As mentioned in the other thread...
aFe installed. Really easy, just popped the clips on the driver side and pulled it up until i could swap the filters. Didn't need to disconnect anything or even take the cover off completely. Good news, no random paper/sticker in my airbox. Funny thing though, I popped off the plastic cover over the grill to check how easy it was going to be to get at the front emblem. Right in front of the, very small, air intake there was a sticker that was just barely hanging on. I took it off because eventually it was going to get sucked in.
While I was under there I also did the bov mod. This is actually really easy to do, loosen the hose clamp on each end and pull off the hose. BUT, the clamp on one side was twisted so it was almost under the hose so I could barely get a pair of pliers on it to move it around. Word of advice in case you do not know, if you squeeze the clamp far enough it will "lock" into the open position. Ended up taking over an hour to get it off, leaning over the car the whole time killed my back and legs. They still hurt... lol
Removed the front license plate bracket to uncover the intercooler and because it is ugly. Unfortunately it looks like this right now...
I ordered some plugs from
www.bumperplugs.com to take care of the holes but those spots above them are from the dealer torquing down the frame screws too far. Suggestions on fixing those? Car looks much better without that thing despite the holes...
We have a gate transponder to get into the complex we live in. It came with a hanger that you are supposed to put on the rear view mirror but it doesn't fit very well up there and swings back and forth so I used some double sided tape and put it on the dash right up against the bottom of the windshield. It's out of the way and still works so win win.
Swapped the center caps. Why they went with blue I don't get, the cost was the same and these look so much better...
Taking these off without damaging the wheel seemed impossible. I tried to use a very thin flat head but the slightest pressure started marking the wheel. I ended up wrapping a piece of electrical tape over the end of the screwdriver and that saved the wheel. I used a new piece for each wheel because the pressure pushed through the tape for each cap.
Debadged the trunk, just too much for me. It's dirty but with rain coming I didn't wash it.
Much cleaner and a bit more stealth. After taking off the ECOboost badge and the red SPORT letters I was left with just the adhesive and thought this would look nice if done in matte black letters. On white at least, might explore that in the future.
When I removed the badges on my G8 it took heat and fishing line followed with a healthy amount of goo gone to get them off and the area cleaned up. With that in mind I started off with heat on the FS badges, this ended up being a mistake. Even though it made getting the badges off with the fishing line easy, the adhesive became extremely sticky and hard to remove. It took a lot of rubbing to get it off. For the other side I didn't use any heat. The fishing line went right through to get the letters off and then the adhesive peeled off like a sticker. There wasn't even any residue but I used a bit of goo gone just in case. Left me with this (little blurry)...
Last bit for the weekend was getting the OBDlink MX and Forscan setup. Really easy but my laptop battery died before I could get any changes made. Going to try again at lunch today. With a fully charged battery... :|
Should be able to do the rest next weekend except for maybe the rear sway bar, might wait for a lift to do that one.
