viperaider
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Recently purchased the CX Racing intake for 1.4T for $100 shipped. Everything was packaged good. Heres a breakdown of it all.
The good:
Main intake tube was packaged good and had no signs of scratches or rework.
Silicone elbow was exact fit.
welds for mass air flow mount were good
liked the stainless hardware
The bad:
understand its a kit, so the provided hardware can never be exact. The support bracket required extensive work to be made perfect. I cater to $100k+ vehicles and customers who (for the most part) could care less but I cant let a botched screw/etc escape my keen eye.
#1 bracket: ****ty welding. I swear they could have cared less when welding this piece. It had two pieces of slag .5mm high that would have scratched the **** out of their pretty intake tube if i didnt use a grinder and buffer to smooth them out
#2 bracket: given the bends I was completely lost as to what bolt this meant to be under. Even after comparing to their picture I assumed it is NOT as described and that the 2013 sonics are made different versus the previous ones.
#3 The supplied clamps are junk. They look tough, stainless, etc but in actuality they are better left for the scrap heap. I tried bending them for correction which was easily done due to their workable soft metal nature but at best I was left with 1mm of usable thread. In other words....useless
Go ahead and use the hose clamps that originally came with your car.
either way, it required extensive work beyond what I expected and pray you have access to a well equipped garage or stay away from this kit. you'll regret it. Ill go in detail regarding the install to those who are interested in buying this kit. Personally if I were to try to market this crappy kit I would rather have received a 45 degree bent tube with a mount for the mass air flow sensor. CX wasted their own money on clamps etc. I would sell a form of an intake myself if there was a strong enough market.
The good:
Main intake tube was packaged good and had no signs of scratches or rework.
Silicone elbow was exact fit.
welds for mass air flow mount were good
liked the stainless hardware
The bad:
understand its a kit, so the provided hardware can never be exact. The support bracket required extensive work to be made perfect. I cater to $100k+ vehicles and customers who (for the most part) could care less but I cant let a botched screw/etc escape my keen eye.
#1 bracket: ****ty welding. I swear they could have cared less when welding this piece. It had two pieces of slag .5mm high that would have scratched the **** out of their pretty intake tube if i didnt use a grinder and buffer to smooth them out
#2 bracket: given the bends I was completely lost as to what bolt this meant to be under. Even after comparing to their picture I assumed it is NOT as described and that the 2013 sonics are made different versus the previous ones.
#3 The supplied clamps are junk. They look tough, stainless, etc but in actuality they are better left for the scrap heap. I tried bending them for correction which was easily done due to their workable soft metal nature but at best I was left with 1mm of usable thread. In other words....useless
Go ahead and use the hose clamps that originally came with your car.
either way, it required extensive work beyond what I expected and pray you have access to a well equipped garage or stay away from this kit. you'll regret it. Ill go in detail regarding the install to those who are interested in buying this kit. Personally if I were to try to market this crappy kit I would rather have received a 45 degree bent tube with a mount for the mass air flow sensor. CX wasted their own money on clamps etc. I would sell a form of an intake myself if there was a strong enough market.
