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Post by genie47 on Oct 11, 2005 10:28:12 GMT -5
For all u bros and sistas who want to have this done... It's a half hour job (if you have the right tools)... It's easy. First jack ur car up... You have to remove the 4 nuts that hold the panel down in the driver-side front wheel well / bumper. Careful to keep the nuts, and the 2 silver retaining tabs at the bumper (otherwise you won't be able to reattach the 2 9mm nuts. The resonator under the panelling is held down by 3 nuts. Undo those, yank the whole box out and Viola!!! Yes.... you'll have to replace the panelling... The resonator is basically a plastic U-bend tube that has a large plastic chamber at the bottom of the U-bend. According to something i read a long time ago, the resonator's chamber size is "scientifically calculated" according to the size of the engine, filter element, etc to resonate (or cancel) out most of the induction sounds. Another function of it to to trap leaves!! ... and one more tip... wear shorts and T-shirt, and prepare to sweat a bit! Car jacked up... One of the bolts you gotta remove. Another bolt right over there... Panel exposed Congrats it's a boy!! All this thanks to Maded from www.teamchevysg.com whom I believe is on this board as well. Please note that our cars are RHD.
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Post by maded on Oct 12, 2005 2:11:41 GMT -5
Thanks Genie, you're the man. I believe the resonator is on the same side, since the airbox seems to be on the left side of the engine bay (facing open engine bay).....
The other side should be the water reservior for windscreen wipers.
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Post by bleu on Oct 12, 2005 2:38:58 GMT -5
nice thread bro....always liked it.
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Post by theamazingj on Oct 17, 2005 22:16:07 GMT -5
nice diy
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Post by dbutter on Nov 29, 2005 14:56:53 GMT -5
will this help with airflow into the engin compartment and will i have to worry about those leaves that it was suppos to catch
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Post by AveoSam on Nov 29, 2005 16:55:30 GMT -5
yea the resonator basically lets less air in so its not as noisy and i pretty sure leaves wont get in there
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Post by optus3 on Aug 27, 2006 0:49:30 GMT -5
where are the pics??? can anyone post the pics back up cheers
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Post by y2daniel1981 on Aug 27, 2006 11:01:14 GMT -5
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