While installing the AEM cai, do you HAVE to take off the driver side tire to get that mount on? or can u remove the battery and reach down????????????????

 

you do not need to remove the tire, instead turn the wheels hard left. Then all you have to do is just remove the plastic splash guards up front on the drivers side.

 

i removed the front bumper, but that was a *****. i had to have removed it at one time or another anywyas, for the kaminari.

but let me tell u right now, the first time its hell!!!!!!!!!!!

 

did you win that CAI by any chance????

 

alright, no i didnt. I got the CAI in YEAHH!! sounds amazing.... heres the problem.... I took off the spash guard underneath and now its IMPOSSIBLE to match those little plastic screws up to the holes.. wtf do i do?

 

did anyone elses service engine soon light come on when they first started the car after the install? I think it was becuase i removed the battery and forgot to put the censor back in lol..
well i put the censor back in and it was still on, drove around the block and then turned the car off.. waited 20 min, turned the car on again and the service engine light was OFF, it stayed off... should i go to a shop and have them reset my ECU? oh yea, the battery was upside down and let me tell you that **** BURNS.. my arms were on fire!!! haha, sucks... i thought it was engine coolant.

 

after driving around for abot 20 min i turned the car off and popped the hood and heard some sizzle-like noise seeming to come from the top of the intake/throttle body... is that temp or should i seriously check that out?

 

id check it out, its not supposed to sizzle

 

after u install the the CAI you have to connect the battery again, start the engine, then leave it idle for 20 minutes. dont drive it or even shift out of park. just leave it for 20 mins, the check engine shouldnt come on.

 

oops, i drove it. but then i let it sit... seems normal.. Tomorrow morning im gonna bring it over the shop and ask them to take a look at it and see if everything is cool with the instal and ask them to put the splash guard back on underneath..

 

well if ya got money to throw. my mitsubishi shop wont do $hit for free

 

lol, its a local mechanic at a gas station that really knows his ****. ill ask him to look at it and put the splash guard up.. if he DOES charge, it'll only be like 50bucks but im sure he wont.. he better not!

 

damn, 50 dollars to look at a car. just disconnect the negative, reconnect it in 5 mins. turn engine one and leave it for 20 mins. save urself time and money dude. as for the splash guard, just rescrew it. 50 bucks could buy you good spark plugs, or be put towards a test pipe.

 

i dont think u understand how impossible it is to put that crap back in on the drivers side... ive been trying to rescrew it for an hour.. the plastic screws will NOT go in the holes lol... as for the shop, i just want a mechanic to look at it and see if everything is good so i dont F it up in the longrun