melvynray

heres the bomz ebay cai. install was a hell of alot easier than injen(i did one before) and its way deeper and throaty! great product. i dont know what the difference vs stock fewels like yet cause were in the middle of hurricane pablo or whatever.. im worried to suck up water! well here u go..

scale of 1-10 i give it an 8.5



*** its from my phone. sorry. ill get better ones when we get some sun!

**** is there any way to keep the piping cooler? intulation, a paint or coating? cause even when the engine is not used the piping stays hot cause i live in florida.. any way to keep it cooler?

WesMantooth

Hey... I got the same one and its given me tons of problems (see this link: https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=124380 ). Hopefully its an isolated incident. Let me know if it gives you any trouble. Sounds great, though, I agree.

melvynray

so far so good. havent driven for more than 5 mins tho.. but no light yet *knock on wood* lol

chrischoi

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great, there goes the neighborhood.

tCing_U

True, they work as good as the others for a lot cheaper. I had one before, it didnt give me any problems at all. But the chrome part of the air filter (if thats what you also have) will rust and i think it doesnt provide good filtration. might wanna get K&N or AEM or something.

WesMantooth

hey, did you have trouble fitting the filter part down in the bumper? I had to "modify" that plastic fender cover in order to fit mine in.

ack154

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^ That would be a good reason I would stay away from eBay products like this... you shouldn't have to modify your car for it to fit properly. Someone with an xB said something similar about the BomZ one for their model as well.

Just installed a polished Injen on my g/fs tC (I have the black one) and she loves it as well.

melvynray

[quote="WesMantooth"]hey, did you have trouble fitting the filter part down in the bumper? I had to "modify" that plastic fender cover in order to fit mine in.[/quote

no modify.. it was 10x easier than the injen one to install. i helped a friend of mine install his injen and it was sooooo hard compared 2 this one..

nd4spd_4_a_tc

i have one also.
My fm tc has a injen and my rs2 has the bomz. I only got the bomz becuase im getting a turbo next year. Needed something cheap. I needed something to hold me over, the car is really quiet.

the pipes seem to fit fine. The Lower pipe goes in alot easier then the injen.
I cant figure out where those brackets go or the vibra mount. My filter is resting on the bumper. When at wot I hear a rattle from my l/s mirror. Really annyoing.
Can you get better pics? or does someone have one installed to show some pics?

ack154

iTrader: (7)

^ I'm not sure if that one is similar or not, but with the Injen, you have to relocate a ground wire to another hole in order to install the lower vibramount. Sounds like that's possibly the case here too... You'll have to have the bumper off, obviously... but that might be worth a look.

nd4spd_4_a_tc

I did that. I moved the ground wire and tried to install the vibra mount there but then the filter didnt fit .
They give you 2 gold brackets,
I think I got the 1 in the right spot. That holds up the 1st pipe. Mounts to the stock filter box nut.
But that second bracket is driving me nuts.

WesMantooth

the vibra mount installs with the z-shaped bracket in one of the holes that the stock airbox was screwed in to (the one that is closest to the middle of the engine compartment). The other one (l-shaped) screws into where the ground wire is (you'll have to remove the bumper).

melvynray

i didnt remove anything. left bumper and tire on slipped the bottom in moved the groung screwed it in and its flush! it was quick..