Since the girlfriend was occupied with the books this evening, I figured I'd take advantage of it. Installed the Benz intake this evening... Hardest part was removing the confounded "silencer boxes" or whatever they are in the path of the intake (either side of the radiator). After much tugging and several bloody knuckles, they finally moved out of the way.

Installing the intake was a snap. Line up the hole with the MAF, line up the oil cap, and seat the intake on the little rubber grommets. Done.

Intake tubes were painfully simple. Insert, tighten band clamps, done.

I'm pretty stoked with the results.

 

looks great....

 

Looking Good man. Nice clean job.

Better close the hood before it is covered in yellow pollen dust though. Cheers

 

James, the airbox part # is 1120901101

Intake shroud for this box is part # 1120100467

I'm running K&N's as well...

 

John that white is tricked out great combination matching the exterior AWSOME

 

Looks awesome John.

 

As I stated above, that engine cover looks awesome. Can someone provide a MB part number or VIN that would fit the Crossfire? Any information would be appreciated.

Thanks, James

 

WOW! Home run with that one! Great Job~

 

Wow Impressed............. Looks So Clean

 

Thanks so much everyone. It took about three days to get the paint right... one layer/color at a time.

I think the forum hiccupped a little tonight... James' second post should actually be ahead of my first response...

NOW I'll have something to show off when I pop the hood at the next Cars N Coffee...

 

Damn..... that looks great.

Gives the whole engine bay a nice balanced look.

 

That does look great!!! Good job!

 

Very nice! Clean look. Did you buy it online?

 

Oh yeah, I like.
So this was all black before you sprayed it? Did you use spray bombs or professionals?
I am not to fond of the OEM look, this is definitely a good option.

 

Nice looks great very clean
<< Hats off >>

 

How much did this cost/where did you get it? What modification was required to get it installed?

 

Definately the nicest style MB cover available. The customizing is just iceing on the cake!

 

Awesome! A little birdie told me there is more greatness to come from John.

 

All I have to say is I'm sorry...









....You'd better start calling her your wife lol.. Intake looks great though

 

Hahaha she's a looker, isn't she? I'm a blessed man, that's for sure. Marriage isn't too far down the road. To put it another way, her ring will come before my planned wheel upgrade.

Thank you SOOOO much everyone for the awesome feedback. As for where/how to get it, TVT sells the package but they're no longer on this site. I don't have a dog in that fight, so I'm not getting in the middle of it.

BUT, an alternative is parts.com

That's where I sourced my front shroud, and it arrived perfectly in two/three days.

Exhaust shop could EASILY fab up the front pipes for you. It's simple 3" aluminum.

My car is slowly "learning" it has extra air. Each day it seems to run a bit faster. I also did throttle-reset mod to truly let it learn from scratch.

And inferno, you're absolutely right. More greatness to come...

Stay tuned fellas.