it says in tha instruction manual of tha AEM CAI 2 install tha foglights intake then strut bar in that order...i understand tha strut bar being installed after tha intake but what r tha issues with tha foglights if i were 2 install it after tha intake n strut bar??...im thinkin this is only a problem on tha driverside foglight but any help would b nice...i just wanna install my intake n not till after i get foglights

 

It is common for the intake to hit the back of the drivers side fog. I have no clue how the strut bar may play into this. My intake is currently hitting. After going to the dealer twice over this, I am going a third time and telling them to fix it, or replace CAI with stock and refund all my $$. I figure they won't replace anything, but maybe they'll try harder to fix the problem.

And if you were curious, the issue is that the fog does not sit as it should... it's pointed at the ground, and when I rev the engine, the light moves. Super annoying.

 

I have the AEM intake installed with factory fogs on my 05 TCM. Thanks to SL.com threads I was aware of the two bumping together, and came up with this remedy . . .

Take a short bungee cord (maybe 18-24" stretched-out), bend ONE of the plastic-coated hooks into an '"el" with an ALMOST-right angle bend. Reach down into engine bay from front of car and carefully hook the "el" over top far-right of top of conical CAI filter (important to have that "el" not the hook so filter isn't poked through). then slowly pull bungee's other end diagonally away from filter JUST until slight tension is felt. Find a place to anchor that hook end AND check to make sure you should now have a finger's width gap between foglamp reflector-back and your precious CAI filter. PRESTOh! No more rattles, rubs, dips, or foggie goosies!

Oh yeah---color of bungee is optional, but for a clean, trick engine bay, why not color-match to your 4 or 8-gauge grounding DIY kit (I chose electric blue), found elsewhere in ScionLife threads? E N J O Y . . .

 

koo...thanx but i still need 2 kno if it is okay 2 install my CAI 1st before sum foglights even tho it says it would b easier 2 install foglights 1st in tha CAI instrunctions...simply im askin what difficulties r there installin foglights after installin an intake

THANX AGAIN!!

 

Go ahead and install the CAI. Worse comes to worse, you'll just have to uninstall the bottom end of the CAI while doing the fog light install.

 

o aight then thanx 4 help...ill install tha intake proly this weekend...cant b 2 hard...my 1st time installin sumthin on my car in fact any car lol...well im just 16 n this is my 1st car sure glad i got a SCION!!

 

take the CAI from the breather valve down. And put the cone where it was. I did that and it stays soo much cleaner and runs better.