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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 09:04 PM
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Okay so im putting a uas kit on my car i got all the struts in but my passenger side sway bar end link the 17mm nut just keeps spinning and i went and bought a new one since the boot was ripped and its doing what the original one did im stuck now trying to get that tight anybody know any good ways to do it cause i cant seem to figure out for the life of me.Also i searched and could not find any pics how did you fellow 2gs owners run ur air lines from the front back,do u have any pictures u could show me so i kinda get an idea?
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 09:18 PM
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Runs the air lines with the fuel lines
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Would running it thru the side skirts be good?
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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I ran my air lines through the rubber grommet on the firewall...then along the edge of the carpets inside the cabin towards the trunk.
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 10:50 PM
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i ran mine along the metal fuel lines and into the trunk
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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by PHML
I ran my air lines through the rubber grommet on the firewall...then along the edge of the carpets inside the cabin towards the trunk.
and people say I'm foolish for doing so I did the same


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Old Aug 5, 2011 | 11:08 PM
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I ran my air lines through the rubber grommet on the firewall...then along the edge of the carpets inside the cabin towards the trunk.
I think that's a even better idea for me to do...do you happen to have pics of how the line looks going to the firewall?
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running through side skirts is clean
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by dejavu157
running through side skirts is clean
in retro-spec, if I even thought about doing it that way, it would have definitely been the way to go
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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does anybody have pics of how it looks like in the wheel well? if they ran it thru the side skirts? this is the route im gonna go
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Old Aug 6, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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drill the easiest route to the side skits.. its custom fit man. how ever ur imagination takes u.
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K now im done with running the air lines and i must say it was not bad at all.Now im stuck on the EAI 9 way switch i have should i run it to the battery to have it on all times or to my acc?
i cant find anything online for this
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Ok, there are COMPLETE write ups for this on CL.
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K now im done with running the air lines and i must say it was not bad at all.Now im stuck on the EAI 9 way switch i have should i run it to the battery to have it on all times or to my acc?
i cant find anything online for this
i wired mine to always 12v so i can use it any time.
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Old Aug 7, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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^^I was reading somewhere that running it to always can ruin the switch but then again I read the whole thing and never found out why it would mess it up.. have you ever had problems with urs always on?
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