air box??

[matt_123]

I am a bit confused on how to take off my air box on my 1.6 the top half unscrews easily and i can take the panel filter out but then the bottom half is like attached to the engine or sumthing and i cant seem to yank it off like i did on my 1.2?? there doesnt seem to be any clips holding it on and what looks to be quite a few sensors.
can anyone shed any light on this??
I would like to fit a BMC CDA to it but have got stuck at the first hurdle!
*pics a crap quality off my phone*

[whitegtipolo]

it bolts to the manifold or on rubber push on mounts ! it sits directly on the throttle body!

[matt_123]

yeah the manifolds underneath actually! lol
so how would i get it off! haha the bastard thing wont budge

[whitegtipolo]

have a look for screws holding it in if not it will just be rubber push on mounts just pull hard !

[matt_123]

i wouldnt rip out my manifold or sum s**t haha lol
theres like triangluar rubber things which dont look like they do much ill try it tomorrow n just yankk! altho i dont really wana break the air box as when i come to resell it. ill go careful.

[jef]

hi, new to this forum, hope this helps out a bit, its just sat under my bed after putting my induction kit on this is the underside of the air box, and it is indeed on 3 rubber push on mounts which are pretty tough so you wont break it, just whip your muscles out. You can also unhook the air feed thing off after, theres 2 torx screws holding it onto the front, just follow the pipe down.



oh and btw, where did you get your exhaust system from? (price?) im struggling to get parts for the 1.6

[matt_123]

oh thanks alot mate!!
welcome to the forum!! so if i pull i wont break anything hahaha
and what induction kit did u fit and any pics cos imstruggling on where to put it?? behind the battery?
my exhaust is a custom powerflow one straight through cat back £350 inc vat n obv fitting.

[jef]

aye its only a small k+n 57i kit (Part Number: 57 - 0420), but it makes quite a noise , i think it was about £80 with postage off ebay. really easy to fit as it sits directly on the throttle body aswell. heres a couple of pics . . .

breather pipe . . .

i was abit sceptical before i fitted it because of the how small it was, but it sounds well good

[matt_123]

oh i see yeah! looks alright!
thanks for the help!!
start a thread with ur car! wana see what urs looks like?!

[jef]

aye mate, ive bought got some alloys, just waiting on some funds for rubber . . . they should be on by next week so ill make a post then will look like a tractor like, haha

[matt_123]

haha oh right fair enough!
mines not lowered still 4x4 height! lol
did u check out my thread??

[jef]

aye, i love the black gloss gti's like, suits it well imo. mines near enough the same just with tints and new lights

[matt_123]

ohh nice cant wait to see your thread lol.
i was thinking of getting tints have you got them all round or the rear 3 windows?

[jef]

all round, medium rears and light fronts, its more than enough though as the cars black aswell. . . you'll see what i mean when i put some pics up. . .

[Tim_GTi]

I'd at least get a cold air feed for that K&N mate.