I took note of the first write up on how to do this effectively, and although it is fairly easy to do it this way, i found a way to do it a little easier.
Tools Needed: clip puller (back end of a hammer works fine for this), Pliers - that's it.
First, you want to jack your car up (floor jacks work best) on the passenger side, and remove the front passenger tire.
Second, if you look in the wheel well around the edges near the front and under the front bumper you will notice about 6 push clips. these can be released with the back end of the hammer, or if you have the clip tool use that, and remove all of the clips that are attached to the front piece of your wheel well.
Third, you will also notice about 3 bolts (two in the wheel well and one under the bumper) that hold this piece in place. you can use the pliers, or find the correct wrench to remove these.
fourth, once all of these clips and bolts are removed, the well piece is ready to be opened. now keep in mind, i never actually took the whole whell well piece out, just removed enough fasters that i would be able to work iinside the bumper. anyhow, if you pull this piece back a ways, and look inside the corner of your bumper, you will see the intake resonator. now on mine i had one bolt, and 2x rubber plugs to remove in order to take it out.
Fifth, if you have the bolt, it will be closest to the wheel well, and easiest to access through this point (hence the reason for this write up - ease of access) unscrew the whole bolt, and remove. NOTE - you will not need this bolt, it is no longer neccessary when the resonator is taken out of the car. after the bolt is removed, just pull on the other two connection loactions until they loosen. mine basically fell out of the car once i removed the bolt. don't worry, you won't break anything.
Sixth, now here comes the part where you need to be carefull. pull the entire unit out of the whell well. if you need more room to pull it out, take out more clips, and pull the wheel well down further. DO NOT PULL THE BUMPER VERY HARD. YOU WILL SPIDER YOUR PAINT.
Once you get the unit out of the wheel well, just put all of your clips and bolts back, and put your tire back on your vehicle. the whole process took me about 40 minutes. this is mainly because i am a computer mechanic, and not a car mechanic, so changing a tire to me is a bigger deal than to most. i wish now that i had taken pictures, but if anyone tries this and is willing to snap photos, that would be great. in case there is anything i left out, please let me know, and i will ammend this post. until then happy modding! :warped:
Tools Needed: clip puller (back end of a hammer works fine for this), Pliers - that's it.
First, you want to jack your car up (floor jacks work best) on the passenger side, and remove the front passenger tire.
Second, if you look in the wheel well around the edges near the front and under the front bumper you will notice about 6 push clips. these can be released with the back end of the hammer, or if you have the clip tool use that, and remove all of the clips that are attached to the front piece of your wheel well.
Third, you will also notice about 3 bolts (two in the wheel well and one under the bumper) that hold this piece in place. you can use the pliers, or find the correct wrench to remove these.
fourth, once all of these clips and bolts are removed, the well piece is ready to be opened. now keep in mind, i never actually took the whole whell well piece out, just removed enough fasters that i would be able to work iinside the bumper. anyhow, if you pull this piece back a ways, and look inside the corner of your bumper, you will see the intake resonator. now on mine i had one bolt, and 2x rubber plugs to remove in order to take it out.
Fifth, if you have the bolt, it will be closest to the wheel well, and easiest to access through this point (hence the reason for this write up - ease of access) unscrew the whole bolt, and remove. NOTE - you will not need this bolt, it is no longer neccessary when the resonator is taken out of the car. after the bolt is removed, just pull on the other two connection loactions until they loosen. mine basically fell out of the car once i removed the bolt. don't worry, you won't break anything.
Sixth, now here comes the part where you need to be carefull. pull the entire unit out of the whell well. if you need more room to pull it out, take out more clips, and pull the wheel well down further. DO NOT PULL THE BUMPER VERY HARD. YOU WILL SPIDER YOUR PAINT.
Once you get the unit out of the wheel well, just put all of your clips and bolts back, and put your tire back on your vehicle. the whole process took me about 40 minutes. this is mainly because i am a computer mechanic, and not a car mechanic, so changing a tire to me is a bigger deal than to most. i wish now that i had taken pictures, but if anyone tries this and is willing to snap photos, that would be great. in case there is anything i left out, please let me know, and i will ammend this post. until then happy modding! :warped:
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