I had the same trouble. The easiest most effective way, that I lacked the patience to perform, would be to remove the front bumper. There's a bolt that if you do the front left wheel removal method you will have one hell of a time getting to it. I just broke it off, i put my fut up inside the tire well and ripped on it till it came out. Save yourself the grief take off the bumper and do it the correct way, that's my vote. All I got from my lack of patience was a scraped fore-arm a broken watch and a stock air intake with a broken mounting bracket, and probably no time saved.
