Really really dumb question....

What is the easier way to access the filter for cleaning, I assume you unclip the front half of the inner guard???

Guess so, and that would need the wheel off to do it. I reckon the bumper off is quicker? There's a separate part of the under tray directly under the filter, that might come out easier too. Don't need to worry about it for a few months yet

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Bumper would be more time consuming to remove.
Should be able to get access to the filter by removing a few clips in the wheel well and under the front bumper (looks like it could be up to 10 ).
Would most likely require removing the wheel still.

I haven't done this before so I wouldn't take this as gospel.

Edit: Picture was taken from the 2008/2009 service manual but should be pretty much the same.

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Bumper takes less than 5 mins to get off. 18 clips, undo the fog light connectors and you're done. Car doesn't need to go up on a jack, wheel can stay on

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Not arguing against that, but I would prefer to take the lining off over the bumper if I hadn't done it before.

The pop off washers and the two clips at the front of the bumper (underside) would be my concerns.
First time I put the bumper back on I nearly broke those 2 mounts as I hadn't noticed that they folded up as the bumper was installed.

Then again, as you say, once you have taken it off, it is fairly straight forward and easy to do

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UPDATED: Having lived with this mod for a few days now, I have actually noticed a DROP in acceleration at low/medium revs, with some hesitation around 3400rpm. Therefore, I will be returning back to the stock intake for now until I can get the exhaust & tune done. Getting quotes now for Race Torque ECUTEK and ASG Verso.

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confused maf resulting in some pulled timing I reckon, wise move.

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Yep - I just installed a used process west CAI, and did about an hour in the car to see if I could scale the MAF.

My fuel trims were maxed out in the B and D ranges, and my IAM was 0.5

In the end, my tuner (Eric @ Torqued Performance) is coming to the rescue and flicking over the correct MAF scaling.

Wise move indeed.

Wow! Thread revival! Didn't realise that I'd not updated this one.

After a few attempts (ASG had to modify their software to cope with the MAF) Sean got my CAI working. Been on for well over a year now. Very happy with it

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I realise this over a year old now but was there a gain notwithstanding a tune was at least possible?