Heat Plate

[Gods Son]

Anyone remove their's off the 3 yet? Mine is rattling and was debating about removing it...

[McGuyver_3]

you mean that engine cover thing? if so you can rebend it back in to shape by manually warping it lol

[Ex-Rolla]

Anyone remove their's off the 3 yet? Mine is rattling and was debating about removing it...

If not the engine cover, are you talking about the metal thing above the exhaust underneath the car?

[Thrizzl3]

the heat shield?

[Ex-Rolla]

the heat shield?

lol, thanks... that's what i meant.

[rick10]

i removed the heat shield from mine. made a big difference ...

[mazda lover]

i removed the heat shield from mine. made a big difference ...

What do you mean it made a big difference? in what way?
just curious

[Gods Son]

Sorry boys lol I meant heat shield. Mine is rattling like crazy. Is there any consequence to removing it?

[Gods Son]

i removed the heat shield from mine. made a big difference ...

Did you just pull it off? And what's the difference youre talking about?

[rick10]

like someone here said already , it ratle like crazy

I went underneath the car and saw that some of it was already comming apart. So i just decided to take it all out... I must said its a dirty job but after it was out the ratling noise stopped.

[mazda lover]

i removed the heat shield from mine. made a big difference ...

So it was a noise issue, which I thought,:) nothing to do with performance.

[Ex-Rolla]

I'm assuming the heat shield has been strategically placed there for a reason. I'd make sure to talk to a mechanic to make sure the heat being generated by the exhaust will not cause any damage.

[rick10]

I'm assuming the heat shield has been strategically placed there for a reason. I'd make sure to talk to a mechanic to make sure the heat being generated by the exhaust will not cause any damage.

my wife already took the car to the dealer to change the tranny oil... they inspected the car and told us that many people removed the heat shield after a while .... he said we can replace it but nothing happens to the car if it doesnt have one...

car is in perfect conditions , recently pass the emission test with flying colours and the heat shield has been of for more than a year i would said

[rick10]

So it was a noise issue, which I thought,:) nothing to do with performance.


no nothing to do with performance.. just the noise kept bothering me so i decided to take it off....