Ok, so package arrived earlier today.
Renntech's new, Version3 carbon fibre intakes for the M156 engine.
10 house points to BenzedUP
A year or so back, I bought the Carbonio CF air boxes but they were really badly made
They had actual holes in it in some places
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, the finish was really poor and the rectangular holes for the MAF's looked like they had been drilled out by a 4yr old!
Not to mention the fact that Carbonio CF products turn a nasty yellow because the clear coat they use cannot stand up to the heat of an engine bay.
Needless to say, I sent them back sharpish!
So, the only products that look the part and reportedly don't turn yellow are the Renntech products.
Costs more (alot more!) but definitely the way to go if you're looking for attractive CF.
Olly at PCS was very kind in helping me source this product. Thanks very much for your patience Olly! Much appreciated
I cleaned the intakes down earlier and took some pics before heading out to the garage to fit it.
Got 90% of the way through removing the stock bits and pieces and was then halted by the stock Y-piece intake at the back of the engine.
I just can't get my hands to the bloody thing to remove it
It's clipped in place by a clip on each side of the oval inlet and I just can't get to them
So, I've had to put the car back to normal for now until I can get some help removing the Y-piece.
I'm not going to get carried away. I'll just wait until I can get some help.
I should have someone coming over tomorrow evening to help.
First impressions, very well made indeed. The carbon weave is flawless and really does look awesome. It's quite a chunky piece of art too. The tubes coming off the 2 filter chambers are alot bigger than Renntech's Version2 intakes. Really is a beautiful piece of carbon fibre. Very light too, as you can imagine.
Just need to fit it to make sure it fits properly but this is certainly a vast improvement on their Version2 intakes so I don't anticipate any issues that I can see.
They come with BMC filters which I will try out.
I have a spare engine cover which I have had sprayed gloss black to better match the CF of the new intakes.
I'll get some more pics up when I have finally fitted it!
