Step by Step Airduct installation with Pictures
Step by Step Airduct installation with Pictures
Okay.... here is the step by step (sort of) installaion guide by me...
WARNING: IF you have an after market bumper bar made by FRP material, remember... it is suggested to remove half of the front bumper. because FRP isn't that flexible compare to the ABS plastic, you MIGHT end up paying three times of the airduct price to get the cracked bumper fixed up later...
1. Remove all the black clips (6 of them) which hold the front bumper and the front end of the car together.
2. Remove the black clip on the original airduct as shown in the pic.
3. Now... you can see very clearly that the gap isn't large enough for us to take the original airduct out directly
4. You will need to take off the black bracket which holds the right hand side of the bumper down first, that will make your life a lot easier when you wanna take the original duct out. This bracket is held by a single 10mm head screw shown right underneath where I pointed in the pic.
5. You will need to choose a correct tool to get that bracket down...
6. Here is the bracket...
7. IF you have an after market bumper and dont wanna damage the paint (crack the paint)... well... I cracked the paint slighly by pulling it too hard, that's why I decided to take half of the bumper off, otherwise, you can be able to pull the original airduct out with the front bracket off and shouldn't be too much problem to put the larger airduct back in through where the bonnet latch is.
8. If you decide to take half of the bumper off, it isn't too hard at all... here you go... Take off the fender/inner guard screws right at the edge of the front wheel arch. Also need to take off TWO 10mm screws right at the buttom edge of the front bumper. Those screws allow you to open the inner guard wider. PS. Turn your steering wheel all the way to the right, so you don't even need to jack the car up!!! you will have enough space to work with!
9. Open the inner guards.... you will see this...
10. All you need to take "half"... well nearly half" of the front bumper off by unscrewing these two screws:
11. Then.... your bumper is halfly wide open!!!
12. I am sure it isn't too hard right now to pull/put the airduct out/in at this stage.
13. Comparison on two airducts.... I don't need to say which one do I upgrade to, don't I?
14. Put back everything with the reverse steps.... and your car will be back to stock with a larger airduct!!!
15. Now you guys all know how to take off the front bumper now... isn't too hard.... first time took me nearly 2 hours to finish the whole bumper down/up job... but this time, only a few minutes! and of course there are more screws that you need to undone right at the buttom edge of the bumper, those are easy to do!!!
cheers,
richie
WARNING: IF you have an after market bumper bar made by FRP material, remember... it is suggested to remove half of the front bumper. because FRP isn't that flexible compare to the ABS plastic, you MIGHT end up paying three times of the airduct price to get the cracked bumper fixed up later...
1. Remove all the black clips (6 of them) which hold the front bumper and the front end of the car together.
2. Remove the black clip on the original airduct as shown in the pic.
3. Now... you can see very clearly that the gap isn't large enough for us to take the original airduct out directly
4. You will need to take off the black bracket which holds the right hand side of the bumper down first, that will make your life a lot easier when you wanna take the original duct out. This bracket is held by a single 10mm head screw shown right underneath where I pointed in the pic.
5. You will need to choose a correct tool to get that bracket down...
6. Here is the bracket...
7. IF you have an after market bumper and dont wanna damage the paint (crack the paint)... well... I cracked the paint slighly by pulling it too hard, that's why I decided to take half of the bumper off, otherwise, you can be able to pull the original airduct out with the front bracket off and shouldn't be too much problem to put the larger airduct back in through where the bonnet latch is.
8. If you decide to take half of the bumper off, it isn't too hard at all... here you go... Take off the fender/inner guard screws right at the edge of the front wheel arch. Also need to take off TWO 10mm screws right at the buttom edge of the front bumper. Those screws allow you to open the inner guard wider. PS. Turn your steering wheel all the way to the right, so you don't even need to jack the car up!!! you will have enough space to work with!
9. Open the inner guards.... you will see this...
10. All you need to take "half"... well nearly half" of the front bumper off by unscrewing these two screws:
11. Then.... your bumper is halfly wide open!!!
12. I am sure it isn't too hard right now to pull/put the airduct out/in at this stage.
13. Comparison on two airducts.... I don't need to say which one do I upgrade to, don't I?
14. Put back everything with the reverse steps.... and your car will be back to stock with a larger airduct!!!
15. Now you guys all know how to take off the front bumper now... isn't too hard.... first time took me nearly 2 hours to finish the whole bumper down/up job... but this time, only a few minutes! and of course there are more screws that you need to undone right at the buttom edge of the bumper, those are easy to do!!!
cheers,
richie
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40 min including taking pics isn't bad at all. I thought the Nismo kit was made of the same stuff as the original bumper. Good warning on the different material.
Hope they don't need any spares of these in the US. The rate we're buying them there'll be a shortage
Hope they don't need any spares of these in the US. The rate we're buying them there'll be a shortage
Originally posted by apsilon
40 min including taking pics isn't bad at all. I thought the Nismo kit was made of the same stuff as the original bumper. Good warning on the different material.
Hope they don't need any spares of these in the US. The rate we're buying them there'll be a shortage
40 min including taking pics isn't bad at all. I thought the Nismo kit was made of the same stuff as the original bumper. Good warning on the different material.
Hope they don't need any spares of these in the US. The rate we're buying them there'll be a shortage
Aps. you are obsolutely correct, with this rate of purchase on the airduct, they will be at back order status soon!
BTW, I found out that the US spec airduct is actually what Mine's sells though.... (my friend told me so)
cheers,
richie
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Originally posted by Z350Lover
BTW, I found out that the US spec airduct is actually what Mine's sells though.... (my friend told me so)
BTW, I found out that the US spec airduct is actually what Mine's sells though.... (my friend told me so)
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Originally posted by mchapman
Zuff:
Maybe... but the extra turbulane created without it might affect the airflow in a negitive way.
Pure speculation, but worth thinking of.
Zuff:
Maybe... but the extra turbulane created without it might affect the airflow in a negitive way.
Pure speculation, but worth thinking of.
seems to make sense even to a drunkard Scot!!
See what you think........
George
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Originally posted by g_torphins
Hi there! Sorry to be butting in, but I'd seen mention of the airflow problem for all models(US AUS GB) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/282525/8
seems to make sense even to a drunkard Scot!!
See what you think........
George
Hi there! Sorry to be butting in, but I'd seen mention of the airflow problem for all models(US AUS GB) http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/282525/8
seems to make sense even to a drunkard Scot!!
See what you think........
George
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Originally posted by apsilon
Are you referring to the diagram that says to remove the bottom shroud? Is so that'd make things worse IMO. Air (like water) will take the path of least resistance won't it? Removing the bottom shroud would just see more air pass under the rad IMO.
Are you referring to the diagram that says to remove the bottom shroud? Is so that'd make things worse IMO. Air (like water) will take the path of least resistance won't it? Removing the bottom shroud would just see more air pass under the rad IMO.
I was actually!!
Ooops. I had read about that guys work and thought he must
have known what he was talking about.........
I have no idea about mechanics, etc. and am on a very steep learning curve to get some grounding in all this type of thing before I finally get my own Z(398days and counting!!)
Reading all your threads has been pretty educational, and moreover pretty funny!! thanks a lot.
The learning continues.......
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Originally posted by g_torphins
Yeah,
I was actually!!
Ooops. I had read about that guys work and thought he must
have known what he was talking about.........
I have no idea about mechanics, etc. and am on a very steep learning curve to get some grounding in all this type of thing before I finally get my own Z(398days and counting!!)
Reading all your threads has been pretty educational, and moreover pretty funny!! thanks a lot.
The learning continues.......
Yeah,
I was actually!!
Ooops. I had read about that guys work and thought he must
have known what he was talking about.........
I have no idea about mechanics, etc. and am on a very steep learning curve to get some grounding in all this type of thing before I finally get my own Z(398days and counting!!)
Reading all your threads has been pretty educational, and moreover pretty funny!! thanks a lot.
The learning continues.......
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