Does anybody know what this is called, or where to buy?

[BottomGear]

Does anybody know what that silver malleable metal is above the exhaust right where the mid-pipe splits into 2 (not the silver K brace below the exhaust)? Put in a new exhaust the other day and the lift slipped off the rear jack point and crunched all of that aluminum metal forward. Now it sounds like something right above it (transmission) is hitting against it when driving. I'm trying to find a new one, but can not find a reference for it anywhere on the internet. Please help me fix my dumb mistake. Or maybe I should just cut the thing off. Thoughts?

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[freeform911]

It’s the exhaust heat shield…

Steve

 

[zrk]

As @freeform911 said, it's just an aluminum heat shield. Bend it back into shape. It's fine.

 

[BottomGear]

Hypothetically if this thing is beyond salvageable. Are you able to buy these directly from a Toyota parts dealer or someone else new, or we limited to used examples on eBay?

 

[zrk]

Hypothetically if this thing is beyond salvageable. Are you able to buy these directly from a Toyota parts dealer or someone else new, or we limited to used examples on eBay?

You can buy one from Toyota.

 

[razorlab]

Hypothetically if this thing is beyond salvageable. Are you able to buy these directly from a Toyota parts dealer or someone else new, or we limited to used examples on eBay?

Part #'s:

BMW 51487441909
Toyota 58151WAA01

Or buy used: https://www.ebay.com/itm/265629784539?hash=item3dd8c4d9db:g:RjEAAOSw6YxiS0wr

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