ljn21
FRF Addict
Hi Everyone
I installed an AFE Stage 2 intake and a 5Star lid tonight and have a couple questions:
1. The AFE kit included some edging that goes around the top of the metal box that the filter sits on. Do I use that edging with the 5Star lid or leave it off?
2. On the passenger side of the plenum/silencer that sits on the throttle body, there was a clip/clamp secured to the side of the plenum box holding two hoses (coolant I think), without tje plenum installed, there isnt any place to secure that clamp anymore...is that an issue? I am worried if/when those hoses get hot that they will slump down and rub on other stuff.
3. I ordered the regular silver tube version but dont like the looks lf it. As I was installing it I got to thinking. ..can I just take it back out and plastidip it black or use high heat matte black paint? Im thinking plastip will help insulate the tube as well to help keep temps lower. Thoughts?
4. No tune is necessary right? I think I remember seeing others put the kit on with no tune. We just moved from FL to MN and the brillant moving company through my tuner in a box with a bunch of garage tools and my hitch bar...they rattled around on the trip and my tuner is wrecked...need to order a new one once the claim adjuster confirms they are reimbursing me for a new one on Friday so I cant tune until then.
5. I confirmed with the shop that the kit I received should be the revised one but I still had fitment issues with the air box/filter assy...the corner that is closest to the drivers headlamp hits the rubber liner, this forces the assy to sit crooked in the lower box, after wrestling with it I finally got the forward clamp to close but wow it was tight and I was afraid I was going to break the plastic clamp especially considering it was only 36 in the garage. When I look at my box/filter assy, I can see that its not sitting straight, the gap is bigger on the forward part. Does this mean I did something wrong or is my kit messed up??
I installed an AFE Stage 2 intake and a 5Star lid tonight and have a couple questions:
1. The AFE kit included some edging that goes around the top of the metal box that the filter sits on. Do I use that edging with the 5Star lid or leave it off?
2. On the passenger side of the plenum/silencer that sits on the throttle body, there was a clip/clamp secured to the side of the plenum box holding two hoses (coolant I think), without tje plenum installed, there isnt any place to secure that clamp anymore...is that an issue? I am worried if/when those hoses get hot that they will slump down and rub on other stuff.
3. I ordered the regular silver tube version but dont like the looks lf it. As I was installing it I got to thinking. ..can I just take it back out and plastidip it black or use high heat matte black paint? Im thinking plastip will help insulate the tube as well to help keep temps lower. Thoughts?
4. No tune is necessary right? I think I remember seeing others put the kit on with no tune. We just moved from FL to MN and the brillant moving company through my tuner in a box with a bunch of garage tools and my hitch bar...they rattled around on the trip and my tuner is wrecked...need to order a new one once the claim adjuster confirms they are reimbursing me for a new one on Friday so I cant tune until then.
5. I confirmed with the shop that the kit I received should be the revised one but I still had fitment issues with the air box/filter assy...the corner that is closest to the drivers headlamp hits the rubber liner, this forces the assy to sit crooked in the lower box, after wrestling with it I finally got the forward clamp to close but wow it was tight and I was afraid I was going to break the plastic clamp especially considering it was only 36 in the garage. When I look at my box/filter assy, I can see that its not sitting straight, the gap is bigger on the forward part. Does this mean I did something wrong or is my kit messed up??
