Hey everyone, first time posting on this forum. I dont know if it has already been posted but I tried to find it and couldn't: Anybody know how to install an AEM cold air intake on a 2001 Accord LX. It's an I4, coupe.
Thanks

 

you um... take off the stocker, and um... bolt on the new one? just a guess...

 

there isn't much to it. Take off the stock one and then jack up the right side of the car. Take off the tire and the fender lining so you can get to the airbox inside the fender. This box might be a bitch to take out. Feel around for the bolts holding it and yank that sucker out. Then just put the CAI in the way it appears to fit. Finally attach the filter and reatach the fender lining.

If you really don't have a clue, the CAI pipe should go through the hole that your stock airbox went into the bottom right corner of your car.

oh yeah you have an AEM. Read the directions LOL. Just don't drain any fluids if it tells you to do so. For some reason my civic AEM called for draining the coolant.

 

its a lot easier if you remove the front bumper. because just as everyone else said the new cai pipe will run way down, and takin off a wheel and working through the fender is more of a hassle then taking the bumper off, thus giving you plenty of room to work w/. plus the fact that there might be some bolts that your ratchet wont be able to reach b/c of awkward angles.

 

kinda wrong, we just jacked up the car and did it from there.

you guys didnt mention that the a/c lines might get in the way of the tubing....you might need to bend it or just force the piping int here.

 

A/C lines in the way?
Hmmm.....I never ran into that

 

The hardest part is removing the bumper:


To remove this thing for a CAI

 

my bad...we took out the resonator prior to the aem cai installation...so i guess you do have to take off the bumper.

man, that resonator is a piece of junk.

 

thats exactly why i said it would be better to take off the bumper. my 04 coupe had a stock airbox/resonator equal in size, if not larger, that i had to get out the way. trust me, i spent 2 hrs + to jack up (lifted) my car, take off my tire/wheel, pull the fender, take out 3 bolts i thought held the stock stuff on, only to find out there was another bolt that couldnt be reached from any angle. you can see the bolt in the picture MrChad put up. the gold shiney things.

when i found instructions to take off the bumper, it took me 15 mins to pull it off and i found the stupid piece that held that ugly black mass of plastic to the frame of the car. not to mention putting on the 2 pieces and filter of the cai was 10x easier this way. trust me, its easier this way.

 

wedley, sorry if my post sounded like a cheap attack on your previous comment. i tried to get mine up before yours, but now it looks like i hate you, lol. which i dont