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Old 03-11-2010 | 11:04 PM
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Hey guys newbee's back.

Well to make a long story short, I currently have a lot of free time. Good for me not so good for my car. I tend to venture into new things and try to experiment on my car. This is one of those experiments. JeJeJe.

I bought a 350z Carbon Fiber Air Inlet and after installing it I saw how the differences between the 350's bumper and the 8's positioned the inlet to point incoming air downwards and not into the stock air box. Reason why I bought the Inlet in the first place (I'm looking for the ram air effect). I'd thought I'd remedy this by reinstalling the V-Fad. I choped the long hose hopefully unnecessary.

I have random pics of the process, sorry no after fotos it got dark. I'll take some tomorrow.

Let me know what you guys think.
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Old 03-11-2010 | 11:09 PM
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looks nice! i like it!
Old 03-11-2010 | 11:12 PM
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VS8 did that a while ago on his old TG. No offense but yours in crooked.
Old 03-11-2010 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
VS8 did that a while ago on his old TG. No offense but yours in crooked.
Crooked how? Don't get it.
Old 03-11-2010 | 11:16 PM
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It just looked crooked to one side. Could be me

Oh, here is VS8's car.

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Old 03-11-2010 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
It just looked crooked to one side. Could be me

Oh, here is VS8's car.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y25...IMG_2343-2.jpg
Yes I did see. Sole inspiration to my purchase. Only that after installing I saw how the inlet pointed downwards and not into the airbox. Sorry but title is misleading I really wanted to show of how I used the V-Fad to remedy this and have a ram air inlet tube (using the V-fad)
Old 03-12-2010 | 03:06 PM
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Here are the after fotos.

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Old 03-12-2010 | 03:52 PM
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i did it on mine too
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Old 03-12-2010 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by KrumbZ
Looks nice buddy! I'm still debating on putting the emblem back on.
Old 03-12-2010 | 06:53 PM
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me too but then i'll have to go and get the holes covered
Old 03-12-2010 | 10:45 PM
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looks good!
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Rain issues?
Old 12-01-2010 | 01:32 PM
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Nope none at all. Actually had one of those big lifted trucks splash a crap load of water from a puddle directly on the intake with no problems.
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