I also checked with V&H recently about heat shields, and was SHOCKED to find out that the sum of the heat shields was close to the price of the exhaust itself!
Have you looked into getting your shields re chromed? I dont' know how much that would cost, but I do know the new ones are pricey!
seems that if you need maybe one of them, its not so bad considering the whole set is $600 + but if you need to buy them all, then I cant ee it making too much sense:small3d023: