i'm thinking of getting my Y pipe powder coated arctic silver to match my car, does anyone have a Y pipe removal diy ? (i spent a while searching but couldnt find anything)

i'm assuming it has to be powder coated as opposed to regular body shop spray due to the heat in the engine bay etc

 

It's pretty straight forward and I was thinking of painting mine for a while now! I about yanked it out last night, but with it being in the teens temperature, the garage is freezing, so I waited...

Basically:

1. Disconnect hoses to ICs

2. Remove air filter box (13mm bolt at rear of car in the center, remove MAF wires, loosen intake clamp, swing box up 90 degrees rotating it on the intake hose part, then slip it out)

3. Remove the 10mm bolts (I think 2 or 3 of them) that holds the Y pipe on

4. Loosen throttle body to Y pipe clamp (a lot since it has a lip I think)

5. Remove the N75 valve vac hose

6. Wiggle it out!

Reinstall is the reverse, but the N75 hose is a pain to get back on so a pair of curved needle nose pliers is best.

I may have missed something, but it is a pretty simple job, IMO.

 

Chad has it covered. I recommend putting in a longer piece of hose on the N75 so you can at least move it with it coming undone. 6" piece with a little pigtail and make sure it doesn't kink.

 

Thanks a lot Chad, sounds pretty simple

should be a nice cheap mod to make my engine bay look a little more interesting

 

Absolutely! That is one sucky part about our cars, the stock engine bay is horribly boring...

 

exaclty, was also thinking about having the oil cap etc painted body color, or orange, something different, not sure

 

Now you guys got the hamster wheel spinning . . . .

 

I just removed mine - going to paint it guards red this weekend. I forgot the F hose has to come off and another small hose near the throttle body. As well as a sensor wire near the throttle body.

Will post up a pic once I get it back in!

 

Painted, will install tomorrow:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11298777@N08/5272686008/http://www.flickr.com/photos/11298777@N08/5272686008/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/11298777@N08/, on Flickr

 

Done:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11298777@N08/5274498049/

 

That looks wicked!
Nice job.

 

Thanks man! Not bad for $6 in paint and a few hours!

 

Nice job Chad. I envy you guys who just dig in and work on your cars. I'm always afraid that I'll screw something up that will cost me more in the end. Never learned when I was a kid.

 

That happens to! When I put my coilovers on, I broke some stuff and cost me pretty much the labor I saved to get it repaired. Plus about a month and a half waiting on parts from Germany (during the volcano episode)... I just like to tinker and you win some and lose some! :-) Coilovers was definitely much much more difficult than the y pipe!

 

Since we're in the subject ... how long would it be to change the tb? easily DIY?