MTcX

yeah the filter was directly behind that hole in the front bumper thats off to either side. After that happend I put the factory intake back on after trading somebody for theirs.

I was lucky and got my insurance to pay the $7,000 bill from the dealership for a new engine after my $500 deductable and played dumb saying that i bought the vehicle used from the dealership like that and thought it was factory.

web

No, you'll be fine...............but, if you still are worried, just get the Bypass...............but honestly, stay away from puddles or holes in the ground with the ocean coming into them. It's really overkill but if it'll help you sleep better, then get it.

MTcX

but the bypass doesn't work on the Injen from AEM, does anyone have a pic of the bypass installed on an Injen?

spECIal

it does work.

if u cant slide it on, then u have to cut the intake to put it on.

nah Web, im jus gonna get the shield and save some money.

im glad i saw this thread 2day

web

It works on any intake, you just have to cut the intake a bit. You cut about 1/2 inch from the intake and slide it in. Again, something I wouldn't want to do and it's just more work than it's worth.

MTcX

Thats then modding your intake which some people might not want to do by permanently cutting their tubing. I know a couple people that bought it thinking it would go right on and sold it because they didnt want to cut anything.

spECIal

exactly

thats y i decided to go wit the hydroshield

KINGxOFxSKA

People are geting waaaaay too worried about something that will not happen on a tC.

You will not hydrolock with a CAI installed on a tC. I have been running mine for close to two years now and have never had one problem. Hell, I don't even have a splash guard on the bottom of my front bumper and have driven through large puddles and rain.

Just don't drive into a large body of water.... like a swimming pool, ocean, lake, etc..... (if you somehow manage to do that, i'm sure hydrolocking will be the least of your worries)

MrChoyBoi

Swimming pools are a bad thing to drive into....

907scion

I do alot of Freeway driving, I was wondering if heavy rains and road spray will effect the performance of the CAI at speeds 65+? can never predict the weather in Alaska

MTcX

One of our local members down here who actually works at a Scion dealership hydrolocked his tC with a CAI and he wasn't driving through a lake. Anything is possible so plan for the worst

spECIal

alrite.
im tryna buy the hydroshield online, and it says that certain ones fit certain intakes.

can someobody pls tell me the part # for the shield that i would need for 07 intake for tC

web

What intake you get? Injen?

web

Get the measurements that it says off the filter and select the one you want.

http://www.autoanything.com/air-filt...A2582A0A0.aspx

spECIal

yea, i got injen.
but i dont have it yet, i ordered it.

i checked injen site and it doesnt even have the 07 filter measurements

web

It'll be the same as the 05-06 injen filters, the MAF sensor is the only different piece.

Anyone on here have Injen and is willing to measure this for her?

web

On that web page I sent you, I think you have the small filter. That's the most common measurements for CAIs for sport compacts. I would get that one.

spECIal

i got it. thanx!
they had the filter measurements under the 05-06 intake filters

web

Something to keep in mind though: "Sleeve is water repellant, but not water proof."

I still am very sensitive to driving in high flood areas. I live near Annapolis and it floods there a lot in the parking lots with a heavy rain. I do a lot of highway driving in the rain and lots of city driving as well. The hydroshield will help prevent most of the problems from hydrolocking but your filter can collect so much water and trap it causing a hydrolock. This is just a preventative measure, not a 100% fix for the problem.

You can keep the cutout on the bumper closed to keep almost all water off the filter if you want. It doesn't impead performance of the filter at all.

spECIal

yea, i read that part. but every lil bit counts

yea, i wasnt gonna poke out the lil gril thing on the side bumper. im leavin that there