[EURO] SOLUTION for installing cusco typeII lower arm bar

**learner** · 10-08-2005 02:46 AM

hi all... since the cusco typeII lower arm bar does not fully fit aust euro.
( the heat shield around the catalytic converter was striking the rear member of the bar ) for more info.. http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19574

just wanna share wat i did to slove this problem.

i just took off the heat shield..... then cut off a bit the rear area of heat shield. now they are not touching each other anymore...

Here are some of the pic.

**baboo** · 10-08-2005 09:00 AM

How do you cut it so neatly??

your's look like a professional job compare to Matell's backyard special ( LOL no offence Matt!)

I just took off the bottom half of the heat sheid completely.

**LOC888** · 10-08-2005 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by baboo

How do you cut it so neatly??

your's look like a professional job compare to Matell's backyard special ( LOL no offence Matt!)

I just took off the bottom half of the heat sheid completely.

I done the same thing..

**euro1978** · 10-08-2005 10:22 AM

very nice job learner. Many exhaust professionals would be envious of how clean a job you did.

**wynode** · 10-08-2005 11:13 AM

You do realise that cutting the heatshield can affect your emissions

**learner** · 10-08-2005 12:13 PM

yea... i am pretty happy the outcome...
i just use the saw and a "thing"... (i dunno wat tat thing call)...
tat thing is to smooth the edge.

Originally Posted by wynode

You do realise that cutting the heatshield can affect your emissions

i just couldnt think of a other way...
think cutting a bit of the heat shield is better than just took the whole thing off.

**Matell** · 10-08-2005 01:01 PM

Wow, that's a really nice and neat job!. Well done. Wish I'd thought of pulling out a hacksaw before I hit it with the old backyard special (no offence taken Steve) angle grinder! hahahaha. I mutilated that sucker!......And yet I still need to remove more because I was impatient and didn't mark mine up properly....tsk, tsk to me. As a result I'm still running around without the lower heatshield.

Actually last week when I had my fright, had the lower heatshield been installed the oil from my transmission wouldn't have burnt when it hit the cat, and I'd never have known about the leak until it was possibly too late!. That's an upside

Good job learner!