tri5ron
08-28-2009, 04:58 PM
Hi guys,
I know it is nothing new to cut the stock airbox lid and install some Outerwears material.
Most guys that I have seen do it, usually make a aluminum "picture frame", and use bolts/glue to hold it in place. That is fine too, it works well, and I'm not saying mine is any better.
I just wanted to do it from a different approach, getting a few more square inches of coverage, have it be an easier mod to do, as well as it being easier to service.
hope you enjoy...
First I cleaned the lid with some Goof-off to get any oily residues off of the plastic. Then I used some sticky backed Velcro to make as large of a "frame" as possible, while keeping the Velcro on flat/straight surfaces. I used the "hook" side on the lid.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0131.jpg
Next I applied the "loop" side of the Velcro onto the lid, removed the backing tape to expose the sticky adhesive, and stretched the Outerwears material over it. Doing it this way, assures that the Velcro is properly placed on the Outerwears material, And that it is fairly tight and straight. Then carefully remove the Outerwears material, being sure to keep the Velcro stuck, and not peeling off of the material....
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0133.jpg
Next I trimmed the Outerwears with some scissors, cut out the lid with a saw, and fine trimmed the lid with a rotory file and razor blade...
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0136.jpg
When my wife gets home, I will ask her to pull out the sewing machine, and do a nice double stitch around the inside and outside edges of the Velcro strips, and Viola! a nice fitting prefilter lid for the stock airbox...
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0137.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0138.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0142.jpg
I know it is nothing new to cut the stock airbox lid and install some Outerwears material.
Most guys that I have seen do it, usually make a aluminum "picture frame", and use bolts/glue to hold it in place. That is fine too, it works well, and I'm not saying mine is any better.
I just wanted to do it from a different approach, getting a few more square inches of coverage, have it be an easier mod to do, as well as it being easier to service.
hope you enjoy...
First I cleaned the lid with some Goof-off to get any oily residues off of the plastic. Then I used some sticky backed Velcro to make as large of a "frame" as possible, while keeping the Velcro on flat/straight surfaces. I used the "hook" side on the lid.
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0131.jpg
Next I applied the "loop" side of the Velcro onto the lid, removed the backing tape to expose the sticky adhesive, and stretched the Outerwears material over it. Doing it this way, assures that the Velcro is properly placed on the Outerwears material, And that it is fairly tight and straight. Then carefully remove the Outerwears material, being sure to keep the Velcro stuck, and not peeling off of the material....
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0133.jpg
Next I trimmed the Outerwears with some scissors, cut out the lid with a saw, and fine trimmed the lid with a rotory file and razor blade...
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0136.jpg
When my wife gets home, I will ask her to pull out the sewing machine, and do a nice double stitch around the inside and outside edges of the Velcro strips, and Viola! a nice fitting prefilter lid for the stock airbox...
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0137.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0138.jpg
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n148/tri5ron/03%20400ex/IMG_0142.jpg