ive got some boots to put over my wires to protect them from the headers and i was wondering if i could take that damned aluminum end off. i assume thats there as a heat shield, so would the heat boots serve the same purpose?

 

NO. They might protect a little bit from heat but I removed mine a long time ago but My 10.5mm Taylor wires look great and no burn.

I say through that crap out. Think of it as a weight reduction mod

 

I've still got factory headers, but I took the metal shields off on first plug change (over 100K miles back).

 

For the price of the wires I was looking for max protection, I kept them and used heat wrap where the headers were very close. I know its over kill, but it aint gonna burn I'll tell ya that much! lol.. oh and the metal peices are called heat shields.

 

yeah tahts what i said, i didnt know if they had another name besides heat shield that was more proper for use with spark plugs lol. ive got boots to protect the wires, and they wont fit in the sleeve which is why i was wondering