[sonic_mikey]

meford4u,Jul 27 2007, 08:16 PM Wrote:You can rip that baby right off.  The heat shield is there for trapping excessive heat away from the engine.  Yes, your engine may get a little hotter (5-7 dgrees), but it won't affect anything that would possibly melt.  My gawd guys, anything that gets hot enough to melt is not going to NOT melt if a flimsy piece of metal is placed in front of it.

Go ahead, rip it off.
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One up for him, either rip the lower one off or replace it. while ur there delete the cats for an offroad pipe, wayyyy better response and sound :P