Defiler
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Temple Terrace, FL.
I wasn't planning on doing a "how to" but figured since I took the pics, I might as well. Here goes!
This is for the Air Scoop/Eventuri Twist offered in his thread located HERE. This is the way I installed it. You may (and most likely) have a better way. No worries! I welcome all constructive criticism as I'm always willing to learn.
First thing I did was line up the holes and get an idea for where to make cuts by marking the area with a pencil. Then took the two T-25 screws out of the grill and popped it off.
I wanted the lines to curve with the curve in the grill. So, I used a compass to get the lines I wanted.
I just winged it as far as how close to the front of the grill I wanted. I figured close enough to let a good amount of air in, but not so close that it degrades the rigidity of the plastic.
Dremel time!
I did a rough cut using a dremel and cutting disc making sure not to go past the intersecting lines causing unsightly cut marks. I somewhat avoided that.
Here's the initial rough cut.
I didn't cut the rear line back far enough the first time and had to redraw the line and cut a couple more times to get the right distance for the scoop to sit flush. Which is better than cutting more off than you need to.
Here it is cleaned up a bit using a blade, file and dremel sanding cylinder.
Once I got the hole cleaned up and fitted the scoop properly, I fastened it to the grill with the supplied hardware (more on that below) and here is the final result.
A few things to mention...
This is for the Air Scoop/Eventuri Twist offered in his thread located HERE. This is the way I installed it. You may (and most likely) have a better way. No worries! I welcome all constructive criticism as I'm always willing to learn.
First thing I did was line up the holes and get an idea for where to make cuts by marking the area with a pencil. Then took the two T-25 screws out of the grill and popped it off.
I wanted the lines to curve with the curve in the grill. So, I used a compass to get the lines I wanted.
I just winged it as far as how close to the front of the grill I wanted. I figured close enough to let a good amount of air in, but not so close that it degrades the rigidity of the plastic.
Dremel time!
I did a rough cut using a dremel and cutting disc making sure not to go past the intersecting lines causing unsightly cut marks. I somewhat avoided that.
Here's the initial rough cut.
I didn't cut the rear line back far enough the first time and had to redraw the line and cut a couple more times to get the right distance for the scoop to sit flush. Which is better than cutting more off than you need to.
Here it is cleaned up a bit using a blade, file and dremel sanding cylinder.
Once I got the hole cleaned up and fitted the scoop properly, I fastened it to the grill with the supplied hardware (more on that below) and here is the final result.
A few things to mention...
- The rear cut should have been straight and not curved to match the bend line of the scoop. I think this will make it sit flush and closer to the back ridge of the grill resulting in a cleaner look.
- I had to bend the scoop a little bit to make it fit properly. This is mentioned in Twist's thread and was expected. Threw it in a table vice and went to town.
- The included hardware should have included washers for the T-Nut on the underside of the scoop as it stuck up past the scoop on the top preventing a tight fit. Not a big deal...I just cut the T-Nut down with my dremel.
- Recut the rear line so it's straight to make the scoop sit flush.
- Clean up the cut lines even more.
- Flatten the top lip of the scoop more to get the few waves out
- Repaint the scoop because I took some of the black paint off while it was in the vice.
