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 Injen CAI on CL9
So i finally got my Injen CAI on this week and decided to fit it tonight (friday night) , and thought i would let you all know about my experence with this kit.
I have read everywere that the Injen CAI kit is the bees knees for CL9 and other Hondas, but to be honest i thought the quality of the product was good, very well made and presents well in engine bay but thats about it. The fitment of this product was absolutly shoking, it didnt fit at all. After spending a few hours trying to make it look like it fit was a nightmare, the bottom pipe has a bracket that u secure to bottom of battery tray or there abouts and the bracket is so long that it permently rubs on gaurd lining, only a matter of time till theres a hole there just a few inches from my tyre!
Secondly the filter is permently rubbing on steel and had to mounted **** eyed to avoid this, the top breather arangment is crap and also has to be mounted **** eyed to be lined up.
The top mount where the bracket bolts to the battery clamp looks crappy and also doesnt line up, your battery clamp bolts are now on a lean and ya clamp is crooked!!!
As this was advised to me to be the best product to buy for my car i was extreamly dissapointed and would not reccomend it to anyone! If your saving your money to buy one of these kits, forget about it, go to performance workshop and get a custom one made, it would cost u same if not cheaper and would fit a hell of a lot better and u wont be having the dramas of fitting it yourself and stress about it lining up. I also have bought one of these kits for my FN2R and there is noway that im going to be fitting it, the only reason its still attached to accord is im to lazy to remove as fitting was a major job!!
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Last edited by DR1V3R; 04-09-2010 at 10:06 AM.
The Ari Gold of OZ Honda Forums
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.....Never had a problem. Perhaps you installed it wrong? LOL!
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The injen was the first car mod I decided to do myself, and found it very straight forward and everything fit perfectly! You just need to turn the piping a little which clamps onto the TB and fix the angling a bit from the second piece connector, other than that there weren't really be any issues!
Also, I don't think the pod should be rubbing against the guard, you might need to go back and play around with it a bit. Good luck! 
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u sure you bought the right injen intake? i dunno if there's one for the CU2 but the CL9 one shouldnt rub at all. fitment is perfect and a monkey can install it provided he has the right tools....
post pics of your install
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It took me a couple of hours to fully install it. I found that the fitment was something that you had to get right by adjusting little aspects of how everything connects together. It's not as simple as plugging in a power plug into a socket.
If your problems can't be solved with minor adjustments, maybe you did receive the wrong kit...
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I have attached a few photos of install but as i said earlier, it presents well. The install was correct, i even downloaded the intrustions from the Injen website. I honestly dont think it was anything to do with the installer, more then likely it is the wrong kit if all u guys say yours fits well.
Have a look anyway and tell me if it looks like same kit as yours, sorry about poxy phone camera
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...carpics064.jpg
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...carpics067.jpg
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...carpics069.jpg
http://i854.photobucket.com/albums/a...carpics063.jpg
Last edited by DR1V3R; 04-09-2010 at 05:27 PM.
The Ari Gold of OZ Honda Forums
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 Originally Posted by DR1V3R
Looks good mate.
Any sound clips  ?
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hey mate how much did that set you back. and was it hard to install./
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Originally Posted by kural7
hey mate how much did that set you back. and was it hard to install./
lol!!
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To OP, maybe you should have gotten a professional to install it?
Winton 1:37.76 Phillip Island 1:55.27
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Maybe the car has been in an accident???
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Why would u pay someone to do something u can do yourself! I am more then confident in fitting a CAI, I have changed engines and turbos and clutches ect in past!
The car hasn't been in any accidents as it's a 1owner car and I know all of it's history!
There's alot of skeptics on here, trust me its nothing to do with car or fitter, just product! The whole reason for this post was to let people know of the bad side of the injen intake, when I bought it I had never heard anything bad about them! Just my experience anyway!
Last edited by DR1V3R; 05-09-2010 at 07:34 PM.
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