Sorry if i sound stupid here but i have never seen a car with air going into the battery chamber...what is that for ...my battery needs to stay cool?? can i take that plastic piece out and forget about it...?

 

wife's a new owner, i can say i havent even looked under the hood yet. . When my replacment chrome turn signal's come in, i'll have a better idea of what your talking about , and maybe shed some light on ya!

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i found a lot of plastic parts that i thought were unnecessary or at least compared to other cars i've seen.

 

The battery goes through many hot and cold cycles in its life...and with heat being the biggest killer of electrical components, thats why its best to keep it cool. The battery can get rather hot when it is being charged along with underhood temps from the exhaust manifold and a hot radiator. Basically, heat = resistance and resistance = shorter life of electrical components.

 

I kinda liked the CAI on the Battery

 

I was gonna say was bkey71 has already.
In short, if there is no good reason to remove it, leave it on there.
I have actually removed the triangular side mount (w/the Fisher-Price style hardware) and smoothed out the side of the snorkle. I have no problems w/noise or rattling and it makes it so much easier to remove when needed.

 

wow i never knew that...well that means that is staying on. I took that fisher price piece off the same day i baught the car I looked under the hood and said wtf and there is a door on that piece that i still havn't figured out what its for but who cares it made it easy for me to change the side signal bulbs.

 

i took mine off months ago, but only cuz im too lazy to put it back on lol, plus i have some extra wires in there, so i have to notch the cover to get it to fit again.

 

Yeah, what is that little door on there for? Those plastic screws are a pain in the ***....I took them out today to remove that cover(trying to get to the air box) and those things are ridiculous. Does that cover protect anything? I put it back on to be safe until I know the car better.

 

Nada!! Read my post above.^ ^ ^
I removed the damned thing over 2 years ago now. Itdoes nothing but get in the damned way.
For a cleaner look, take the snorkel off and cut/grind/sand the tabs off too. Oh, and btw, the snorkel comes apart for easy modding.