Trans_AM_88

is the heat shield under the hood necessary? mines ripping apart and it looks so cheap ***. i feel like ripping it all off, but could it warp the hood or anything...damage paint?

KNTA4DNU

You don't need it. I think it's mostly sound insulation. It probably has about 2 pounds of dirt in it too which just makes your engine compartment more dusty.

Trans_AM_88

cool, thanks. it's comin off asap then, as soon as the 3 inches of snow gets off the ground

Midnight Sun

I am plannning on ripping mine off, but I just got the fatherly "I dont you should do that" talk.

Could someone else tell me it is pointless also. I figure if 2 people agree then what the hell.

Pictures would be helpful.

Dolph88sc350TPI

if its old and looks like its shedding why not take it out, on the other hand if its in good shape might as well leave it.

Kandied91z

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40 bucks for a nice new one...........

i removed mine when i repainted the car, i haven't had any problems to date that i could truly blame for not having the liner. i think it looks better with it off because i have nice paint on there now; however on stock cars i think it looks better with a new one in good shape. so long as you keep them clean and take care of the car they hold up pretty well. it's all personal preference looks wise.

as far as what they actually do i believe that it's strictly for holding in heat during the winter months........could be wrong there as well but no one has yet to prove what it's real purpose is unless it's just to make things look nicer to prospective buyers who don't want to see a bunch of bracing. if it was useless it wouldn't be there since car companies like to save every penny possible.

82camaro

Mine has never had one since I've owned it. Paint is now about 7 years old and it's fine. Sitting in the hot sun will get the hood hotter than the engine heat will.

85_ZED28

take it out, you dont need it

YellowIROC305

I think someone else said in another post that it actually acts as a fire blanket. If the engine catches fire, the plastic hold downs melt off and the lining falls to the engine and smothers the fire. Either way...I took mine off too! The paint under the hood looks REAAAAAAL nice and new!

Dolph88sc350TPI

Someone also pointed out in that post that even if that was a "fire blanket" It would not be very effective and everything would probably be toast by the time those clips come off.

If anything, its probably there to help warm the eninge in cold weather.

I live on the mississippi gulf coast and thats definitely not needed.

Stalker7d7

As I was reading through I noticed that nobody stated that the heat shield is to protect the paint on the hood from the hot engine bay. It's possible for the heat from the engine to mess up the paint on your hood, so they put the heat shield in there to shield the hood from the heat. I'm pretty sure that's what it's for at least, I think.

One hell of an old thread, but I searched it and was reading through to see if it was really necessary for these cars. It doesn't seem to be.

deadbird

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...-material.html

I addressed this nearly 10 years ago, too... around the time of this post

Ron U.S.M.C.

My hood still looks like this after 4 years without one.

Stalker7d7

lol sorry, I just had an urge to bring the dead back to life...