ok i know this has been addressed a million times, but i am still missing something. i just installed an B&m short shifter into my civic and yes it bangs against the heat shield. the problem is i can't seem to do anything to cure the problem. what specificly should i do? thanks in advance.

 

take off the heat shield

 

um....i heard that might not be a good idea. plus i know there is a way to do it while keeping the heatshield.

 

unless u park ur car on very tall grass fields, take that heat shield off to stop the rattlin. mines been off for months, works kewl. otherwise get ur exhaust hangers bent lowered.

late

 

sounds plausible, how wouldi go about doing that?

 

by the way. it only bangs slightly when i go to shift into 5th or reverse. it's barely even audible. i just noticed it when i was under my car and my friend was going through the gears. that would happen if i just left it like that. woudl i end up damagin anything after a while?

 

if you don't want to get rid of it, then cut it.

 

is the heat shield really that important? it's just a piece of aluminum.

 

did u check your o2 sensor? it might be hitting the shift stabilizer bar???

 

i assume that its there for a reason. i might just be paranoid, but i really don't want to remove it or even cut pieces of it off. i remember people mentioning something about bending, or loosening something up. i just don't get what?