Orion_Gav

The heat shield on my brother's mk1 focus was dragging the floor,sounded like a shovel being dragged lol.Its to dark to see now but are these things easy to put back on?its been noisy for a while now so it must of just came off.

RichieST

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Just rip it off. Took them off of my old st170 as they were rattling.

hogdog

It's probably rusted through so you'll need a new one.

It's a bit tricky to get over the exhaust and you may need to bend it a bit and/or drop the exhaust off the hangers to get it on but they're fairly cheap. You'll also need new hex nuts as they're not really reusable.

I wouldn't leave it off personally, you'll probably damage the underseal and transfer heat into the cabin when it gets really hot...not sure if it could start a fire but it may be a possibility.

TXB

I took mine off years ago. I have had absolutely no adverse effects at all. I got sick of trying to fasten them with new washers. The only one I left on was near the flex pipe so I wouldn't feel any heat under the dashboard.

sykes2009

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im debating on pulling mine off i cant stand the rattling there's like 20 sections of the shite and its all rotting i tried to fasten it back up a few days ago and the edge of it sliced my finger

TXB

I did all that. If you do remove it, loosen some of the hangers. It will be alot easier.

LewisT

the stuff is like thick tin foil you can tear it, i removed some of the sections because they were rattling no adverse effects either