do i need the heat shield? it's probably the sound i've been hearing that's annoying the heck outta me... should i take it off? i need opinions and facts. thnx

 

u dont need it, esspecially if u think its making noise, but i must say, the stock header looks like ***.

 

Which heat shield are you talking about? I'm assuming your talknig about the header as well, but you could be referring to a number of things..

 

**** i dunno but mine annoys the **** outta me so i jacked my car up and its the one around the cat and its liek broke and rattlin...do i need it if not im rippin that bitch out

 

theres no need really...if it rattles then take it off...it just prevents bags and such from getting stuck onto into and burning while driving....

 

yea, i ripped off all my heatsheilds when i put my new header on, stupid rattles.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=775180

i say leave them in, if you can...

 

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um what? y the hell do u think its called a heat shield instead of a preventer of bags getting stuck and burning on ur exhaust shield?

 

yeah i'm referring to the heat shield next to the cat... can i take that off?

 

Yeah you can take that off...when i got my cat done after a few weeks it started to rattle, that was sooo annoying. I went back to the shop where i got it done and he said its ok to take it off so he did. No more rattles ...all he said was not to drive in tall grass

 

my heat shield next to the cat was rattling too. the one thats right above the b.pipe. i just found out the exact spot the rattling was coming from (a sensor bung, o2?) and trimmed the heat shield a bit (more like clipped a part of it off) so that it would not rattle against that bung anymore. i'll see if i can find pics from helm's.

 

this was the fix for mine: the green highlight was the o2 sensor that my heat shield was rattling against. the red highlight is the portion of the heat shield that i trimmed off (its thin aluminum .. so find like some strong clippers). i would make sure that its this part thats rattling before doing this though just so you don't waste efforts.

 

I just got a '95 4dr gsr that rattles like this right around 3000-3500rpm. Previous owner said his mechanic told him that it was the heat shield and that it would need to be welded. People I've talked to have said "take that **** off" or "don't take it off unless you want to melt something". What's this heat shield (same as in the pic, I think) actually shielding?

 

the catalytic converter has the shield on top and bottom. the b-pipe just has it on top. the top shield is reducing the amount of heat that makes it into the cabin. the lower one more or less prevents plastic from melting on to the cat (i've had that happen before on my previous car) while also aiding in cooling the cat (not that its ever cool...)

 

if that plastik manages to get to the cat... will it do anything? like... any hesitations... or... malfunctions it could bring?

 

it'll smell like *** for a looong time.

 

that's it?

 

I don't have any heatshields mine use to rattle like **** so i ripped them all off and now its jsut happy driving

 

if you remove your cat heatshield you could start a fire, the bottom one is to prevent leaves, and ***** from catching on fire when you drive or park youir car over them, the top one prevents the heat from going inside the car,
your cat gets verry hot, if you look at them under a load they somethimes glow red hot and will burn anything near it. leave your heatshields on, bend them if you have to.

 

alright coo... but do any others have opinions on that? would you agree (talkin to whoever reads the last post)

 

bump for later

 

One time I parked in some 2-ft tall grass in late summer, with no heatshields whatsoever, nothing happened.

I do plan on rigging up some welded nuts or something to attach my OEM heatshield to whatever header I end up getting, if it's not the JDM one.

 

Maybe if manufacturers didn't use the thinnest, cheapest *** metal they could find, they wouldn't start rattling and we wouldn't have to take them off. Brittle *** pieces of ****!