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alright, i built a cai, and i can't seem to get the tubing down in the fender/bumper out. how do i do this? for now i just have a filter connected to the stock hose. but tomorrow i want to go full cai. thanks in advance :pimp:
Oldsman
02-24-2004, 01:00 AM
take the front bumper off so you can see the stock air resonator......it's huge. good luck.
AndysGX
02-24-2004, 12:46 PM
Did you pull out ALL of the tubing? There is a ton down there. I pulled the fender lining and pulled it all out that way. Made it easier to see where the filter was going too.
Redog
02-24-2004, 04:24 PM
I don't know if the tubing in the 3.4 is the same as the 2.4 but if you take off the fender lining there are 3 bolts holding in the tube. One sticks out of the fenderlining, one right under the headlight bracket, and a push pin type next to the windsheild washer fluid bottle.
Pending on old your car is will depend on how hard it is to remove the bolts
There is a diagram on this site somewhere.
Nikatrel
02-25-2004, 10:10 AM
All i did to get it out was jack up the car, take off the wheel, pop off the fender lining, and rip the box out...broke some plastic stuff, but i got it out...no problems. :pimp:
yeah, took the wheel off, off came the liner, and damn... that thing is huge. very incompetant
Redog
02-25-2004, 06:49 PM
I didn't take off the wheel. Just drove it up on the ramps and turned the wheel to the right
Silverknight
03-01-2004, 12:19 PM
^lucky you. almost everybody had to take the wheel off
velocity
03-01-2004, 05:29 PM
Yeah I jacked up the car and took the wheel off. Way more room.
I took out the windshield washer crap too.
why would you get rid of the windshield washer fluid?
Oldsmopimp
03-03-2004, 10:21 PM
Originally posted by j{}n@Mar 4 2004, 03:00 AM
why would you get rid of the windshield washer fluid?
I think he's sayin he took out the washer resivoiur to get all the stock tubing out.
Fast Eddie
03-03-2004, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by j{}n@Mar 3 2004, 09:00 PM
why would you get rid of the windshield washer fluid?
to lighten the load, 1 gallon of water weighs like 8lbs. :lol:
Oldsmopimp
03-03-2004, 11:21 PM
Originally posted by Fast Eddie+Mar 4 2004, 03:57 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Fast Eddie @ Mar 4 2004, 03:57 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-j{}n@Mar 3 2004, 09:00 PM
why would you get rid of the windshield washer fluid?
to lighten the load, 1 gallon of water weighs like 8lbs. :lol: [/b][/quote]
:blink: Oh man....dont tell me people r doing this to actually "go faster"!!? 8 pounds!!? lol, make sure u race on an empty stomach and a 1/4tank of gas!
It's an Alero....not an indy car.
Fast Eddie
03-04-2004, 02:42 AM
whaca talking bout 10LBs is like .001 seconds off ur time
LOL, it was a joke man :P
just add a billet gas cap, you'll chop seconds off your 1/4 mile time
Qcksilver
02-12-2005, 12:25 AM
dumb question for ya. with a CAI system then, do you have to take the front bumper off everytime you change the filter end?? that sounds like a pain in the ass. does this sound right or am i just wacked?
Oldsman
02-12-2005, 03:31 AM
no just take the screw out on the bottom of fender liner that covers the bottom of bumper and there it is.
Qcksilver
02-12-2005, 08:08 AM
oh, ok. i guess that doesn't sound so bad. does the liner come off pretty easily and how often does the CAI filter need to be changed on average?
Oldsman
02-13-2005, 11:51 PM
if you get a true K&N then all you need to do is i would say once a year pull it out and wash it per instructions and get the oil for it and put it back in. the inner liner comes out easy.
Qcksilver
02-14-2005, 09:39 AM
cool, i didn't know you could just wash the K&N's. learn something new every day :thumbsup: .
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