[wrx wagone]

So what your saying is you wouldn't change a flat tire on the highway with the supplied emergency jack?

If you change a tire properly, there is no reason that you should ever have any part of your body under anything. You don't need to go under the car, and you grip the tire by the sides not the bottom. The jack could fail and you won't get hurt.

Very well done write up. Thank you for the effort.

Next time buy these. For $25 there is no reason not to use them.

 

[Joe3]

If you change a tire properly, there is no reason that you should ever have any part of your body under anything. You don't need to go under the car, and you grip the tire by the sides not the bottom. The jack could fail and you won't get hurt.

just dont put your hands on top of the wheel when your trying to put it on. i know a guy who was changing a tire and had his hand on top of the tire and the car fell off the jack and it pinched his fingers between the tire and fender....OUCH

 

[danNYwrx]

Not meaning to be a critic. I wouldn't go anywhere near that car with that flimsy little jack holding it. In almost 15 years of wrenching, I've seen two jackstands, a ramp, and a 2 1/2 ton hydraulic jack fail. That thing will drop the car if you fart loudly.

After you take the wheel off, if you don't have a jackstand, just put the wheel halfway under the side of the car:thumbup: . Better a damaged wheel than a damaged self.

 

[branemaniac]

So, is this silencer thing just a noise muffling thing?

Does the air flow just go into the "ram air", around the fender hole through the silencer, wrapping back into the entrance of the intake cone?

 

[J.Skellington]

So, is this silencer thing just a noise muffling thing?

Does the air flow just go into the "ram air", around the fender hole through the silencer, wrapping back into the entrance of the intake cone?

yes and yes:thumbup:

 

[Superorb]

Just did this and WOW was it simple. If this is any indication of the difficulty working on these cars I'm in for a nice ride. Every time I did ANYTHING on the Honda it was a nightmare.

 

[ImprezaSv23]

this was the first thing i did to my 06. i installed a panel filter then did this, except its not necessary to take the tire off the car. I did however find that placing the jack under the car to just lift it up a little bit or in some cases just park it over a curb so you have a lil more clearence to the clips. i did buy the GP moto Silencer delete but realized that the sound without it was more like that BOV sound that most turbo owners like.

 

[Superorb]

this was the first thing i did to my 06. i installed a panel filter then did this, except its not necessary to take the tire off the car. I did however find that placing the jack under the car to just lift it up a little bit or in some cases just park it over a curb so you have a lil more clearence to the clips. i did buy the GP moto Silencer delete but realized that the sound without it was more like that BOV sound that most turbo owners like.

I didn't have to take my wheel off either. Hardest part was either trying to remember which clips went where or convincing the silencer that it wanted to let go of its previous home.

 

[J.Skellington]

I didn't have to take my wheel off either. Hardest part was either trying to remember which clips went where or convincing the silencer that it wanted to let go of its previous home.

i usually do it the harder way, but too each their own...it worked out pretty well and with the tire off i had no trouble coaxing out the silencer as it allowed for much more room.

 

[WRXrated69]

ive got the silencer/snorkus delete on my car, would buying the moto gp elbow help or no? its just still an odd feeling that nothing is there you know?

 

[J.Skellington]

it will provide actual cooler air to your air box thats for sure, being that it's hooking back up to the fresh air inlet and no longer making it useless.

 

[efmd3]

this post inspired me and i finally went out and did this.
LOVE the sound, the whirr was extremely loud in the high gears and i, too, could faintly hear the bypass.
i even got those cherished "nice car!" looks from some of the neighbor's kids

 

[Superorb]

Can you hear anyhting from outside the car? On the way to work this morning I could hear it spooling but only to like 4k rpms; after that it got quiet again. I haven't been lead foot driving though. I never drive fast but I love the sound of it spooling even in low gears.

 

[efmd3]

for me it is loudest when climbing a hill in 4th or 5th (full boost)

 

[bdpAKAknox]

Very good write up :thumbup:
Thank you for being so precise.

 

[DTFH3030]

noce.

 

[clemsonteg]

I couldnt get those plastic screws undone to save my life, all i did was strip 2 of them, so i just undid the clips on the bottom and folded the plastic fender back a bit so i could get to the underside nut of the silencer, and i coaxed the silencer out through the whole right there i made by folding back the plastic. Is there a trick to getting those screws out? I may reinstall the silencer if I get the spt intake that I want

 

[J.Skellington]

when all else fails use a flathead screwdriver

 

[Newera09]

hmmm interested in doing this maybe tomorrow, oh wait a minute its gonna be f-cking 7 degress, WTF. Wish me luck

 

[Xantos]

02-03 alternate method

Just did it, may I recommend a method with no jack, and only two clips to remove. For 02-03's I presume only.

Tools: 10mm socket, phillips screwdriver, two hands, and safety goggles(no seriously, if you're under your car wear them, **** falls off and gets in your eyes)

After following the original steps for "ram air" removal, you should have a scene that looks like this:

With that in mind, remove the bolt denoted by the red circle (10mm).


Now, go down to the fender well and undo the two clips directly under the car, and the two on the side of the fender (2 under are screw-ish, they sorta pop out. One on the side of the fender {denoted by the red circle} is a screwish type, due to a rally accident mine is already broken and useless, your's should not look like this picture.)

Peel back all of this fender lining, it's very flexible and will pop back in to shape on a whim, so dont feel bad about folding it under the car like I did.
Now take a look under the car, you will see the snorkus and by peering around, the 2nd bolt that needs to go.

Get out from under the car, and remove the right side (the area you're working on) fog. It's already removed in this pic, so the red circles denote where the screws would be.

Here is the result! Red circle denoting the hard to reach bolt we saw from under the car.

This is a real ***** a and half. Undoing that bolt took what turned out to be over an hour of guessing and trying. A traditional socket is too long and wide (dont we wish we all had that problem?). I didn't have a smaller sized hand wrench thing. Pliers where too wide to leverage. So after trying it all, I realized that this bolt (on my car at least) is not tightened at all, I removed it by hand.

After this it's simply a matter of removing the snorkus, Subaru has some ultra tight clearances here, and it took about 10 minutes of jiggling and jostling. Eventually you end up with this.

I chose not to reinstall the ram air, it seems like dead weight and a waste of bay space. Putting the fender clips back in place under the car took some guessing. I learned however, that you must first remove the larger black circle and insert it into the clip hole, then push the expanding pin in to the hole, locking it in place. The fog was a bit tricky as well, just took some patience to get the lower screws in place first. I also used this time to vertically align my fogs, as they where a bit off due to the rally incident I presume.

Total time: 2-3 hours, mainly due to guessing and muddling about. If I where to repeat this on a car, 45 minutes is reasonable.

The best part however, is driving it afterwards. I have an auto so I hold boost between gears, but the few times I do hear the BOV, it's magical. The other benefit is before I could rarely hear any actual engine revs pre-boost, now they come through very strong. I did not believe this big piece of plastic could cause so much, but the sound improvement is phenomenal. This takes next to no mechanical skill, is a great way to get into your engine bay, and gives your car a much more aggressive tone for free.