Headlight Cold Air Intake Instructions

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Materials Needed

• 2 APC 96-00 Honda Civic (DX & LX only) Intakes (Part No. 15.1001.K)
• 1 3-2 reducer
• 5 3” hose clamps
• APC blow off valve or joint
• Small oil breather
• Circular saw
• Phillips head screwdriver
• Power drill with unibit
• 10mm socket and ratchet
• 1ft of 5/16 (7.9mm) fuel hose
• Tie wraps

Step One: Remove Battery

If you don’t know how to do this step, stop now, and watch some TV or something. The idea here is to buy 51R-D battery because the intake is going to take up the space that the original battery occupied. This 51R-D battery will turn sideways and sit just behind the huge wire wrap that goes from your fusebox over, and just in front of your strut tower. You’ll see later. And don’t worry about power loss, the smaller battery provides just as much power as your stocker. The battery I have I got from Autozone, and it puts out 500 cold cranking amps and 625 running amps. I’ve run all my accessories, my sound system, and my window buttons all at the same time without a problem.

Step Two: Remove Front Bumper

You’ll first have to remove that long splashguard underneath the bumper. There are like 10 or so 10mm bolts holding it up. The next step is to remove your turn signals. There is one screw on each, and then the end closer to the center of the car pulls straight out, and then you can remove the assembly. Then you’ll need to remove the black support that your hood sits on, on top of the bumper. There are four 10mm bolts and then 4 clips and two guide rods on either end. Just get your fingers underneath the center and pull straight up. You’ll have to yank pretty hard if you’ve never taken it off before. Next there are 4 or 5 screw clips that hold the bumper to the steel reinforcement. (They are located just under the top of the grille opening.) Unscrew the thing and then pull downward. I broke all of mine so don’t feel bad if you do. Now the hard part. In-between the fenders and the bumper itself there are three 10mm bolts on each side. The studs are on the bumper itself, they stick through three holes in the fender and are held on with 3 nuts from the backside. The bottom two are fairly easy to get to, provided you’ve undone some of the inner fender liner and pulled it out of the way first. I’ll be honest with you, the top ones are a pain in the rear. I removed my side marker lenses and stuck my hand in there to hold the ratchet in place as I wrenched away. You’ll only be able to turn your ratchet one or maybe two clicks before you’ll have to go back and crank it again. With that being done the bumper just might fall off in your hands, if not, pull straight out and be careful not to let those studs scratch your fenders.

Step Three: Remove High Beam Headlight(s)

You’ve got two options here. You can remove both headlights like I did, (because personally I think it would be weird only having one high beam), or you can just remove one. With the front cap off, you can see and easily remove the 4 bolts that hold each of them on. Sit back and look at the monster you’ve created. :)

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