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11-18-2008, 02:38 AM | #1 |
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Bomz Ebay Intake - Partial Review
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tonight i attempted to install a bomz ebay intake. i previously had a simota CAI which i converted to a short-ram since i couldn't fit the elbow to bend it down without squishing it which i felt would restrict airflow. Apparently cold air intakes only fit the hatchback and not the sedan. This bomz cold air intake was no different. fitment: looks like it fits the exact same way any single pipe brand name cold air intake fits, AEM, Fujita, Injen etc.. except it looks like it has weird extra brackets weld to it maybe to hook on to other brackets, or places you can tie strap wires to? or maybe different yaris models or other scion products that use the same motor have stuff like barometric sensors that might go on here. I don't know. I couldn't install this intake into my car because it looks like the sedan is a bit different than the hatchback as far as i can tell. quality: the intake itself looks like the same thick sturdy aluminum most intakes are made from. same quality as the Simota i had, probably just as good as the AEM products i've used in the past. welds look good, bends look smooth. filter: element looks like K&N material, but is blue.. and the shape is like an apexi with the top of the filter having a inward facing section to suck air in from all sides. I ended up putting this filter on my simota intake and now i have a CEL. I didn't disconnect the battery, so i'm not sure what the story is, but if i had to guess i'm thinking this filter causes more turbulence, and since my intake is so short it causes a CEL. bottom line: a cheap alternative to any other CAI that again only fits the hatchback and not the sedan. weird unncessary brackets welded onto it, but no biggie. since i wasnt able to fit it for the same reason i couldn't fit my simota CAI, i can't guarantee fitment, performance, sound, etc. I can just tell people that the pipe looks good. picture: Last edited by Split; 11-18-2008 at 02:38 AM. Reason: edit: to include picture |
11-18-2008, 02:40 AM | #2 |
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11-18-2008, 02:42 AM | #3 |
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^ did you buy one too?
oh i forgot to mention that I just realized that the top bracket is important for secure something by the breather hose, but i don't know what the other brackets are for. they might actually be important, i just didn't spend enough time looking at them since with the filter on, i could tell right away it wouldn't fit my car. |
11-18-2008, 02:45 AM | #4 |
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Nope... just deductive reasoning. Extra brackets? C'mon. Besides, I thought intakes were one of the few things that are supposed to fit both cars.
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11-18-2008, 02:55 AM | #5 |
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i think the area behind the passenger headlight is a bit different. I don't have space there to run a pipe down. Maybe its just because i have so much HID wiring crammed back there, but i don't see a hole to run down there. Those extra brackets are probably there for a reason. maybe they use the same intake in the xA, or in other motors like 1.3L.. i dunno
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11-18-2008, 03:05 AM | #6 |
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Might be your wiring. Yours is also an '08. So many little tiny quirks, you know?
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11-18-2008, 02:27 PM | #7 |
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i'll take a better look at it tonight. it looks like this intake doesn't even go down on that side like the injen does.. i haven't seen any good pictures of other cold air intakes.
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11-18-2008, 07:32 PM | #8 |
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My simota CAI fits on my sedan....
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11-18-2008, 09:21 PM | #9 |
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Any pics of it actually installed (in terms of anyone withthis system installed on their car in general)?
Thought about it a while ago but ended up getting the AFE.
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11-18-2008, 10:03 PM | #10 |
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Trd has separate brackets to fit both the sedan and the hatch, which this was most likely a copy of. well, at least the aem.
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11-18-2008, 10:06 PM | #11 |
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besides if any one asks just say you have an aem and you ripped the sticker off and replaced the filter
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11-19-2008, 02:12 AM | #12 |
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hrm.. that's interesting that the Simota CAI fit that sedan. Maybe if i made some room in that spot by moving wires around i could do it too. Maybe i didn't force all the couplers on hard enough because the rubber elbow bend on the far right by the driver-side-headlight was being compressed and bent when I did it.
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