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Offline Lee_dub

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Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« on: 03 April 2008, 17:00 »
well what a faf that was  :grin:  Didnt know you had to modify the airbox to fit the intake pipe....  Oh well smoothed the airbox whist i was there and my car now sounds completely different, more grunty  :shocked:
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #1 on: 03 April 2008, 17:15 »
r32 intake?  :huh:
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #2 on: 03 April 2008, 17:24 »
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #3 on: 03 April 2008, 17:26 »
Worth doing then?

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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #4 on: 03 April 2008, 17:40 »
well when you look at the standard one when you remove it and compare it to the new one it makes you wonder what vw were thinking

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You need

1) a mate
2) to take the front bumper, head light and Air box out
3) a dremmel, socket set, screwdriver set, torx set
4) to modify the airbox to take the new intake snorkle with the dremel

Think it took me and my mate 2 hours to get it all off and then smooth the airbox and put it all back together again with the new parts
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #5 on: 03 April 2008, 17:42 »
And I fitted my Pipercross filter.  defo sounds so much better altho who knows about performance  :smiley:
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #6 on: 03 April 2008, 17:43 »
Was it easy?

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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #7 on: 03 April 2008, 17:53 »
well taking the front bumper off is easy, torx screws in the wheel arches, behind the lower vents and behind the grill, then it slides off two brackets either side, takes about 15mins when you know where everything is.  The headlight is two screws top and two bottom and then take the headlight cover off and remove the wiring clip off at the back.  Then you take the battery clamp off and either tilt the battery back or take it off.  The airbox is held on with two screws and is cliped onto the intake manifold (u also have to remove the maf wiring clip) and the snorkel is held on with one nut onto the side of the engine bay.  Once you have that out you then need to take the back of the headlight surround off which is three of them split pin clips then that slides out, replace that with the new one and refit the battery then line the new snorkel up to the airbox and see how much you have to grind away.  After you have done that fit the snorkel to the car and refit the airbox and then refit all the trim the oposite way round, like I say it took me and my mate 2 hours but was well worth it
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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #8 on: 03 April 2008, 17:56 »
I've removed the bumper and lights before, so I'm half way there.  The stuff with the box sounds interesting.

Definitely something to do AFTER I've moved and have a driveway :)

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Re: Fitted the R32 Intake today!
« Reply #9 on: 03 April 2008, 18:05 »
Yea defo, how is that little situation developing?  It is worth it mate just a good job id bought a dremel to smooth the airbox because you need that to widen the hole in the airbox for the new snorkel.  It sounds so much beefier now, like a deeper throaty roar.  So ive fitted that, smoothed the airbox and fitted a pipercross filter, think thats all I can do to the intake side of things now  :smiley:
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