The_Chosen_One wrote:

get the wiring in a loom before you rub through the insulation and short something silly

awww come on TMS gotta give me more credit than that. That pic is 2 years old thats when I began wiring my standalone.

I'll give you credit, 26% interest

Crappy cell phone pictures of my ghetto cold air box

Installed

The top section

The bottom section

Not-to-scale diagram of construction

Basically, the bottom section is cut to fit under the intake pipe / MAF, and essentially block air from coming from the engine bay, the top peice sits on top to cover the gap left by the long open area that allows the intake / MAF to sit in the proper place, as well as sit on top to complete the 'box' so to speak. The other sides and bottom are just the car.. it's not 100% sealed by a long shot but it works. You can see t hat I ran out of vacuum tubing to cover the nearly serrated edges from the sheet alum I cut with tin snips, I got more and haven't gotten around to slicing it (cut down the length to wrap around the edge) and attaching it (drill small holes at corners, zip tie through hole and around hose)..

Yes, one of the relay boxes is trapped in there with it :P The front end of it is to the side of the SMIC piping, but there is airflow from behind headlight and from part of the opening into the SMIC area that isn't taken up by the pipes and is 'in' the air box area.