DIY: Removing stock airbox and resonator from EK Civic
Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!
Aim: Remove the stock resonator piping. The point of this is after installing my short ram pod intake, the resonator was useless (it supposed to reduce induction noise for your stock airbox).
Required:
Tools:
- Screwdrivers - philips and flathead
- Wrench and various sized sockets (sorry bout the technical terms :rolleyes: )
Other:
Optional of course, but safety is key
- Safety goggles
- Gloves
Steps:
To remove the resonator, you will have to remove your stock airbox, bumper and a part of the rubber/mud guards underneath the car.
1. Remove your stock airbox if you haven't yet. I already removed mine and have a short ram intake installed already, but i'll still show you how to do it here.
Using a wrench and 10mm socket (i think, most of the bolts on the civic are 10mm), undo the two bolts shown. Then using a screwdriver, loosen the ring which attaches the intake piping to the intake manifold.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...al/airbox1.jpg
2. Now you'll be able to wriggle the box and intake pipe off quiet easily (hope i haven't forgot any bolts, did this a while ago...). It should look sumfing like this... the pic still has the piping section attached to the intake manifold.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...al/airbox2.jpg
At this point, it's probably easiest to begin removal of the resonator as there is no intake blocking your workspace. So to do this, we need to remove the bumper first.
3. Using a philips screwdriver, remove the five plastic screws from the top of the grille. EDIT: Also remove the two plastic screws holding the bumper on the sides of the grille. Then using the flathead, pop off the rest of the plastic tabs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator1.jpg
4. Remove the single screw/bolt in the wheel fender that's attached to the bumper. There's one on each side... you mite have to turn the wheel to get to it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator2.jpg
5. Finally, remove the last two bolts (10mm) at the bottom of the bumper... Once done, the bumper should come off quite easily.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator4.jpg
6. To remove the resonator, there are three bolts. 1 in the engine bay attached to a brass bracket, 1 on the side and 1 at the bottom... all should be 10mm. The bottom one is tricky, it's kinda covered by the rubber flap underneath, so you'll need to move the flap to a side to remove the bolt.
There's also the brass looking bracket holding the resonater in the engine bay, you can remove that too... it doesn't do anything else.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator6.jpg
7. Now the resonator should be loose. However, i thought u could pull the damn thing out, but the plastic/rubber mud flaps at the bottom of the car is in the way. So you'll need to remove the two plastic tabs holding the two pieces. Use a flat head, pry out the centre bit a little, then pop the whole thing out. They're similar to the plastic tabs on top of the gille, just not screwed in that's all. You'll know wot i mean when u do it. Once those two are out, the resonator can come out easily. DONE!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...resonator7.jpg
FINISHED PIC COMING TMRW!!!
8. Now you can either put back everything and do everything in reverse. Or, you can install a new intake while the stock box is out... maybe short ram, cold air intake, dunno... up to you. :confused:
For now, that's it. I'm planning to chuck in a rubber piping to allow cold air to flow from the bumper up to my intake/engine bay, and also make a heat shield of sum sort for my pod... But all that is coming soon :D
Hope this has helped the many ppl who have installed aftermarket air filters.
Cheerio :wave:
EDIT: Added a missing part in step 3.
