Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus.

 

Be gone back to the depths of hell, foul blight of rattle demon.

 

 

I did this under the car.

 

For anyone wanting to get rid of the cat heat shield:

 

I used a 4" angle grinder to cut the heads off the seized bolts, punched out the remains (pin punch). Bottom piece fell away and the top piece finally came out without dropping the exhaust... well after alot of swearing, heaving and "massaging" the top shell with a long flatblade screwdriver. The key was busting off the spotwelded brackets on the top piece and bending what was left a little. Came out into the wheel arch.

Edited September 27, 20178 yr by Knucklehead Saloon

Why remove it ? If it rattles either the exhaust has been modified, or the cat is shot and needs to be replaced.

Cos the heatsheild was doing the rattling not the cat my friend. The exhaust system is totally stock and looks to be the original.

that's gonna shorten the life of the CV axle boot.  i would fab a shield of some sort

I was thinking that exhaust wrap stuff could be the go.