SEEMS LIKE THIS LITTLE POST IS GETTING A BUNCH OF KIDS ALL RILED UP, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T RANT HERE.
I DON'T NEED YOUR NEGATIVE RESPONSES.


I stand by my project, I enjoy what I do. FTW!


I picked up this idea from a DA owner, Speed Daddy. This project to me seemed like a cool idea. I never have to worry about the cops saying, "this is illegal, I'm writing this up". So what I did was found a donor 92-93 air box. Thanks to David Yue for the airbox sale. I put a strip of metal strapping that slid into the horizontal opening of the bottom half of the airbox. For this part of the project you can use any year integra. I screwed the 2 ends together. I put some Blue tape over the opening of the horiz. opening so that when I apply the sealant it stays put. I then took my Good Stuff foam sealant sprayed a generous amount of foam into the cavity. The strapping material is important to the project as it is being used to hold the foam in place, other wise in time, the foam will be sucked into the intake chamber.

Next I took the lexan, a paper plate, pen and lexan cutting tool, as well as a level to scribe my straight line.
The paper plate is used so that I can make my template for the top half of the airbox. I then just transfered the template over to the lexan and began cutting. Once I got my desired shape I then pealed of the protective covering from both sides of the lexan and shaped it until it fit into the slot of the airbox. I bought some black silicon sealant and put a nice bead around the entire area where the lexan will be sitting on. Your job is now half way there. I had to wait over night for the foam to cure. It will expand as you see in the picture. You will need to get a long razor to make a smooth cut away of the excess foam material. Once I was happy with the cleaning, I took some black paint and applied a good coating on both ends including the screws and strapping material. Allowed it to dry a few minutes then put it back in. by now the lexan should be sealed enough onto the airbox that you can put it into place on the bottom portion. take a clean cloth and wipe your finger prints away and enjoy your easy project. Remember to take the excess black sealant off before you let it cure over night.
Here's some pics to show you the progression.

Let me know what you think.
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The taped off area of the cavity that I sprayed. Wait at least 12 hours to allow the foam to cure and harden. Follow the instructions carefully on the can or you'll end up with a big mess (from experience). This stuff is very sticky and a PITA to get off of your fingers. Once the foam has time to cure, remove the blue tape and trim if necessary.

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This is just an example of where I put the strapping. Mine went all the way across. If you have a Dremel, I'd recommend removing that mounting tab or foot. It makes replacing the bottom half of the air-box, easier (this one is the donor portion) onto the car.

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The final product, now mounted back in place.



Modified by DA9_DAD at 3:45 PM 5/11/2008


Modified by DA9_DAD at 6:40 AM 5/13/2008

 

looks cool but im not sure of what the point is? so the cops can see your filter?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Brice.Hayden &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> im not sure of what the point is? </TD></TR></TABLE>

same here

 

in for explanation.

 

I guess just to make your engine bay look a lil sexier by seeing that k&N filter ahah.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Brice.Hayden &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks cool but im not sure of what the point is? so the cops can see your filter?</TD></TR></TABLE>

the whole point of this was to have something to look at essentially. And also for those of you who cannot afford an AEM cold air intake, but want that cold air intake benefit. and obviously its not going to be the first thing a cop is going to look at.

 

im confused

 

i cant really see the point of this...

 

what is the point of the clear lexan?

 

huh?

 

im lost

 

I dont really see the benefit of this or the point, it looks uglier than stock and cant help performance.

 

is there a filter under your intake box? where the intake resonator was? that's my only explanation from this, because i was thinking of doing this to get the benefits of cold air but still look stock. but i live in seattle and all i would be doing is sucking in water. i guess it's cool but i wouldn't have done that little cut out see-thru thingy. but hey whatever floats your boat

 

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the whole point of this was to have something to look at essentially. </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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So then care to explain since you failed at that in your original posting?

 

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So then care to explain since you failed at that in your original posting?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I dont have to explain anything, I'm not the one who posted this malarchy. I think the OP stole my avatar.

 

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I dont have to explain anything, I'm not the one who posted this malarchy. I think the OP stole my avatar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

oh.. thats [freak]ing confusing. stop that.

 

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I dont have to explain anything, I'm not the one who posted this malarchy. I think the OP stole my avatar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

OP didn't hack anything from anyone. Whose to say that maybe you did? WTFC!!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Hayasa15 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what is the point of the clear lexan?</TD></TR></TABLE>

To see into it

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by super jdm yo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is there a filter under your intake box? where the intake resonator was? that's my only explanation from this, because i was thinking of doing this to get the benefits of cold air but still look stock. but i live in seattle and all i would be doing is sucking in water. i guess it's cool but i wouldn't have done that little cut out see-thru thingy. but hey whatever floats your boat </TD></TR></TABLE>
Yes, there is a filter at the bottom, that was explained in the pics.
The window was already there, no cut out needed.

 

you can also do it like this... 15 minute job

 

^ That looks cool.

But can someone please explain the true purpose again? I'm not trying to be cynical or anything, I really do want to know.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CARMA_626 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^ That looks cool.

But can someone please explain the true purpose again? I'm not trying to be cynical or anything, I really do want to know.

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Your looking into this too seriously, like JDM. JUST HAVE FUN...Maybe there is no point to all this. You either like it or don't. Its just something to do. To stand out. to be different. I don't want to be like everyone else.

I like what King did to his. I should have thought of that, I even have a piece of dry carbon fibre sitting around ( I picked it up from a race track a few years ago).

 

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Your looking into this too seriously, like JDM. JUST HAVE FUN...Maybe there is no point to all this. You either like it or don't. Its just something to do. To stand out. to be different. I don't want to be like everyone else.

I like what King did to his. I should have thought of that, I even have a piece of dry carbon fibre sitting around ( I picked it up from a race track a few years ago).</TD></TR></TABLE>

I dont build my cars according to what's JDM or any other trend actually. I've been involved in this hobby in one form or another since 94'/95', so I've seen alot of trends come and go.

And of course one should have fun with their build, I encourage creativity and thinking out of the box.

I guess we're all just alittle lost because the purpose of the project was never stated, it was just like "Hey guys, you can do this to your car - here's how".

It's all good though, nothing wrong with doing something for purely cosmetic reasons...as long as we all know that it's supposed to be cosmetic. So from that perspective, I think it's a pretty cool mod.

Personally, I think if you mounted some LED in that window - it would look killer. I did something like that 12 years ago, back when all we had were DIY mods.

 

Carma, thanks man. I appreciate you being very open about all this. Ya I guess I didn't really fully explain the whole purpose of this cosmetic mod.

Thanks for the JDM keychain. heh heh. I like your website, will have to look into something that caught my eye.