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Old 05-27-2008, 01:04 PM
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Fog Light Removal for cooler cruising temps?

I know this topic has already been touched upon in this forum, but i thought id bring it up again.

what if i were to tastefully remove the fog lights and replace them with something subtle which would allow for a ram air-flow to my CAI?

in terms of performance, im not expecting much, but when i start my car on a hot day and see 160*F IATs...taht makes me both sad and scared....

i want to be able to allow better/cooler airflow while cruising to be able to recoop for that extra temp buildup and get it to cool down a little faster.

any thoughts/opinions?
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there is a cheat way of doing this. if you bulge out the splash shield between the subframe and the bumper. it leaves an opening in there.

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Originally Posted by Kibosh3
I know this topic has already been touched upon in this forum, but i thought id bring it up again.

what if i were to tastefully remove the fog lights and replace them with something subtle which would allow for a ram air-flow to my CAI?

in terms of performance, im not expecting much, but when i start my car on a hot day and see 160*F IATs...taht makes me both sad and scared....

i want to be able to allow better/cooler airflow while cruising to be able to recoop for that extra temp buildup and get it to cool down a little faster.

any thoughts/opinions?
your best bet its a front mount H/E...taking out your lights and piping wont bring as dramatic (if any) of a drop in the temps as a H/E will...
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Technically it could work. A friend of mine takes out his pass side headlight on his tallon when drag racing. It allows colder air to pass over his air filter. If this works let me know, I will yank mine for cool iat's
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Originally Posted by Area47
there is a cheat way of doing this. if you bulge out the splash shield between the subframe and the bumper. it leaves an opening in there.

ahhh, good idea! that would suck up some air!
Old 05-27-2008, 01:10 PM
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area lol...i think i may try this later on this evening
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Originally Posted by Kibosh3
area lol...i think i may try this later on this evening
i did this by accident over a year ago actually. never changed it back. i realized what i did 6 months later when i was under the car looking at something. "hey, free ram air"
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Nice, nothing like a free upgrade... I like my fog lights!
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Okay so what exactly do you do?? Im a lil confused
Old 05-28-2008, 07:17 PM
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you could just do what this guy did...



and this is his exact response

Originally Posted by badass69777

the frontmount intake lets me burn 110 alot cooler than a cheap ass ebay CAI
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Ugly front bumper lol. I think that kit screams rice
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Originally Posted by shsballa023
Ugly front bumper lol. I think that kit screams rice
you mean other than the huge ECLIPSE sticker on the windshield? or the insanse tach on the dash? that interfooler? or even the gigantor spoiler? haha bro, that whole car is rice
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lmfao at Eclipse boy's response
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ya, he's a local here in shreveport. big douche
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