by "Nibbles" (nibbles)
Published 12/29/2017 at 18:33
by "Nibbles" (nibbles)
Published 12/29/2017 at 18:33
Tags: Camaro
; doggo
STARS: 4
And a question. Now with two dogs
After inspecting the roof panel it looks like a good sand, seal and paint is all that’s needed. Hooray! Also two of the four welds that hold the heat shield to my high-flow cat have popped, leaving a nasty rattle. The original heat shield is still attached to the body, can I remove the shield on the cat, or should I find a way to re-attach it?
"Sovande" (sovande)
12/29/2017 at 18:42, STARS: 3
Rip it off and then try not to drive through any big piles of leaves.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
12/29/2017 at 18:50, STARS: 0
FWIW, when the welds started to break on my Mustang’s heat shields, I just ran a big hose clamp around to hold them to the cats. But some cars have big heat shields that don’t touch the exhaust at all; they’re just fastened to the body . What does yours look like?
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/29/2017 at 18:55, STARS: 0
It has a heat shield attached to the body, an upper welded to the cat, no lower
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
12/29/2017 at 19:01, STARS: 1
If the original is intact, I’d probably just rip the other one off.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
12/29/2017 at 19:53, STARS: 0
The one by the rear passenger O2 sensor? Fuck it, pop rivet that bitch back in to place.
Edit: I also saw you are in the market for an unbroken dash pad. That will be a rarity as they basically came pre-broken from the factory. Maybe try wrapping the existing one with sheet vinyl like you’d use on a door panel.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/29/2017 at 21:39, STARS: 0
Yeah that one. The problematic one though is welded to the cat, not attached to the body. I don’t think pop rivets would withstand that kind of heat...?
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/30/2017 at 00:08, STARS: 0
The bottom doesn’t even have a shield
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
12/30/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 0
Only place I’ve used them on exhaust is on the muffler of my pressure washer and they did OK there. Eventually if you throw an aftermarket exhaust on it you may just want to ditch it.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/30/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 0
It’s already got aftermarket. Looks like 3" all the way, high-flow cats, I think a Flowmaster muffler and big ol’ “titanium” blued tips
"Sovande" (sovande)
12/30/2017 at 13:00, STARS: 0
Leaves getting trapped between the cat and the underbody is what I was referring to.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/30/2017 at 13:03, STARS: 0
Ah. See I wasn’t sure which is why it took me so long to reply because I could take it two ways and apparently I chose poorly
Yeah that could be a problem. I’m still trying to work out the best course of action :\
"Sovande" (sovande)
12/30/2017 at 13:19, STARS: 1
My current exhaust has no heat shield on the top. I pulled the heat shield off my dad’s tundra 4 years ago and we pulled the one on my buddy’s civic as well. I would think that as long as the body shield is there you will be fine.
If you can drill holes in the shield to hold it tight, you may be able to use stainless seizing wire to hold it tight.
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/30/2017 at 13:23, STARS: 1
Thanks bud. Yeah I may see if I can get holes drilled but in all honesty I’m not particularly worried about keeping the shield at this point
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
12/30/2017 at 13:33, STARS: 0
Dump it. I think that was really only needed with the stock flat cat.
"Sovande" (sovande)
12/30/2017 at 13:56, STARS: 1
I wouldn’t be either. That car is going to be fun. Good luck with it!
"Nibbles" (nibbles)
12/30/2017 at 14:03, STARS: 1
I think I’m going to keep it since the problem shield is the one welded to the cat.
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
12/30/2017 at 14:07, STARS: 0
Holy shit. I’m an idiot. This whole time I thought you meant the one attached to the body. Serves me right for 4 hours sleep.
If it rattles do the hose clamp thing or just wrap some wire around it tightly.
"Duck Duck Grey Duck FTMFW!" (theduckduck)
12/31/2017 at 00:37, STARS: 0
They sell steel rivets but they are kinda a bitch to pop.