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Old 07-20-2006, 03:12 PM   #12 (permalink)
DSMunknown
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As I previously stated, it is foolish for someone to try and use the OEM UICP. Here are a few pictures:

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As you can see, the section where this pipe connects to the original SMIC is small. There is not much room at all to double clamp this end of the UICP. I refuse to go into great detail as to why you should upgrade your UICP. Just do it.





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Here is my original wheel well guard. As you may know, this piece of plastic is directly behind your SMIC. Mine has obviously be "modified" however I do not use this anymore. If you have any further questions about this, look on VFAQ or ask one of DSMTuners esteemed Wisemen or DSM Gods. I'm sure they would be happy to assist you.



Ok, so now you think you are ready to get to work. You did remember to straighten most of the intercooler fins out, right? I found that a pair of tweezers works well. I also found out that in my Supra SMIC there were quite a few small stones, pebbles, and such between all the fins. If all the shaking you did to clean out the intercooler didn't do the trick, shake it some more. A couple pebbles here and there won't be an issue. Just get a fair amount of bug abdomens, pieces of leaves and such out.

I will basically assume you know how to take a wheel off, and that you are aware of the proper use of jacks and jackstands. But just for your own knowledge, here are two sockets that fit around the OEM lug nuts. The black socket is a 21mm and the silver socket is a 13/16th inch. Either will work, but I prefer using the six-edged socket.

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After you take the wheel off (aka the passenger-side front wheel) you need to take off the shield behind the SMIC. If you still have the plastic OEM guard, either modify it or get rid of it and replace it with something else. Here is my current wheel well guard (well, it doesn't guard against too much =P):

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I found this at Home Depot. This actually came as a larger piece of metal, and I had to cut about two-thirds of it off to fit. I paid around $10. Just look around and ask some of the staff there. Print this photo out and ask them if they have anything similar. I'm sure you'll find it. And yes, as you will notice in later photos, those are zip ties holding it in place. They have held up to a full New England winter (including snow, slush, sand, salt, and ice) and didn't come off until I cut them off. They will work just fine if you don't want to use screws. I did paint this black to try and match it with the rest of the wheel well. It just didn't look right leaving it alone, since my car happens to be silver/grey. Plus there was the rust factor I had to consider. The other side of the metal guard is not painted, and thus is rusted and brown from the weather.


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