So after 10 or 12 hours of work and 3 days later I have finally installed my Perrin FMIC and I can say without a doubt it is the scariest thing I've done on the car to date...but its not for the cutting you have to do....
I've noticed that there are a bunch of intall posts mixed in other threads on the forum so I have decided to take a ton of pics to help out
First, Big thanks to Turbolife for the provided instructions with his kit that I jacked for my install and used as a good guideline.
I recommend reading the service manual for removing the bumper (and anything else you are unsure about) because if you break the clips under the headlights your bumper will sag and look dumb
so lets get into the pics, I started taking pics after the teardown
The core
The target, from here I removed the stock IC + piping, rad fans, coolant overflow, CAI, MAF, BPV, bumper and cover
Notice the power steering cooler that is under the latch bracket, I removed the bracket that attached the line to the latch bracket and flipped it around to re-use, its keeps the lines from rubbing the IC, Rad or other
The area to cut, I used a drill that is 3.25" which is enough for the coupler + a vac line to add around the edge.
My weapon of choice
The result, I put some wood behind to make sure I didn't get the lines behind it
All mounted up
Hot side all set up, I highly suggest you tape up the hot pipe or your going to destroy your pipe, I needed to move the ac line out of the way
Cold side, I really didn't like the way the a/c lines needed to move to fit the pipe so I pulled it towards the firewall and then down a little to make it fit proper other people seemed to have better luck but mine was just really in the way
Added a ghetto fix bracket to the ac line to hold it in place until I can get a new bracket fabbed
note the proximity to the brake lines, after bending the a/c lines I felt a little confident and slightly bent these lines as they were touching the pipe
The BOV
All reinstalled
I originally had my overflow bottle installed under my CAI but the cold pipe killed that dream, and I really hated the suggested install location provided by Injen so I cut the bracket down and installed it on the single bolt that was left from the stock air box
The final product
And the end of a few action shots
After 3 days of work
...and My helper
I've noticed that there are a bunch of intall posts mixed in other threads on the forum so I have decided to take a ton of pics to help out
First, Big thanks to Turbolife for the provided instructions with his kit that I jacked for my install and used as a good guideline.
I recommend reading the service manual for removing the bumper (and anything else you are unsure about) because if you break the clips under the headlights your bumper will sag and look dumb
so lets get into the pics, I started taking pics after the teardown
The core
The target, from here I removed the stock IC + piping, rad fans, coolant overflow, CAI, MAF, BPV, bumper and cover
Notice the power steering cooler that is under the latch bracket, I removed the bracket that attached the line to the latch bracket and flipped it around to re-use, its keeps the lines from rubbing the IC, Rad or other
The area to cut, I used a drill that is 3.25" which is enough for the coupler + a vac line to add around the edge.
My weapon of choice
The result, I put some wood behind to make sure I didn't get the lines behind it
All mounted up
Hot side all set up, I highly suggest you tape up the hot pipe or your going to destroy your pipe, I needed to move the ac line out of the way
Cold side, I really didn't like the way the a/c lines needed to move to fit the pipe so I pulled it towards the firewall and then down a little to make it fit proper other people seemed to have better luck but mine was just really in the way
Added a ghetto fix bracket to the ac line to hold it in place until I can get a new bracket fabbed
note the proximity to the brake lines, after bending the a/c lines I felt a little confident and slightly bent these lines as they were touching the pipe
The BOV
All reinstalled
I originally had my overflow bottle installed under my CAI but the cold pipe killed that dream, and I really hated the suggested install location provided by Injen so I cut the bracket down and installed it on the single bolt that was left from the stock air box
The final product
And the end of a few action shots
After 3 days of work
...and My helper
just the coupler issue i had.
