Exhaust mani's heat shields needed?

[UsMuScL398]

Do we need the exhaust heat shields on the car at all....mine are rattling so bad its driving me insane and was wondering if i can just remove them completely?!?!

[WishIHad$$$]

They protect your engine bay from the 1000+ degrees F temperatures. I wouldn't take them off. I had mine on and they messed up my spark plug wires. Any wiring in the car needs to be protected by heat. There may be an alternative, but I wouldn't just take them off without some other form of protection.

[UsMuScL398]

My left bank is goin crazy with rattle at about 1100 rpm's and sometimes at idle...all the bolts are tight i dont know what to do!

[WishIHad$$$]

Pop your hood and see if you can see which way it vibrates while running. Don't touch it (duh) without gloves though.

[UsMuScL398]

which way it vibrates?!?!???

[T-Punk]

i think you could take the the manifolds off and get them ceramic coated but by that point you would be better off buying headers... there you go just buy headers, that will solve all your problems ;)

[1DangerousV6]

i actually bought my car with the one on the right side missing lol ...never had any problems...but i would replace it if i got around to it...and only to cover up my crappy looking headers lol

[98Firebird]

i took mine off before i got headers... had'em off for a while cause i thought they were teh cause of my rattle... i never had any problems

[ellik]

I pulled my heat shields off as the first step of the header install. Of course step two took like 2 more months until I got around to it. no problems here, but makes sure your spark plug wires arent rubbing against anything hot.