Wolfe's Neon Projects

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:37 am

Alright so here is my project log. figured i might as well start it since i am now going to be doing this seriously.

so far the first things that i have done so far is to get a new rear bumper cover and also tail lights. which can be seen here. viewtopic.php?t=53297

as for the next thing that has happened is an after market stereo has been installed. bought it right before work and one of my buddies decided that he wanted to install it. he managed it within the half hour period during our lunch break. (so sorry no pics yet)

Today as of about half hour ago my Cold air intake was delivered by fedex. ill be heading over to my buddies house. (he has a floor jack lol) and it will then be installed. i will try to remember to get before and after pics.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 11:32 am

Nice start

more pictures please! Nice to see another new england member on here

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 7:35 pm

LilSparkPlug wrote:Nice start more pictures please! Nice to see another new england member on here

lol thank you. i doubt mine will ever end up as nice as your is. well heres another pic from today the CAI is in. got a little over excited and forgot to take all of the pictures. remembered while it was being installed so really there is only one lol. ill post a video tomorrow of it once i get up....

Alright so here is how it was done (i apologize for there only being one picture but was a little lost in the moment)

started out by first removing the top of the airbox, then removed the bolt that was attaching it to the car. also removed the bolts attaching it to the throttle body. completely took out the box. next peeled back the plastic inside the wheel well and realized that i did not have to, removed the headlight and was able to get at the one bolt holding the airbox inside the fender. (which i might add is a POS the thing has no holes for airflow what so ever). installed the first pipe of the CAI it was a little bit of a tight fit and had to warm the fitting up but it did work as it was suppose to. then from there basically positioned the other half so that the filter would be near the top of where the box in the fender was. then just reassembled everything and yeah

tools needed

socket wrench
socket extender
10mm
8mm

note: yes it is an ebay Cold air. but then again it actually looks decent and also it does what it is suppose to... overall its really not a bad product for those of us who do not have the money for the brand names.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Sat Oct 16, 2010 9:24 pm

In the grand scheme of things a pipe is a pipe as far as an intake system goes. I don't think it's any worse than any of the other ones out there for the 2.0L. What's next for the car?

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:27 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:In the grand scheme of things a pipe is a pipe as far as an intake system goes. I don't think it's any worse than any of the other ones out there for the 2.0L. What's next for the car?

well currently i am looking into the inside lighting. if you look at your thread
viewtopic.php?t=43404&start=150 last post

you will see that i have upgraded the stereo. know how to get to the lights to make oit brighter but trying to figure out how to make them blue instead

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:54 pm

alright well here are the better pics of the installed CAI. still not great pics but hey it works...

the filter will end up being replaced with a K&N filter. i also have a video but i have to connect the blackberry to the computer as the file is to large to send to phone. hopefully the sound is good on it.

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJfRXT2ZbNc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjOEmLOs5c

two videos very similar if not the same lol. one is just longer. once the videos are done being processed the links will be active.

SXTwolfe · Post by **SXTwolfe** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:15 pm

now im just trying to figure out where to put the ten inch website sticker.