My exhaust heat shields have become loose underneath my car, and have developed a nasty rattle. How necessary are they to remain on the car? Obviously "important" because they were put there from factory, but is it "safe" to remove them?
They're easy to fix...
Mine were loose and falling down in a couple locations.
I bought a bag of 10 of those clamping washers, and fixed all the loose spots.
In a couple spots, the holes were too big for the clamping washers to work, so I just added a little square of thin sheet metal...maybe 2" square or 3" square, and installed these between the clamping washer and the heat shields.
Mine are all nice and tight to the car again.
Just an idea...if you feel like reattaching them instead of removing them.
Rem