You will also receive five zinc-plated steel star locking washers (also known as underbody clips) which provide the stainless steel washers with a secure fit. A gas tank heat shield especially should not be removed permanently, car manufacturers put them on your vehicle for a reason. By deflecting heat away from sensitive components, bodywork, and the cabin - the components last longer and its easier to regulate temperature for the driver.

I did not need beer tin for all of the holes as these clips were big enough to get a hold on most of the sheild.Mind you just making better fasteners would be an improvement- big issue I have with the Ford ones is that they’re so fragile, sockets have rarely worked, the flanges snap off as they’re just skinny folded steel. Value+ is the new range of maintenance parts launched in 2021 and already visible in many of Renault’s parts systems. We developed a peel and stick, spot-fix heat shield, Thermal Block to make this project as easy as possible. drilled a hole in it, used it as a over sized washer and used these fab clips all to hold it all in place.

If you have any questions please use the Contact Us form and one of our parts experts will get straight back to you!Every part we ship out is tracked and we provide the tracking number as soon as the item is sent from us. The lids I used were all off glass sauce jars and were painted/coated in whatever food lids are covered in so I dont think it would be an issue. Make a couple of big square washers from a bean tin, folded a couple of times and a small hole made with a nail. Before our repair kit, the solution would be to replace the heatshield, however this can be costly and time-consuming (sometimes the exhaust will need to be removed to carry out this repair).