Is the EA82 supposed to have a heat shield to protect the front passenger CV boot from heat from the exhaust? CV boots keep ripping...

Teh cat itself should have a sheild but nothing beyond that.

Since I built my exhaust with the cat in a different place, I have had fewer problems with the boots, so it might help to add something.   But there never was anything other than the shield on the cat itself.

I added a heat shield - mounted to the cat a few years ago and haven't had a problem with the rubber boot.