no dont take of the heat sheilds!! u will get way too much heat,,, start blowing gaskets and melting **** and eventually cathing some crap on fire.. if you look at afternarket y pipes...they all still have the mesh **** sooo i ruuled it out,,cant be that cuz if it was that they wouldnt put it on there soo bada bing bada booom! heat sheild aread on the OEM PART

 

Hmm heat sheilds are that important? your cats has heatsheilds now your test pipes are just bare, wouldn't that cause problems then?

 

its a differnt type of metal on the test pipes.. like stainless steel,, oem is some crappy ****e that heats up alot.. thats why it packs a heat sheild!

 

Hmmm I wonder what it is. Maybe just cut everything off and stick in stainless hahaha.

 

I didn't read this whole thread, but the "mesh *****" that you called them are not heat shields, if that is what you're saying. It sounds to me like you are. They are flex joints for the exhaust to have some movement. Otherwise the exhaust/test pipes could crack.

 

Exactly.

 

no weree not saying the mesh ***** are heat sheilds... we are saying the heatshield oon the y pipe are shaking around like crazy!!! and it sucks!!! soo now i have to buy a brand new y pipe..

 

130 shipped for megan racing y-pipe..!!! from my dealer! oh yea!!! soooo i gatta put that on sooo i dont have that pos crapppy sound!!

 

Wow nice how did you get that! haha can you ask if they fit an 08 G?

 

not suree!! look on megan racing see if they got anything u like!!

 

well let me know if this gets rid of the noise!

 

1. this is a normal problem when installing test pipes
2. that sound is the "metal *****" also know as flex joints that is where the sound is coming from. it is one of those things that comes with test pipes along with the smell and the rasp.also it is not the heat sheild at all, i have a jic y-pipe and my car makes the sasme exact noise and that is because of the flex pipes.
i would recommend keeping the metal ***** because when you engine moves the flex joints save your shinny piping from being cracked. it is there to absorb the energy that the the engine creates, if that is gone the that energy goes directly to the weak spots in your exhaust setup and then you will have a crack. this is just my two sense not a forum mechanic or anything like that just my opinion.

 

I've had the same problem and found out that it is the flex pipe that's making the noise. Can't handle the freed up pressure I guess.

 

If we get a better flowing exahust you think it'll the pressure off the Flex joints?

 

nope not my flex joints... heatsheild...i was underneath my car listening to is rattle..sooo i just bought a new y pipe today!!installling that asap!!!!