Accent Cold Air Intake Product Review and Q&A (56k warning)

[ftwvampftw]

Originally posted by Stainless Steel
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I'm just afraid the cuts wont be straight and smooth. Unless it cuts better than I think. Plus, when you talk about cutting the pipe, do you cut it towards the top near the engine or down by the air filter?

Also, if I install this, will it void my warranty or do I need the retailer to install it for me?

I was talking wih a friend today and he was telling me how performance upgrades for the accent will mess up the tranny. Is this true and is there something to prevent this?
[Edited by Stainless Steel on Mar 27, 2005 12:27 PM]
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Cutting it is easier than you think. It doesnt take a brain surgeon to cut a pipe. The edges are going to be jagged/ruff when the cut is done. It wont be a clean slice. For the Eclipse intake you will have to make a cut lower on the longer pipe. When I get my beta swap i'll probably make a write up on the eclipse intake set-up and install (maybe a couple months)

No this will not void your warrenty. The only way you can void your warrenty is if something that you added to the car (and that the dealership can PROVE it) that damaged what ever you brought it in for fixing. Say... something is wrong with your headlights and you installed a cold air intake . They cant void the warrenty for a product that has no direct connection w/ the problem in question.

Your friend is a retard. :dead:

But after every intake/performance mod I suggest resetting the ECU. (Taking the Neg terminal off the Battery. Pressing on the brake a couple times. Than wait 15 mins. Than put the Terminal back on. Than drive hard for 1/2 hour or 15 mins.. Just so the car knows your shifting -even if automatic- and all that fun stuff).

[Edited by ftwvampftw on Mar 27, 2005 3:38 PM]

[Edited by ftwvampftw on Mar 27, 2005 3:40 PM]

[Stainless Steel]

Thank you, I didn't want to buy anything until I found that out. I was worried I would have to let the warranty run out to install anything.

As for the air intake, are there instructions to remove the stock air intake and filter?

[zeroindigo]

removing the stock stuff is easy, just go from the funny plastic resonators up front, which I think pull off after 2 bolts are out, then the bolts at the bottom of the air cleaner box, and then the throttle body clamp and that should be it, its pretty simple... If I can do it, well...:

[Stainless Steel]

ftwvampftw, in your sig, if thats your car, did you install that grill yourself? It looks very clean and I'm wondering if its easy enough to just pop out the current grill and put the mesh one in its place?

Just on a side note, this is probably the single most helpfull place I've been to on these cars.

[J Van Hook]

Originally posted by Stainless Steel
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I'm just afraid the cuts wont be straight and smooth. Unless it cuts better than I think. Plus, when you talk about cutting the pipe, do you cut it towards the top near the engine or down by the air filter?

Also, if I install this, will it void my warranty or do I need the retailer to install it for me?

[Edited by Stainless Steel on Mar 27, 2005 12:27 PM]
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it really doesnt matter, i dont think you need to make the cut perfectly straight, as long as your lengths on either side dont differ more than 3/4 of an inch... i would take a pic of mine, but the damn rubber was hard as crap to get on. i think it was made for a 2 1/2 inch pipe...

[ftwvampftw]

bump

[skierd]

The cut most definitely does not have to be straight. The cut on my old WAI was horribly jagged, to the point I spent longer with a file cleaning things up then I spent cutting.

[Accentric]

ftwvampftw: did you get the eclipse intake to quit rubbing the rad hose?

[ftwvampftw]

bump.. should make a sticky for people new to Accents and CAI.

[tman1206]

does that Cosmo have a spot for the MAF? Looks like one painted pipe, unlike all the other posts of CAI's which have 2 sections.