In a message dated 11/13/99 1:24:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, Sjaeger01@xxxx writes: << Did you just replace them with shields available from the Delorean parts suppliers, replaced them with something else or not replace that at all? Is there other options? >> >From what I've read on the DML: leave them off and toast your car parts... I'm guessing belts & hoses, possibly alternator. Ownership-wise I'm in the "looking" stage. Drove a D last Monday and when I got out and glanced back at the car following about 15 mins. of driving, the heat waves were just pouring out of the back of it! I understand powerwashing them can damage them. Somebody on the list mentioned, a month or two ago, that they had made their own, and made them a bit longer for better protection. Check the archives. I'm sure dmc houston must have them. "www.de-lorean-steel-products.purespace.de" (in Germany) makes them out of stainless, I believe. - Wayne