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Here is the box with the part number right there on
the front! |

Here are all the parts taken out of the box. |

Removing the old air box. BTW, the directions say to
disconnect the battery, I did not and could find no reason to do so. |
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Slide the top of the box out through this
opening. Be sure to disconnect all the hoses that are merely
clamped and routed along the airbox. |

This is where the PCV valve looking thing mounts to
the lid of the airbox. |

I believe this is called an air-mass sensor.
There are two phillips screws, although the kit came with replacement
screws I re-used the factory screws. |
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Be very careful taking this sensor out, there is an
o-ring that you don't want to damage. Disconnect the wiring harness to
the sensor and set it aside. |

The wiring harness is clipped to the airbox, I used
these clamps to squeeze the plastic together and slide it out, a pair of
needle nose pliers should do the trick as well. |

The airbox lid removed from the car. This
opening is much bigger than the actual intake opening in the feeder tube
to the airbox. |
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Here I am taking out the bolt in the bottom of the
airbox and pointing at the other bolt that needs to be removed to take
out the lower portion of the airbox. |

Here is the lower portion of the airbox removed from
the car. Again, if it doesn't slide out easily it means there are hoses
clamped to it as they feed along the side of the box, just disconnect
them from the box. |

You tell me, how much air can get through this tube?
The opening on the small end is very small! Remove this tube. |
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Here you can see the tube disconnected and the body
bracket that the lower portion of the airbox was bolted to. You
will re-use that spot on the body to attach the lower Apexi bracket. |

This is the tube to the engine, the directions say to
cover it with tape, but I took my chances and no birds flew inside while
I was working on the car!. The PCV valve thing can be seen to the
lower left of the tube. |

Mount the rubber spacer tube to the cast aluminum tube
that serves as a mounting point for the mass sensor. Note on the
bottom there is an arrow to indicate air flow direction, don't have this
backwards! :) |
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Here is the cast aluminum tube and spacer attached to
the factory tube. The kit includes the clamps you will need. |

Attach the air mass sensor to the aluminum tube.
I re-used the factory screws but the kit contains 2 new ones. Be
sure that this seats all the way down or you will have leaks. |

Attach the air filter element to the chrome
tube. There are 4 holes that line up. You will use 2 short
screws and 2 long screws. |
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The reason you use two long screws is because of the
two steel mounting brackets that are attached. DO NOT put the
brackets in this location, this was incorrect, a later picture shows the
proper holes. |

This picture shows the proper mounting holes.
The lower bracket is attached and the upper bracket is off with the hole
showing where it will mount. I found it easier to put this in the
engine compartment with only the lower bracket attached. |

Here the upper bracket can be seen and the bolt and
nut that hold the bracket to the body and where to mount it. If
these brackets don't line up, you've done something wrong. |
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The lower bracket mounts to the mounting point where
the lower half of the stock airbox was mounted. The bolt has not
been inserted yet in the photo to better show the location. |

The PCV like valve is shown here with nothing
connected to it since this used to go into the top of the stock airbox.
I found that covering this valve with a plug provided better
performance. |

Here it is, completely mounted on the other side of
the heat shield! |
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Removing the airbox opened up more space in the engine
compartment for airflow around the engine, hopefully this will help cool
operating conditions. |

As you can see the heat shield is still intact, but
air can now flow freely through the compartment. |
After taking a couple of performance runs, I checked out
the temperature at the filter element and it was not too hot to touch,
thus I think that cool enough air is getting into the engine (outside
temp was 80 degrees). Also, some small amount of air will still be
coming through the stock feeder tube into the area of the new A'PEXi
performance tube. |
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You can discuss the A'PEXi intake here: A'PEXi |
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