Cold Air Intake Question?

Acepilot01 · 01-30-2011, 03:20 AM

Hey guys im thinking of getting the Afe CAI kit on my car. My question is if i decide to CPO my car(which i plan to do in a few months), should i take take it out before they do the inspection or will it be ok if i keep it installed?

rolling18 · 01-30-2011, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Acepilot01

Hey guys im thinking of getting the Afe CAI kit on my car. My question is if i decide to CPO my car(which i plan to do in a few months), should i take take it out before they do the inspection or will it be ok if i keep it installed?

in theory it should be "ok" to leave it.. but unlikley.. there are many many intakes for sale in the classifieds ( I wonder why)

but WHY would you buy one (and loose $$$) for just a few mos use?

Acepilot01 · 01-30-2011, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by rolling18

in theory it should be "ok" to leave it.. but unlikley.. there are many many intakes for sale in the classifieds ( I wonder why)

but WHY would you buy one (and loose $$$) for just a few mos use?

I plan on re-installing it after i get the car CPO'ed

rolling18 · 01-30-2011, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Acepilot01

I plan on re-installing it after i get the car CPO'ed

oo interesting so your keeping the car after lease?? right on

not many do that.

it should still be OK.... from all I read it seems to be dealer dependent on if its a "problem" or not. Maybe if you take the stock airbox with you they can say its ok

Acepilot01 · 01-30-2011, 05:18 AM

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Originally Posted by rolling18

oo interesting so your keeping the car after lease?? right on

not many do that.

it should still be OK.... from all I read it seems to be dealer dependent on if its a "problem" or not. Maybe if you take the stock airbox with you they can say its ok

Cool

thanks for the help

WildstylzF32 · 01-30-2011, 05:53 AM

why would you not. go for it, i did, sound decent, sorta loud, compared to my EIS on my e46. if in reality i think this week i got a bit better gas mileage. sounds crazy but i got about 25 miles over normal out of a full tank. and that was givin it some sport shifts on the E way. over all i will give it a 8 outta 10, sounds deep but between 3500-40000 its a bit loud for a bmw.

just my .02 again its a week into my experience w/ a AFE.

SV Concepts III · 01-30-2011, 02:04 PM

I'd reinstall the factory intake if you are going to take it in for CPO inspection.

shazzy04 · 01-30-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick@Jlevi SW

I'd reinstall the factory intake if you are going to take it in for CPO inspection.

I agree, but after by all means reinstall.

PeteW84 · 01-30-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick@Jlevi SW

I'd reinstall the factory intake if you are going to take it in for CPO inspection.

+1

hjernazian · 01-30-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Acepilot01

Hey guys im thinking of getting the Afe CAI kit on my car. My question is if i decide to CPO my car(which i plan to do in a few months), should i take take it out before they do the inspection or will it be ok if i keep it installed?

I have the aFe DCI on mine. Never took it off for anything. If there's a problem with a stock intake component in the car, they might try to blame the DCI. If there isn't, they can't say anything. But it's a quick swap so if you wanted to you always could.

ModBargainsTech · 01-31-2011, 11:37 AM

When I had the AFE Intake on my car, the dealer still did routine maintenances and fuel pump replacements with no questions ask. Although, one day I did notice that the mechanic wrote a note saying that my car wasn't stock.

But to be extra safe, you should take off when you go in for major services.

-Frank

Acepilot01 · 02-01-2011, 04:06 AM

Cool thanks for the heads up guys

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WildstylzF32 New Member 2 Rep 15 Posts Drives: F32 M-Sport Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Miami,FL iTrader: (2)	why would you not. go for it, i did, sound decent, sorta loud, compared to my EIS on my e46. if in reality i think this week i got a bit better gas mileage. sounds crazy but i got about 25 miles over normal out of a full tank. and that was givin it some sport shifts on the E way. over all i will give it a 8 outta 10, sounds deep but between 3500-40000 its a bit loud for a bmw. just my .02 again its a week into my experience w/ a AFE.
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