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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:34 PM
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Whatsup everyone i was wondering how do you take off the engine cover so i can install my intake?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:39 PM
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pull it off....
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:46 PM
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Do you mean the ones on the side or the one in the middle? What year do you have?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 07:48 PM
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pull it off from the top to bottom or just pull it off
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 08:27 PM
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yeah i have an 06 but i wasnt sure if you could do it without messing anything up. but to put it back on you just push it back on?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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Yep, once you take it off, you'll see how it stays on and how easy to take it off
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:50 AM
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yea...at first, i'll confess, i was a little timid on taking all the covers off...but once i did it a couple times...i can take all the covers off and put them back on in under 5 minutes =]
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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just pull it off? without screws? because mine have screws.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Rashoodz
just pull it off? without screws? because mine have screws.
Yep, just pull it off, screws and all!

LOL - j/k..don't do that. And I don't know of any engine cover screws in the US-spec IS.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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Engine bay covers (one on each side and one in the front) do have screws, but the engine cover itself, with the V6 lettering and all, does not have any screws. It just pulls off.
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 04:48 PM
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This confused me at first as well.. But I just pulled up and walah!! LOL
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Old Feb 2, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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ok thanks, as long as it lets me up it right back on too then ill give it a pull.
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