The box arrived while I was out of town at a convention. I had completely forgotten it was going to be at my house when I arrived home. I was greeted in the entry way by a really large box as I walked in the door. Wahootime to do an install! Boy, how wrong I was. It did nothing but rain for the next couple of weeks.
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Some said we got over 12 inches of rain during that time. I don’t doubt it. I didn’t even want to open the box, because I knew that would only make me want to install it in the rain.
The rains finally dwindled a bit and I finally got to install my new modification. The first thing I did was remove everything from the box and check out the contents. My first impression was amazement in the quality and beauty of this product. It is really, really pretty.
Under closer inspection, I found, right on the intake tubing, a sticker that I had hoped to see someday. I didn’t even know there was an intake with it available. That is because this is the NEW, REDESIGNED unit that AEM just came out with. Notice the black, plastic portion of the intake. This is good news for all you California people. I sat down and read the installation manual.
The instructions were great. Hardware inclusion was superb. There was the exact number of bolts and nuts needed. Hose clamps are good quality and actually quite nice looking. I was ready to get started. I yanked the stock air box out per the instructions.
I have done this many times before so it was pretty straightforward and easy for me. Once the stock equipment had been removed, I started installing the AEM parts. The fit was VERY impressive. For lack of a better term it was perfect. I didn’t even have to remove the battery, which is the part I hate the most about installing an intake. I was happy about that. Tightening down the hose clamps and hooking up the crankcase breather made things secure.
It was already much more secure feeling than my previous intakes and I wasn’t even done with the install yet. Notice the clever black rubber pad where the positive battery post resides The new plastic, bottom part of the intake goes into the fender. AEM suggests removing the fender well to get to the area where the working end of the intake will reside. I chose to remove the drivers’ headlight simply because I have done it 100 times before.
This is an easier technique for me. This also makes for easier photos. There is a bracket inside the fender well that attaches both to the AEM intake and to the inner fender of the car for even more stability. The photo below is looking up into the fender well from under the car.