Heat-Shield ?

[vaughanmc]

The heat-shield on the underside of my car is hanging off and rattling off the exhaust

Just by the centre section / Cat

Are these needed or can they be removed ?

Cheers, Vaughan

[R1CH]

Rip it off, not needed !!

[vaughanmc]

So there will be no dramatic heat increase inside the car or on the exhaust or anything ?

Just needed to clear this up before I actually do rip it off lol

[Nobby]

nope only tacked on basically we have loads come in at work due to the speedbumps and lanes near where i work but you shouldnt weld near a cat becuase it destroys it so we just pull them off lol

[R1CH]

Nah it'll be fine, you won't notice any temp increase inside the car.
My floor only gets slightly warm and thats with the middle box tucked right up against the floor, thats with no carpets either.

Get it ripped off !

[vaughanmc]

No problem lol

Cheers for your help boys!

A really annoying thing turns out to be an easy fix!!! :)

[Mike]

Nah it'll be fine, you won't notice any temp increase inside the car.
My floor only gets slightly warm and thats with the middle box tucked right up against the floor, thats with no carpets either.

Get it ripped off !

:eek: ive had my trans tunnel waaaay to hot to touch!! Where am i going wrong?

[Adam]

Not driving fast enough to cool it down! lol


Mine does get quite warm too, and i still have carpet fitted. Not really enough to bother you though.

[Mike]

Not driving fast enough to cool it down! lol


Mine does get quite warm too, and i still have carpet fitted. Not really enough to bother you though.

Doubt that Ad, doubt that very much lol 3 figure speed from J17 to J13 of a very VERY long airfield lol lol really early in the morning.

[Adam]

lol lol lol
Sounds like the same stretch of road,erm i mean air field i was on the other night,

[Mike]

lol lol lol
Sounds like the same stretch of road,erm i mean air field i was on the other night,

It probably was lol was round by you aswell chap.

[Adam]

Its suprising where these air fields pop up nowadays

[vaughanmc]

lol

So I should be OK with mines being removed ?

[Adam]

Yup
Tenner says the nuts that hold it on snap off when you undo them anyway, so it wont be going back on! lol

[vaughanmc]

lol My dad has already told me that

F*ck it lol

Rip it off!!!

[Adam]

You will probably have to bend it etc to remove it too, as you have to keep twisting it to get it over and cat/exhaust.

[vaughanmc]

No problem man I'll remember that when I'm underneath the car

I'll let you know how I get on

The noise of it hitting the exhaust is horrible lol