removing the grille thingy

**TmaxicanA** · 02-13-2008, 08:50 PM

when you people talk about removing the little ram air grille. do you mean the plastic thing that is held in by TQ's screws..or do you mean the thing that's behind it..and i'm guessing you have to drill those little heads off? is reinstalling it difficult?
sorry if this is a repost..i was to lazy to search for it

**jkicak** · 02-14-2008, 04:09 AM

yep, they are talking about the baffle behind the grills.. you just drill out the rivets and take it off... if you get a rivet gun then it would be very simple to put back.. other than that you would prolly just use short bolts w/ nuts to hold it.... should be too hard.

**TmaxicanA** · 02-14-2008, 08:36 AM

is there enough of a power gain to make it worth the risk?

**Rojerlockless** · 02-14-2008, 08:41 AM

nope that's why they are there in the first place.

**shady milkman** · 02-14-2008, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by TmaxicanA

is there enough of a power gain to make it worth the risk?

you dont gain anything ..noticable at least from it.

**FORD RECOVERY EXPERT** · 02-14-2008, 12:38 PM

not really worth it. but FuhBreezE's shit looks sick w/o the nostril grilles!!

**TmaxicanA** · 02-14-2008, 04:51 PM

that's what made me think of doing it...i mainly thought it looked better and thought it might give a few horsesy but me having to drive it everyday I don't want to risk it ...living in oklahoma all that red dirt and crap could ruin that filter fast

**vannatte** · 02-14-2008, 07:44 PM

There's got to be some gain albeit minimal...at least with a completely sealed box at high speeds.

**jkicak** · 02-15-2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by TmaxicanA

that's what made me think of doing it...i mainly thought it looked better and thought it might give a few horsesy but me having to drive it everyday I don't want to risk it ...living in oklahoma all that red dirt and crap could ruin that filter fast

AFAIK the baffle is just to keep water out of the airbox... it won't help much at all for dust in the air.... so if you don't drive in the rain then take it off

**TmaxicanA** · 02-16-2008, 04:48 AM

ah, well it does look better without....hm maybe ill rig something up to make it easy to take it on and off

**01ws6er** · 02-16-2008, 05:22 AM

Originally Posted by TmaxicanA

ah, well it does look better without....hm maybe ill rig something up to make it easy to take it on and off

If you're gonna take it off, you'll find out that you'll make it perminant. It's a pain in the ass to wiggle the little deflectors out of the back of the airbox area. I used to drive in the rain with it and never got water in there, and no real noticable gain, but I put LED's in there.

**TmaxicanA** · 02-16-2008, 03:31 PM

Originally Posted by 01ws6er

If you're gonna take it off, you'll find out that you'll make it perminant. It's a pain in the ass to wiggle the little deflectors out of the back of the airbox area. I used to drive in the rain with it and never got water in there, and no real noticable gain, but I put LED's in there.

now im not a fan of doing anything other than performance gains..but that just looks badass I have this urge to put a purge kit in that area so I could go steam some rice on the weekend ..not sure how much that would cost. anyone have experience with doing that

rapter34 · 02-21-2008, 02:16 PM

I put the LED's in mine I love them. When you pull into dark lot turn off your lights and turn on the LED's people think the Devil is coming

**t-rock** · 02-21-2008, 04:30 PM

cops dont mess with them being red? there is lots of rice around here with lots of different colors on there blinkers and leds on the hood that get pulled over for so im told. i know its different in different areas as we are blessed here cause you can run limo tint we have no emmisions or yearly inspections so you can be really loud and not get pulled over but i know thats cause its not densly populated but man the minute you put the wrong color other than yellow or red on your car your getting a ticket so ive been reluctant and undecided as to whatcolor to go with.

**C&Cbird** · 02-21-2008, 04:52 PM

I've drove mine without the grilles in the rain many times and never had a problem

**TmaxicanA** · 02-22-2008, 08:21 AM

as far as I know in oklahoma you can't have red blue or yellow on the street but you can have them on in neighborhoods parking lots etc still think the purge kit would be cool and in oklahoma we don't care about emissions or how shitty your car is...its all legal

**TopForm11** · 02-24-2008, 09:55 AM

Leave them on it is not worth it......

**ls1camino** · 02-25-2008, 09:06 AM

I took the Plastic Grilles and the Baffles out of mine, and I think it looks bad ass, looking down the nostrils and seeing the filter

Also, if you're worried about water, just get a K&N Filter (http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/knrepfil19ca.html)...When I'm driving in the rain (not a downpour, but steady rain) the filter gets a little damp, but nothing too bad...