are the heat shields important?

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Jun 29, 2005, 02:40 PM

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You are the first guy i met with both a 2003 Lancer OZ Rally and a 2005 Lancer Evolution VIII

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Jun 29, 2005, 02:41 PM

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What i meant to say is COOL

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Jun 29, 2005, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Devbo

well the guy who had my evo before me decided to take the manifold heat shield off and now my headers are all rusted up and looks like **** from all the rain comming threw the hood. and when i am washing my car i can hear the water hitting the manifold. that "could" mess it up. my recomendation is keep it on

that's pretty much what all of ours look like. I doubt the heat shield is doing anything to keep water out of there, but I would listen to everyone and keep them on for the sake of shielding heat.