just drop by your local lowes or home depot and you'll see its around $20 like said before. not a cheap piece of hardware but cleaner looking than the connect the dots deal. you could always see if you can rent it from one of those places but i'm not sure they would.
Agreed, you can really make the connecting the dots look good. Might sound funny but just take tin snips and go around and snip off anything you dont like. I m a perfectionist and I think mine looks fine. Wish I had the holesaw but 20bux for a 1 shot deal is a lil too much for me.
2-3 drill bits would be about 5bux I also used some undercoating and clear coat spray to make it not rust. Plus the undercoating acts as a barrier against the CAI.
after trying the 'hole method' I just gave up cuz it took too long and was too difficult. Bought a 3.5" hole saw for around $12 and cut the hole in 30 seconds.
Yeah, do tell where you found a 3.5" hole saw for that price.
Has anyone found a good weatherstripping to put around the hole to dress it up a little, keep scratches off the CAI, and keep the rust at bay? I haven't looked yet, I figure Lowe's has SOMETHING. But any suggestions before I go would be nice...
i was thinkin about maybe just puttin a coupler around the part of the intake where the hole is, but weather stripping or maybe something like that would prolly look a little cleaner:biggrin:
If i ever end up getting enough courage to cut my car. I'm just gonna slice the silicone tubing in half and use it as a trim on the hole. Too keep away rust (well and some clearcoat or primer also) and scratching.
holy crap...is it just me or is that damn hole saw drill bit hard as hell to use?!?
now maybe my drill sucks but I couldn't get that thing to cut for [censored]...other than make some sparks, it didn't do anything and my drill was flyin all over the place.
like I said in another post about installing the CAI, you should drill a 'guide' hole first where the center of the hole will be, then put the bit with the saw in the hole so it won't go all over the place while you're cutting.
I have looked at some of the other CAI posts but haven't seen the location (picture) to drill the 3-3 1/2" hole. I know by the battery tray is the general location, but does someone have a picture of a correctly placed hole? I don't want to drill it in the wrong place and then have to widen it.
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