As I finished up work yesterday, I headed down the hill to the parking garage to see if I could install my new clearance light bulbs before I had to pick up my gf. I had some extra time, so I thought "why not?" I get to my car, and decide to move it to another spot where there is more light. This spot happened to be right across the "road" inside the garage, so I just backed up real slow and parked the car. I got out with my maglight, in case I needed even more light, or in case any passers by got frisky. As I opened up the hood and began to look at the back of the right headlight, I saw something that caused me to nearly shat myself: my A'pexi filter was almost completely disconnected from the silicone coupler that attaches it to the rest of the piping for the Frankencar intake. Now, the filter has been slightly loose for a little while, but I figured that it would not rattle out (I could pull it out with decent force). I grabbed some pliers and tightened the shiit out of all the rings that hold the intake in place - 2 were quite loose, even though I tightened them very well when I first installed the intake several months back.

Moral of the story: check your connections, tighten everything more than once, and keep a look out for things that may come loose. I am sure that if I had not wanted to install my clearance lights, I would have probably tore up my engine.

 

I hear that, I check my GAB every day.

 

Good you saw that.. It's about ime to change those clearance lights. I told you they would look so much better with the DDEs if changed.

 

I didn't have time to do it.. plus, it's damn hard for my manhands to get the stock ones out. I think I'm just gonna unscrew the headlights and take them out to change the bulbs; otherwise, I may rip something and end up regreting not taking the extra time to remove the lights.