While I had my bumper removed, I removed the snorkle that comes out from the oem intake box to under the headlight. I can't believe how small the intake is. I was wondering if I would be better off leaving it on or off?

i took mine off... sounds louder... don't know if it does anything....

well if you are installing the injen CAI or something, i would definitely say remove it... i took the time and effort to remove the 1 bolt and 1 screw (and the 90 other screws necessary to do so) and noticed it left me with a nice area for the air to flow in. this is what it looks like from the bumper going up through where that snorkle used to be...

ok let me get this image to work here...

sorry about all that. couldn't get the IMG tags to work right

That;s funny, I took my snorkel off too after seeing on planetsoarer that it helps airflow (I think that's what I saw anyway ). I don't notice any power or noise difference. So, out of laziness and convenience, I am going to leave it off.
I'll see if it improves my mileage- that'll be hard to tell though since I changed my cap/rotor on the same tank of gas.

I don't even have a snorkel ?=T

Resurrecting this ancient thread...
Does the front bumper have to come off to get the stock snorkel out?

nope, you can just yank it out. there might be a few screws but it's simple as pie.

yeah it looks like u just unscrew some stuff and rip and ur good, mine as well do a BFI while u at it.

peace out