mattandrew
Registered User
Ive had the forge CAI fitted a month or so now and the ugly engine bay has annoyed me since. I looked into after market engine covers and decided against them so came up with the plan to butcher the original OEM cover. So I can put the car back to standard I purchased a spare engine cover from ebay for £50 as a new one from audi is about £130.
Heres the engine bay before with the CAI fitted, its not the best pic but you all know how ugly they look with the original cover removed.
I set to butchering the engine cover after I made the first few incisions
It would of been a bit to much hard work for the dremel so decided on the 9 inch angle grinder, bit over the top but did the job a treat.
after a few trial fits and a bit more cutting, the finished job
The modified cover uses the existing two front mounting points. I used a strip of double sided sticky foam along the back edge. The underside back edge sits across the top of the coil packs. I then used a cable tie to secure the cover down
The finished product fitted to the car
Heres the engine bay before with the CAI fitted, its not the best pic but you all know how ugly they look with the original cover removed.
I set to butchering the engine cover after I made the first few incisions
It would of been a bit to much hard work for the dremel so decided on the 9 inch angle grinder, bit over the top but did the job a treat.
after a few trial fits and a bit more cutting, the finished job
The modified cover uses the existing two front mounting points. I used a strip of double sided sticky foam along the back edge. The underside back edge sits across the top of the coil packs. I then used a cable tie to secure the cover down
The finished product fitted to the car