as title says is this dangerous? i.e getting to hot? want to remove it as the its not really fastened up to the body of the car and making a noise, the nuts that hold it on need extremly large washers to put it back into place but it would be easier to remove n do without!

 

its a pain bud..

to be honest i cant see a standart exhaust getting hot enough to cause any issues if you removed it but when mine was rattling i just ehipped the bolts out of it and as you already touched on put some huge washers on there, they were actually 2inch strips of ally with a hole drilled out the middle and that worked a treat..

the cat heat shield is a different story..

 

nice one m8, but most of the bolts need washers on them, the heat sheild is prob held on at the mo with 2-3 bolts itssorta resting on the exshaust, its doin my nut in might just whip it of, its only really the back box area