ok so yesterday i installed the intake and thought that it was going to be a lot smoother install but it wasnt. alot of **** had to come out but that is ok. what concerns me is where you have to cut so much of the wheel well guard for the neck to make that turn. doesn't that open up the cone to more water , not puddles i mean spray when it rains? overall should i not be worried about water spray or is that not so serious?

 

you shouldnt be worried about water spray....eventually it will evaporate and do no damamge..and i doubt it will go pass the filter.

 

i don't know about you but i didn't have to cut a lot of the splash guard to get the cai to fit. and the part i did cut, the intake tubing covers almost all of it so i don't see how water would splash would get to my filter.

 

dont worry about it.

i've driven cai's in the rain for the past several years even without a splash guard. not safe.... but not dangerous either.

 

yeah on mine the pipe covers it too.. i was just scared because i bought the car monday im still a little **** about it just like anyone with a bran new car they love!!! thanks for the peace of mind everyone!!

 

Related question: does one HAVE to make this cut to install the pipe?

 

if you dont the pipe rattles against the wheel well linner and makes the intake sound flat!!

 

so how big is the cut you have to make in the wheel well?? Dimensions please...

 

I didn't cut mines...but it does sound flat like how one of the other guys stated...haha...but at least I didn't have to cut anything.