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09-24-2012, 03:03 PM
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Drives: 2013 2SS Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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installed CAI intake, cosmetically, i messed up..
So i'm really really smart...
... and i just wanted to whine/ give any future installers a heads up. I was installing my CAI intake, putting on the lid, and one of the little screws slipped and my screw driver went flying across the glass screen and put a scratch across it. Obviously not a huge deal to some, but just the fact that i know it's there because of that stupid little screw slipping really makes me mad  So just be careful while putting on the lid and messing with those little annoying spring loaded screws.... If you're not careful they'll spring trap your screw driver into putting an annoying scratch into your intakes glass top. Ps. I know this is my fault and not trying to hate on CAI at all. It's a great intake, great quality, i'm just mad that the spring loaded screw slipped and caused me to scratch the sh!t out of the lid. This is obviously a really heartbreaking situation for me, so any condolences would be greatly appreciated. Picture doesn't give it justice.. I'm guessing that this incident will result in a loss of horse power too...
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09-24-2012, 03:08 PM
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Drives: 2013 2SS Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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oops. wrong section. how do i delete this??
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09-24-2012, 04:26 PM
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Drives: 2011 2LT RS Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Kansas
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Isn't the lid lexan or clear plastic? Try some some plastic cleaner by 3m or some other variant. Might not remove it all due to its depth, but it should help. Oh, and I'm very sorry to hear of your predicament. My heart goes out to you and yours during this very trying time.
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09-24-2012, 04:36 PM
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Drives: 2018 Hyper Blue 1SS 1LE Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Brownsburg, Indiana
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Thanks for the heads up as mine is arriving tomorrow. I will throw some blue painters tape over r while installing
Ryan
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09-24-2012, 06:45 PM
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Drives: 2010 Red Jewel 2SS L99 Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Nor-Cal Bay Area
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That sucks, sorry this happened to such a nice guy. I would recommend a plastic screw driver on this one....
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09-24-2012, 07:54 PM
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Go to the auto store and buy a headlight polishing kit.. sand out the scratch then polish it out it works great
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09-25-2012, 10:00 PM
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09-25-2012, 10:29 PM
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I did the same thing. Wasn't as bad as that, but its huge to me. So don't feel bad.
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