How to remove front bumper and resonator box

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Postby Hexa-dB » Fri Oct 06, 2006 4:19 pm

I bought a packet of little push-clip things in a local Spares World (a chain, but I don't if they're only in this area). Labelled as "Interior Trim buttons" I think.

I bought them to fix the rubber strip at the front of my bonnet but they were too big so I got some smaller ones from Halfrauds for that, for about 3 times the price :(
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Postby mad kar » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:46 pm

how does removing the box improve performance
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Postby sparky27 » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:28 pm

Gives slightly cooler air to the intake and less restrictive airflow
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Postby De La Sol » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:40 pm

Sorry but...

Whats a resonator box?
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Postby Geo » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:06 pm

De La Sol wrote:Sorry but...

Whats a resonator box?


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Postby De La Sol » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:09 pm

I knew i'd get one of those... :P

What does it do? Whats its purpose? You cant just chuck it away, it must do something... ??
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Postby sparky27 » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:44 pm

Lessens the induction noise (for average joe public) but restricts airflow
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Re: How to remove front bumper and resonator box

Postby vti-jim » Thu Feb 12, 2009 4:41 pm

nice, will be stripping that out when i get my new (non smashed) oem front panel :)
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Re: How to remove front bumper and resonator box

Postby suvla » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:43 pm

im going to do this now
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Re: How to remove front bumper and resonator box

Postby DanM2010 » Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:10 pm

lol i didn't even notice this before, i took the old induction kit out but i didn't know it had a little add on under the car.
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