Re: Car Thread! (unstuck)
It's the trend these days with the engine covers. My car has it too...all over!!! It does add an extra step into working on your car, but it does a good job protecting it from settling dust. That's probably the only advantage of it. Just to get to my air filter, I have to take apart the intake duct (like the one you see on the AMG, and the side panel covers in the engine bay. These plastic retaining rings or nylon screws (whatever you call it) breaks off so easily. Cheap. But the plastic cover also serve a purpose on my car. It also has a "ram" air type duct that feeds directly into the intake tubing. It's like a CAI, but I have two of them. One down below by the fender well and the other one in the very front of the car exactly like what you see on the AMG, but integrated with the engine cover (unlike the AMG for that part). So if I were to remove the cover, that one piece of the intake is gone. So dumb.