Shield part identification

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by butzodaddy, May 30, 2023.

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    Exhaust heat shield save it as a souvenir I doubt you'll get it back on the car and not sure why you'd want to
     
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    Generally, heat shields are installed to protect parts that shouldn't get hot. It's up to you whether you will reinstall it.
     
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    To get that one back on is going to be rather tricky to make it not rattle and make general noise
     
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    If you decide to reinstall, to bridge the torn-out zones, you could try fender washers:

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    Or short pieces of pipe hanger strapping:

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    For the latter, you could even try two pieces, stacked like an "X".