mine was messed up when i got it too...it was bent in like a D tho...i called AEM and the place i ordered it from, they were gonna send me a new one but i got impatient so i just got some pliers and a hammer and fixed it...i installed it and it works fine...just took a while to do...i dunno what it was, that first batch just had some fuck ups. mine was sealed in the box, not a single scratch on the box, then i open it and pull out the intake and it's bent....but an oval shape is alot better than a D lol and if AEM said it's good, just use it and see...but it's not supposed to be made that way, it's supposed to be round