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Aug 24, 2006 | 12:31 AM

jinxeng

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Help with the SLP lid installation

i installed the slp lid along with the slp bellows but it seems like it doesnt fit well.
i cant fully clip the lid and it barely slides in the four slots on the filter base. does anyone have similar problems with the installation ? thanks in advance.

Aug 24, 2006 | 01:17 AM

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Well, while I don't have the bellows, and do have an SLP lid, I'm pretty sure the word around here is going to be that you will need to trim the bellow down a little bit to move things back so the lid will go into the 4 slots. You could maybe try to slide the bellow as far onto the throttle body as you could. My money would be the trim thing though.

Aug 24, 2006 | 01:35 AM

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just trim it a little and you will be fine

Aug 24, 2006 | 01:48 AM

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also make sure that the front lip of the lid (between the clips) is tucked into the lower air box

Aug 24, 2006 | 03:24 AM

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It's your bellows, trim it. I put my SLP lid on yesterday, and it fit like a glove with the stock bellows.

Aug 24, 2006 | 03:30 AM

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the filter my lid came with didnt fit, SO luckily I already had a K&N and left that in there and it cleared better.

Aug 24, 2006 | 07:03 AM

ChocoTaco369

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i would take off the bellows all together. there is no gain to be seen. all it's good for is cracking lids and causing them to fit improperly.

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Aug 24, 2006 | 01:38 PM

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just take the bellow off, you want notice a difference

Aug 24, 2006 | 03:22 PM

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Hmm...I have the factory bellows, and my SLP lid has never fit right...hits the hood right in between the SLP logo and the bellows every time I close it. Anyone else had this problem?

Aug 24, 2006 | 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by navy02ws6

Hmm...I have the factory bellows, and my SLP lid has never fit right...hits the hood right in between the SLP logo and the bellows every time I close it. Anyone else had this problem?

I have that same problem but i have the smooth bellow.

The bellow has to be trimmed to fit correctly. After i trimmed mine the lid fit good

Aug 24, 2006 | 04:04 PM

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Weird...guess this is just an SLP thing. None of my friends have ever had a problem with the fitment on their lids.

Aug 24, 2006 | 04:08 PM

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Weird...guess this is just an SLP thing. None of my friends have ever had a problem with the fitment on their lids.

I think a lot of people have a problem with the SLP lid rubbing on the hood. I hate the mark on my lid!

Aug 24, 2006 | 04:17 PM

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I have SLP lid and bellows and I never had a problem with fitment.
And leave the bellow on, it looks way better than the stock ****.
Of course you wont notice a difference, haha, who thinks that you would??

Aug 24, 2006 | 04:21 PM

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my bellow did not line up correctly with the lil notches,,had to make my own lil notches to make it line up right,,,,my lid does fit quite tight as well