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Old 06 December 2013, 06:14 PM
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I have a set of harvey headers I need to fit, however one of the bolts on the heatshields on my car has fused itself to the heatshield, it has now rounded off and I cant remove the heatshield and get the headers off.

Would some tin snips be strong enough to cut the heatshield enough for me to able to remove the headers?

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It's called rust.

Decent tin snips should do it, failing that angle grinder FTW.
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Thanks mate, I absolutely stink of plus gas, sprayed loads, then decided to try and chisel it out! nothing worked, so just been to BnQ for tin snips
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My 2 best ever tool buys:

1. An angle grinder
2. An SDS hammer drill
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