removing heatshields are okay..

I had to remove one too.. cuz the shifter hitting it.

 

You can remove it. It's a pretty common fix for annoying rattles.

 

thanks guys

 

Had mine removed for 6 months. No problems.

 

As the other guys said "you can remove it". But depending on where you live you may notice a lot of heat coming from the shifter area. Civic for the mid to late 90s didn't have them from the factory (maybe other years too). My wife's 97 Civic is much warmer around the console than mine. You may not even notice it.

Another possibility to your problem is to take it off and cover the back of it with some hi heat rated tape or adhesive. (like the Spoon heat tape for about $25 made for the bottom of the oil pan) Even if you aren't concerned with heat this will give you a barrier between the floor board and heat shield. No metal touching metal equals no rattle. Just a suggestion.

 

I had some rattling before but it wasn't hitting the heatsheild, it was just the piping being too long and shaking, so I just clamped it down and it went away.

 

take them all off

 

off topic a little but what is that hose zip tied to your linkage.

 

Wow you went thro alot of extra work with those pictures.

Could of just asked "can I remove the heat sheild under the shifter?"

 

I removed mine and im having problems.. the shifter heats up and itshard to shift.. If you do take it off make sure you keep the piece just incase

 

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Drive with gloves, I do. My girl got them for me at the dollar store. They are awsome. Fake suede owns! Even in the summer here.!

 

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nitrous...


heat shields..... took them off here too!!
no problems-- and havent noticed any heat(stock shifter)

 

mine are gone...

 

Thats a pretty hot place for that line to run and it must move around when you shift.

 

yeah thats the braided n20 line running from the bottle to the nmu...which is for sale btw!!!


see below

 

when does your rattling occur? if its between 3k-4k rpm, then it's your header, not your heatshield.

 

yes, i solved that problem for someone in a different thread...that is when the rattle occured. I had that fixed already tho, and i was still getting a rattle at that rpm range, just sounded different.

The heatsheild in the above pics once removed solved the problem for the most part....i can keep it at any rpm in any gear with absolutly no rattling, except a tiny lil rattle in first gear at the 3500-4200 range, and that i already know is a heat sheild just past the one i removed.

 

Why the **** is your nitrous line zip-tied to your shift linkage??

 

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The heatsheild in the above pics once removed solved the problem for the most part....i can keep it at any rpm in any gear with absolutly no rattling, except a tiny lil rattle in first gear at the 3500-4200 range, and that i already know is a heat sheild just past the one i removed.</TD></TR></TABLE>

did you replace it with an OEM header or an aftermarket one?

 

mine fell off, it was lose and i hit it off with a steel pipe... no problems