Accord Cai Installed

[OrangeALero]

3 inch accord intake finally came and its finally in
i think its hot, let me know what you guys think

other car pics aswell

http://photobucket.com/albums/v714/Slybry23/

[OpalaAlero]

What is up with all that orange?

[AleroBloke]

Maybe favorite color? haha, it looks unique! tight job

[Youngblood77]

I'm diggin the re-wrap job on the rear seat-sides, and the intake looks like a quality product, but it wouldn't take me very look to break out the sandpaper and scuff that mugen crud off there. Just find some matching paint, mask off EVERYTHING with newspapers, and fizz-can cover the rice. :thumbsup:

[johny_boy32]

I'm diggin that orange also. Its very unique...but wipe that mugen crap off like young said. And hell, paint that orange too.

[OrangeALero]

u think orange piping would look good with red couplers? cuz the idea had crossed my mind cuz i wanna paint my strut bar too..but im not sure how it would turn out

[Sportalero]

^^NO. IMO, accent the orange with blue. And you can never go wrong with black or white. But def not red.

[johny_boy32]

go orange with both or orange and white

[Youngblood77]

^ Exactly. Orange and White would look sweet IMO.

[OrangeALero]

im not sure what you mean exaclty? are you saying an orange intake with red couplers would look good on a white car? or orange or white for options of painting the intake and strut bar or...?

[|Rev|]

Originally posted by OrangeALero@Feb 15 2005, 01:35 AM
im not sure what you mean exaclty? are you saying an orange intake with red couplers would look good on a white car? or orange or white for options of painting the intake and strut bar or...?
they are saying don't do the red couplers, make the only colors orange and white

[-Alero-]

what year accord do you buy it for? was it the 3.0 engine? how much custom work did you have to do to get it to fit?

[johny_boy32]

Paint the intake orange since that is the dominating color and the couplers white. That would look tight

[Oldsman]

definitely different with the orange

[OrangeALero]

you can paint couplers?


yea it was the v6 accord 1998 to 2002....had to move the battery closer towards the headlight, cut out some metal on the fender well..other than that just cutting pipe and getting the grommets into the coupler

[-Alero-]

the words i didnt like were, cutting fender well. im thinking about looking at a AEM V2 CAI for an accord in the summer

[OrangeALero]

well measure twice and cut once cuz if ur payin 200+ dollars for an intake that you have to modify...the 3 inch pipe fits through the existing hole in the well from the original air box but u have to make it bigger to get the right angle for the pipe otherwise the filter and the pipe will hit your wiper fluid case...lol dont mess up

oh yea and you will also need aditional couplers because the accord only comes with two...i needed 3...the aleromod directions in the FAQ thing i think require four

[-Alero-]

Originally posted by OrangeALero@Feb 14 2005, 11:41 PM
well measure twice and cut once cuz if ur payin 200+ dollars for an intake that you have to modify...the 3 inch pipe fits through the existing hole in the well from the original air box but u have to make it bigger to get the right angle for the pipe otherwise the filter and the pipe will hit your wiper fluid case...lol dont mess up

oh yea and you will also need aditional couplers because the accord only comes with two...i needed 3...the aleromod directions in the FAQ thing i think require four
oh wait i see what you mean in the cutting of the fenderwell, ok ok thats no prob.

[Spilner521]

looks pretty good. definately go orange with white couplers. definately get rid of "mugen".

also what kind of strut bar is that? and where in buffalo are you?

[Youngblood77]

Originally posted by Spilner521@Feb 15 2005, 12:51 AM
and where in buffalo are you?
Never noticed that, good eye Spilner. I'm now thinking the same thing. B)

[OrangeALero]

I did a little research on n-body.com, to find that a 95-98 cavalier strut bar fits. so i bought one on ebay for 7.99 plus shipping which was double the price of the actual product (kinda funny), and sure enough, it fit


spilner, i live in tonawanda, im pretty sure ive seen ur car b4

[alerored04]

I did a little research on n-body.com, to find that a 95-98 cavalier strut bar fits.
Is there any difference in the STB's at all? like stiffness or anything? for 7.99 im gonna buy one.

[ptrudel]

Originally posted by alerored04@Feb 15 2005, 03:43 PM
I did a little research on n-body.com, to find that a 95-98 cavalier strut bar fits.
Is there any difference in the STB's at all? like stiffness or anything? for 7.99 im gonna buy one.
yeah same here, point me in the right direction plz


oh, and btw, i think the orange is gonna look sick if you keep up with it...maybe do the rest of the interior instead of just a few pieces, but yeah, definately likin' it...its good to see sum other crazy colors comin out :thumbsup:

[isellalerodrop]

Nice ricer you got there, definitly the first mugen alero before :thumbsup:

[OrangeALero]

ok guys ok i will take the Mugen sticker off when i get a chance, you are right we gotta keep the aleros rice free..point taken

i dont know about the stiffness question with the strut bar, i just know that it fits, and i havent had any problems with it, and i did notice a difference for sure, and it looks cool

i bought mine from ebay seller Sabersport, i think he has a shop in california so he might have more. the exact ebay listing was FRONT STRUT TOWER BAR CAVALIER SUNFIRE 95-01

here is the link to one on ebay from the same seller

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...sspagename=WDVW (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7954931005&category=33591&sspagename=WDVW)

[alerored04]

Awesome, thanks so much dude. Great work on the car man keep it comin, i love the orange take the other guys advice with the white it will look sick.

[Spilner521]

Originally posted by OrangeALero@Feb 15 2005, 11:20 AM
I did a little research on n-body.com, to find that a 95-98 cavalier strut bar fits. so i bought one on ebay for 7.99 plus shipping which was double the price of the actual product (kinda funny), and sure enough, it fit


spilner, i live in tonawanda, im pretty sure ive seen ur car b4
damn i'll have to look into a cavalier strut bar...i wonder if the rear bar will fit too...

i live in cheektowaga, but i'm in tonawanda almost every day. i'm pretty sure i've seen your car around too.

[Naich]

Originally posted by OrangeALero@Feb 15 2005, 12:41 AM
well measure twice and cut once cuz if ur payin 200+ dollars for an intake that you have to modify...the 3 inch pipe fits through the existing hole in the well from the original air box but u have to make it bigger to get the right angle for the pipe otherwise the filter and the pipe will hit your wiper fluid case...lol dont mess up

oh yea and you will also need aditional couplers because the accord only comes with two...i needed 3...the aleromod directions in the FAQ thing i think require four
the intakes I make don't require you to cut the fender at all b/c there is an extra coupler that will let you manipulate the angle in which the pipe goes down into the fender.

[OrangeALero]

I would recommend buying them from Naich rather than making your own. By the time i buy a better filter than the one it came with i will probably have spent pretty close to what Naich's price is. His is definitely easier to install, its just that i have access to alot of power tools so i figured it would be a fun experience to do the transformation..but buy from Naich

[flalero]

First off stick with white and orange, don't mix a third color in there. Second off, I don't understand why you spent $200+ on an intake that forced you to modify the fender when there are much cheaper options out there that require no modification to the car. Lastly, sure, Mugen makes parts for import cars, but they are a high quality product. There's no reason to say that the decal detracts from the look of the car. If I owned an import, Mugen would be one of my products of choice. After all, it just like TRD is to Toyota.

[-Alero-]

Originally posted by flalero@Feb 16 2005, 07:44 PM
First off stick with white and orange, don't mix a third color in there. Second off, I don't understand why you spent $200+ on an intake that forced you to modify the fender when there are much cheaper options out there that require no modification to the car. Lastly, sure, Mugen makes parts for import cars, but they are a high quality product. There's no reason to say that the decal detracts from the look of the car. If I owned an import, Mugen would be one of my products of choice. After all, it just like TRD is to Toyota.
yeah..... as is nismo to nissan. but he never said he spent 200 dollars on his CAI, its a honda accord intake.......so that means its cheaper because they are mass produced. you can get honda intakes ranging from 50-300$, thats why he said, byt the time he buys a better filter for the accord intake, he would of spent as much as it would be to buy a intake from naich.......so in other words thats like 100$

[flalero]

here's where he said how much he spent, and I qoute, "well measure twice and cut once cuz if ur payin 200+ dollars for an intake..." Oh, and if you think Mugen is even close to cheap, think again! :rolleyes:

[OrangeALero]

Ill have the final say, and it is as follows:

I said "measure twice cut once" in response to the kid that said he was going to buy a AEM v2 Accord intake for his alero because THOSE are 200. I bought my intake in ebay for fifty dollars, there would be no reason in my opinion to spend 200 on in intake that u have to mod when Naich sells really nice intakes for 115

hope that is clear :smokin: thank you -alero- for trying to explain what i said/typed

[flalero]

Okay, I admit I'm wrong now, but it did appear that you said you spent $200 for the intake and I just thought that would be crazy. Sorry. :thumbsup: