Ok, if you've already thought about taking procautionary measures, that's cool. But you may still want to keep an eye on it for the next few months or so—or just periodically. Like I said, mine didn't even appear to be touching (and when I'd run my fingers in between the two to check, it wasn't touching), but there was still an area where it was apparantly rubbing—while driving I guess. The only reason I even discovered that was b/c I had to change my battery. That's when I noticed the pipe was rubbed to the bare metal, and decided to manipulate the positioning of everything in that area to accommodate some extra room. No problems since. I'm glad to hear you were able to get the intake to fit, tho.
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i'm a peripheral visionary. i can see into the future, but way off to the side.
after reading this i went out to check my intake and there it was a BIG FREAKIN HOLE well now i have to get a new intake. oh and by the way, "battery relocation kit" im moving mine to the trunk so i'll have all the room in the world for my new intake
Yeah the bend isn't right at all. But I did manage to get it in there I took out the battery tray and bolt and pushed it over as far as it would go and still barely got it in there. You'd think for the money you'd get something that fits better
My AEM short ram wasn't fitting. I had to push the rubber sleeve (that connects it to the throttle body) onto the pipe more and had about 2 inches to work with to go over the tb. Then I noticed the vacuum line wasnt long enough, so i took the line that came with the kit and duct taped it to the end of the stock vacuum line. I have a small vacuum leak and my car has been running like crap above 50mph (it shudders a little). Still waiting for my vacuum hose kit in the mail. I have an optima yellowtop battery and it was a TIGHT fit, but to get it on, I just put the rubber elbow under the throttle body lip and muscled it over the top. Most mechanics, will grease the outside of the tb lip and put the rubber elbow on a part of it and slide a screw driver between the two and move it around the lip of the tb and it should pull the rubber elbow over the tb.
I have a 96 sebring with a CAI and an optima red top. I had trouble fitting the intake in but what I did was take the battery out. Put the intake on. Set the battery in and made my own bracket. All I did was take a piece of 1/4" thick x 3/4" wide x 1 1/2' long strap Iron and bent it to fit. Then I drilled a hole for it to fit on the bolt and it works perfect.
I have an Injen intake w/ the cold air extension, and I had the same problem, so I bent the tie-down post, and I rubbed black silicone on it, so if it rubbed it wouldn't hurt anything. It fit just fine after that. I have had two different intakes on it and the Injen one is better... lots better, pretty too, quality material. I gave the other to my nephew and he put it on a '95 Geo Prizm, it hooked up differently, but it worked.
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