Neuspeed High Flow Intercooler PipeAll I can say is who the hell figured a pancake shaped pipe would be good for a car... Silly germans...
Equipment:Neuspeed High Flow Intercooler Pipe
A jack and some jackstands
Tools:Flathead screwdriver.
10mm and 7mm rachet.
Flashlight
Stuff from the spare tire bin in the trunk
Installation: The goal of this install was to replace the crappy pancake looking intercooler pipe with a nice round one that can actually channel air.
The first step is to jack up the car and take the passangers side front wheel off. You can find the tool in the picture in your trunk with the spare. It pops the plastic caps off. Also the locking nut bolt is in the equipment box in back:
Here are the nuts removed with the tools:
Now you can see the pancake. Why VW insists on using restrictive parts is beyond me.... From what I hear there is no reason behind how the hose clamps are mounted. Ours pointed in the worst direction possible which is into the engine. Using screwdrivers, small rachets and patience we eventually got the thing off of the engine hose and intercooler connections. It was easy, but a pain so just give it some time. One thing to be aware of is that there is an upper bolt that holds the pipe to the frame, take that bolt off (ours was black) and then remove the non threaded brass looking bolt from the slot, it keeps it stable I guess. The hole on the pipe mount is pretty big so this makes it so that it can't move around.
Take the dual hose clamped piece of tubing off of the pancake or intercooler depending on how you remove it and put it on the end of the Neuspeed pipe.
Now put the new part in reversing the order you used to take the pancake out. Make sure you line up the hose clamps so they are easy to get to if you ever have to work on it again. Make sure the pipe is real snug before you tighten the clamps too.
Put the wheel back on and tighten up the nuts and lower the car. Then tighten the wheel more and put the caps on.
And now your intercooler can breathe. Congrats.
Information provided by: IzVW of Club18t.com
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http://www.IzVW.com
