm buzz on the gsr take note -- your a-pipe on the header is causing it. remove that pos, and get a comptech one like me

 

The only heatshields I would keep are the ones around the cat. The rest can be chucked.

 

How about the ones under the gas tank?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wall of tvs &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no heatshield = no rattles/buzzes = no problems

on a side note, many who experience the 3000rpm buzz on the gsr take note -- your a-pipe on the header is causing it. remove that pos, and get a comptech one like me </TD></TR></TABLE>

anyone got a pic of the heat shield he is talking about cause I don't want to remove the wrong one

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RedKroovy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone got a pic of the heat shield he is talking about cause I don't want to remove the wrong one </TD></TR></TABLE>

He's talking about the A-pipe itself, #10 or #11 in the picture at the top of the thread. It's a pipe-inside-of-a-pipe, and the inner pipe buzzes against the outer.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">He's talking about the A-pipe itself, #10 or #11 in the picture at the top of the thread. It's a pipe-inside-of-a-pipe, and the inner pipe buzzes against the outer.
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yup...you have to replace the header to get rid of that buzz -- don't even bother getting a new oem one, either

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jonsteR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have removed all my heatshields and it's been fine for 2 years now. I say you don't need it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Same here.

 

i just installed my header/cat and my exhaust was pused back about an inch or so. I think it rubs against #30 in the picture. Would taking this off be OK?

 

hey aaron.. did you try takin off the heatshield n bending that sucker? or bangin it to shape while still up there? haha... maybe that'll werk.

 

havent tried bending it yet, ill give it a shot, if not then off it goes

 

I have no heatshields at all on the actual exhaust, except for the one that covers the manifold in front (the rear half is gone). The only other one I have is that one that bolts to the car above the cat. All my shields on the cat itself and the rest of the pipe under the floorboard are gone. I even parked in 2-ft. tall grass one time and it didn't even do anything.

 

off it goes then


OT: anyone wanna buy a #30 heatshield?