I was tryin to put my intake on today, everything was fine until it came time to take the mas off the airbox. Tryin to hold it from the inside, so the bolt doesnt spin, my friend accidently hit the honeycomb and put a mark on it. I straightened it out the best I could, should i worry about this at all, its not to bad of a mark? thanks

 

no just be meticulous about it and it will be ok

 

mine has a thumb print in it, straightened them out as best i could, cant tell the difference

 

people actually take that honey comb out .....

 

drove it around the block didnt seem any diff, only problem is that the stock airbox is still on, cant get those damn bolt off the airbox connecting to the mas.

 

to get those bolts of get a pair of needle nose and yoru obvious fitting socket, it should come right off. dont' be afraid to muscle it off, thats what i did, and no problems at all.. oh and about the filter thing, there should be no problem....

 

you need to disconnect your MAF off the Turbo outlet... thats what i always do...

 

I already had the whole airbox off, I had to put it on again so I could get to work, im probably going to wait a week until attempting this again, im already pissed off about the mass air sensor.

 

Heh, as long as you got them back as straight as possible, you should be ok. I'd say half the people who try taking that thing off the box end up getting a piece of the honeycomb...its very common

 

very good way to take the bolt off is by doing a quick snap to the socket wrench. I hold a fist and just slam on it as hard and fast as possible, works every time. On my first car , i did it slowly and ended up f**king up the litte plastic holders on the air box. but qucik snap action took care of it on my second evo.

 

LOL.. Yea i read about that on another site about 10 minutes after breaking the snaps off, anyone else have any good ideas on how to get it off after the snaps are already broken..? thanks for all the help

 

I had to cut mine apart because it wouldn't come off, and in the attempt of doing it I hit my honeycomb as well. I just straigtened it out and put on a new intake. No problems at all.

 

If the plastic notches are broken already, get a vice-grip, and hold the rectangular thing in the inside, and have a friend hold it. It was easy taking it out with a buddy of mine after i broke it off the first time.

 

yes i agree.. this happend to me as well

 

yea try that one time. The car won't idle for spit