I've started to lightly mod the car. By now everyone must know my opionion about the stock airbox being good with the 5 inch fender air hole through the bottom. Well, today I pulled out the passenger side headlight assembly to gain access to the airbox intake tube/resonator and pulled it out. As the pic below shows it is somewhat restrictive with the resonator bellows. After I removed it, I test drove the car. Right off the bat the engine sounded a tad deeper at idle. When I took it out on the street and gave it WOT, it responded with a very nice (almost v-8) growl, just as a CAI would do. It also has more pulling power as well. My K&N panel filter will be here Monday from Fox Performance so it should be even better after that.

You left out both items? What exactly is the bottom piece?
What is attached to the top tube as well?
If it gains more power it should gain more MPG, correct?

I was going to just cut off the bellows and put the pipe back in, but I left everything out. The piece in the bottom of the pic was another resonator bellow that was attached to the pipe. I had to cut it off with a dremmel to pull everything up through the top. The resonator bellows are huge and really did a great job at quieting the engine down. Yes, the MPG should go up as well. But I find myself giving it WOT a lot more to hear the engine now. It really sounds a lot better.

How hard was it in taking out the passenger side headlight assebly? allso did you leave the air filter box, and averything else there, and just take out what was behind the light. I am going to look at doing this Monday as soon as I get outa bed!!!!!!!!!!

I just removed the pipe/bellows in the picture. Taking out the headlight is very easy, just remove the two top screws of the light housing and the top plastic pop out fasteners for the front bumper fascia. You have to pull the fascia forward in order to get the light housing out, (see the owners manual for replacing headlight bulbs for a diagram of the fascia) be careful doing this as you don't want to damage the fascia. When you get the light housing out, all you do is push the airbox intake tube down to disconnect it from the airbox, then pull it to the left to disengage it from the two fasteners. Now you can either dremmel or hacksaw the large resonator bellow off and pull everything through the top, or remove the plastic shields/airdam from the bottom of the bumper/engine and pull it out from below which will take 15 minutes to do, compared to cutting the one piece off will take only five.

ok when you do all of this will the factory air box still work without the two things I remove????

Yes, the airbox itself is still 100% intact. By removing the intake tube/bellows, your just letting more air in the airbox and also allowing more of the engine "sucking in air" to be heard.

ok I dont want to sound dum if I allready have sorry LOL, after I take the two parts out what rejoins to the botom of the air box?????

Nothing, the airbox (top and bottom) is secured to the right front fender. The air intake tube located in the fender well area is attached to the bottom of the airbox through a hole in the fender. After you remove the tube, the airbox will be taking in a larger unrestricted amount of air from the fender well area through the existing fender well hole.

You can go to Air intake system G6 (http://www.trademotion.com/partlocator/index.cfm?action=getLocator&siteid=213761&chapter=DR1FQ05&appSectionid=2453&groupid=2454&subgroupid=2287&componentid=26944&make=28&model=G6&year=2005&graphicID=FQ05150&callout=11&catalogid=2) and see the diagram of the intake system and how everything is attached.

oww ok I see,and the two parts that need to be removed are direcly behind the passenger headlight correct

yes, they are.

dude I did it and it sounds a little deeper at a stand still, and when I get into it on the road after 2nd gear it gets quit agian. I hope this helps the engine run a little cooler it allways runs at 200*F, how much horse pawer do you think you gain from doing this???

dude I did it and it sounds a little deeper at a stand still, and when I get into it on the road after 2nd gear it gets quit agian. I hope this helps the engine run a little cooler it allways runs at 200*F, how much horse pawer do you think you gain from doing this???There is no real HP gain, just better throttle response and more sound. :)

Yes, just better throtlle response and more sound. I put the K&N panel filter in so maybe 3 or 4 hp if you can believe K&N's claims and if I'm lucky. I did it purely for sound and a little better pick up. On a side note, I did notice my MPG went from 18 to 21 with the AC on which is an improvement, so I'm happy about that.

OK, I did mine Yesterday....a few things....

1) If your like me and want to avoid a problem if something was to happen with the MAF or anything with induction and you wont want crap from the dealer about warranty issues, then DO NOT cut or dremel the pieces. When removing it, just removing the clips from the right front fender and it will give it plenty of play to pull it all out in one piece so it can be put back in.

2) I didn't notice any difference at idol for sound.....I really dono how you got a v8 sound, it doesnt sound like my v8 :D I did notice a much deeper tone at WOT at lower RPM's and a loud sucking noise in between gears, along with the transmission squeal. :mad: You wont notice a power gain, its a very minimal mod, but its worth it to do.

If anyone needs help, PM me

along with the transmission squeal. :mad:
What transmission squeal? That didn't happen with mine. All I hear is intake growl at WOT. The transmission in the G6 is so smooth I don't feel it shift.

Your transmission hasnt squealed when it shifts at WOT? I know a lot of people are having the same thing, its nothing bad.

The transmissions not squealing..its a belt. I had the same issue....

These transmissions are crap...I bet another 15~20K and mine will need a rebuild. Especially with the way it jerks in gear once in a while.

The sqeal is NOT the transmission as said above. There is a TSB out on it that say it is the serpentine belt. I took the car in this week and they special ordered a new belt because they didn't have it in stock. The part number on the receipt is 12591059. Take a trip to the shop and get it fixed!

I've only had my belt squeal once, but i should have the shop look at it when i go in for my first service anyways.

mine spueals at 3 thousand rpm really loud has for months i have been to the dealer for 3 oil changes and i tell them every time that i think its the serpentine belt and they always say could not find the problem, what exactly is the TSB? Maybe if i give them a little more info they could fix it?

I do not have the TSB number but it does exist. The part number for the revised belt that was used to fix mine is 12591059. My ticket states the cause of my squesl as:

"J0667 BELT, PRIMARY ACCESSORY DRIVE REPLACE" Could be helpful info?

Thanks alot for the info this should do the trick!

At least it will prove to them that i am not crazy and such........

I have the same problem you all are having. When I give it WOT on the road it squeals right before it changes gears. My trans dosent change gears very smooth either, one thing ive noticed is that when I hold the gas down then let up a little It changes gears allot smoother

mine spueals through half way threw first to the begining of the second and im sure it would go on but i dont normally try to break the law to bad, but just yesterday i sprayed a tad bit of wd-40 on the moving parts on the alternator and a little on the moving parts conected to the serpente and now the spueal is 1/20 as it was it only makes a noise at shift wish now sounds normal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am glad that darn noise is gone it was giving me nightmares!

sorry for my lack of tecnical terms I just turned 19 at the end of july, and this is my first car.

I just did this today on my GTP, it's the same exact piece. But you don't need to do any cutting. You just have to remove the tube with both resonators on it from all the bushings that attach it to the car, I think there were 3: towards the front of the car, underneath the larger resonator on the bottom, and right below the intake box, you can't really see it you need to feel around for it. But once you pull all three off, you can pull the entire assembly out through the top.

Mike

http://www.g6ownersclub.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=184&stc=1

Heres the pic sleepless

Anyone buy the new Injen intake sytem yet? I don't want to be the first to buy it for $238 and be dissapointed with it. Someone be the guine pig for me :D

https://www.gripmotorsports.com/pi~pnd~Injen_Intake_Cold_Air_Intake_System-3000.html

http://imageserver1.textamerica.com/user.images.x/49/IMG_466849/_1019/T520051019134201301.jpg

yeah, it sounds great! It really does. However, was the tube there for a practical reason? Maybe to keep water out of the airbox? sweet advice tho! easy to do!

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yeah, it sounds great! It really does. However, was the tube there for a practical reason? Maybe to keep water out of the airbox? sweet advice tho! easy to do!

Nope, just to keep the engine quieter

Anyone with that 'Squeal' in upper RPM needs to see the dealership. The belt is a pos and is causes the noise. Im actually on my 2nd belt and its doing the same thing. :(

Just a note on the removal of the resonator. I found in my GTP Sedan the easiest way was to detach the fender/facacia a bit from the car. Inside the passenger wheel well there's a bolt at the top, one of those stupid plastic clip bolts and then a little bolt. Then the resonator pulled right out (albeit snugly, it's not like it just falls out). No cutting required. Definitly sounds better now. Not exactly louder, just deeper. Haven't done any real driving yet, but it looks like a 1.5ish mpg increase.

Did it to mine. That will work till I decide to get a CAI. I only have 160 miles on her but once I get to the 500 mark I will see what the WOT sound is like.

Tried to get that beyotch out today. Didnt have much luck and I was rushing for time. I did find one interesting thing though. There is a foam seal between the air box and this tube assembly. The foam wasn't sitting right and was actually blocking part of the hole. I swear to god the person who assembled my car was brain dead (if they wern't Union I would say they have been fired by now...but thats probably not the case). Ah well.. Ill get that SOB out of there tomorrow. Tahngarths way sounds like the easiest.. Ill probably do it that way.

I just spent an hour working on it too. I didn't want to cut it, so I tried unsuccessfully to reach the back bolt holding it on. I'm gonna wait until I get the splash guards. When I have the wheels off to install them, I'll pull that bolt out too.
Has anyone installed a short piece of pipe from the airbox into this cavity? That way we're not just relying on that foam spacer to insulate from the engine bay? Although, I guess once the airbox is screwed down back in place, it's probably a tight fit. Thoughts?

Day 2... only had 10 ~ 15 minutes to play with it. Couldn't get the panel out of the way with the wheel on.. so its going to wait until I have some ACTUAL free time to do it.

Get out the hack saw man! :banghead:

I cut away a section from the top trying to get it out but it just wasnt enough to get the thing out of there. I have 2 jobs lined up in the morning plus my normal 9~10 hour day at work..so I doubt Ill be getting it done anytime soon..

I cut away a section from the top trying to get it out but it just wasnt enough to get the thing out of there. I have 2 jobs lined up in the morning plus my normal 9~10 hour day at work..so I doubt Ill be getting it done anytime soon..

just a note of encouragement.....if you really want that damn thing out of there, you CAN take it out through the headlight opening. BUT, it is a BEEOTCH!!! first, make sure you remove all the retainers across the top of the front fascia all the way to the LEFT headlight. then remove the right headlight. behind the headlight, there is a bolt that attaches the fascia to the fender. remove the bolt and this will allow the fascia to 'drop' slightly, enough to persuade the resonator to come out of hiding. i DO recommend that you take some masking tape and apply around the fascia and fender when removing and installing the headlight. this may keep you from accidentally scratching the paint.

took me about 45 minutes (not sure what that is in Canadian time) to get the job completed and reassembled, but most of it involved alot of just standing around, swearing and scratching my head. i had actually bought a 'test dummy' from the local dealership, modified it first and had it ready to go back in once the original one was removed. i cut off the bottom 'tank', but instead of leaving the hole open, i blocked it off with a lid off a plastic container. sealed it with RTV and screwed it on. VOILA, instant modified air duct.

next project is the removal of the muffler, adding the "Y" pipe with chrome tips and installing the rear fascia off the GTP for my 'Dual Exhaust" look.

Thanks for the tip. LOL

this was a quick mod but i gotta quick question
after i took it off, when i reved my engin in neutral it seemed like it would rev up and then die, it seemed really "sick" if thats the right word....is this normal...does it even make sense...

How high did you go? The engine does have a rev limiter on it to protect it from damage. It's really not a good idea to sit and rev it over 3000. Maybe a quick light tap, but thats it.

So I was just out trying to move the intake tube and resonators, and there's definitely a bolt securing the whole assembly to the frame rail. The only way I can get to it is if I were to take off the wheelwell piece. I guess they changed it for the GTP?

this was a quick mod but i gotta quick question
after i took it off, when i reved my engin in neutral it seemed like it would rev up and then die, it seemed really "sick" if thats the right word....is this normal...does it even make sense...

Sick is a good way to describe it. I put a 4" sewer pipe intake with a 7" cone filter on my Grand Prix. When you reved it up, you'd think the oil pan was dry! Sounded nasty, but neat at the same time, since I knew there wasn't a problem. You may need to reset the computer. If we're decreasing a restriction, the computer may be reading more air than what it's used to and trying to over compensate for it. You should just need to disconnect the battery for 30 minutes or so. Then go out and drive it like you stole it, so the computer can relearn the settings.

I want to do this and read everybody's description on how to do it, I just do not want to **** up my car by doing something wrong, so is there any step by step easy and simply directions on how you did this??? because I am willing to do this, if it is done correctly so is the "resonator" that you removed under the air box where the drop in filter is placed or how does it work?

I want to do this and read everybody's description on how to do it, I just do not want to **** up my car by doing something wrong, so is there any step by step easy and simply directions on how you did this??? because I am willing to do this, if it is done correctly so is the "resonator" that you removed under the air box where the drop in filter is placed or how does it work?

Since this thread is a bit more than 3 years old I don't think you'll get a hit on your question right away. Bump it up every so often. :)

just remove your front right tire. Take out the two or so screws and the half dozen plastic push pins and pull back your wheel well plastic to expose it.

Remove the bolt holding it in and pull it out.

Easy cheesy.

It will not pull up through your 4" opening under your stock box and you can not access the bolt if you remove your headlight.

You dont need the thing unless your gonna be driving through 3 foot of water....in which case it wont matter. lol

did you do this lampoon? just wondering if i should do this when i get my intake

Yes.....otherwise its blocking your air inlet.

just installed the intake before i read this came today
so do i take both pieces out or what some are taking both out.thank you lampoon

Its one piece....Take it out when you get a chance to free up the airflow.
It will get better and better....You like???? :cool:

just remove your front right tire. Take out the two or so screws and the half dozen plastic push pins and pull back your wheel well plastic to expose it.

Remove the bolt holding it in and pull it out.

Easy cheesy.

It will not pull up through your 4" opening under your stock box and you can not access the bolt if you remove your headlight.

You dont need the thing unless your gonna be driving through 3 foot of water....in which case it wont matter. lol

So I completely remove the tire, than remove the two screws and the push pins for the above tire flap and than what I am going to be looking for again, I know the two screws to remove are aroudn there, but what am I pulling out a small piece of pipe or what??? And after that is it just the bottom of the stock air box that I am looking at or what??

oh yeah after I put the tire flap back on with the screws and push pins, is it 100 percent that I will not gett any water into the airbox, since there is not piping and purely air is going in and the only thing in its way is the above tire flaps??? because I am also thinking about lowering my car 1.5 to 2.0 inches and yeah will that affect it either??

thanks lampoon sound great. ill do this tomorrow just to make sure, it is the piece that is at the bottom of the airbox right? ok the picture on the very beginning of this thread ,sorry for all the questions just want to make sure iam pulling out the right piece thanks for the help everyone.:D:)

ok i just took a look at the first tread and remember them saying they were cutting it out i guess to make things easier.that explains why lampoon is saying it is one piece

look for the big french horn looking thing.
Does this help?
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/earlpoe/image2-1.jpg

I have seen 3 different kinds but it kinda looks like this:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o126/earlpoe/image4.jpg

You wont see the bottom of the stock airbox. Its sitting on metal. you will see the
4" opening if you take the resonator out and thats what you want.

Which intake do you have Hitman?

just finished doing this and i forgot to ask will it affect a smog check?
:eek:

It shouldnt....no.

thank you lampoon very nice product:D

After a couple min. of fighting with it i sawed it out:agree:
Long long time ago.

Thats certainly one way to do it... http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/lampooner/Emoticons/04.gif

i have a stock intake, well you can unbolt or unscrew it offinstead of cutting it out correct?

Yes...most who saw it out accessed it by taking out the headlight.
When you look at it from up top and from the front
you can not see the bolt that is holding it in.
10 min or so of fighting with it and people rip/saw it out. lol
If you go from the wheel well or under you can see the bolt and its easy cheesy.

Plus it may not fit through the headlight opening....so smaller peices help in
that regard to. ha haa

yeah i pulled mine out through the wheel well like lampoon posted dude pretty easy just 4 little bolts and a few push pins. takes a little umph though to back the pins off. you might think your gonna break them but don't be scared unless your superman.:beer:

Its a good feeling when its finally done. Its like the only weight reduction mod:banana:

yeah i just took my car to the track and ran 1 sec. faster with the weight reduction mod dude lol:D

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/lampooner/Ram%20Air%20CAB/3122008013.jpg

fancy clip remover, my poor self had to use my hands

I am going to do this tommorow morning, since it is my day off, and omg i ask so many questions and dont even take the wheel off lol...


but last question I swear, so can I just use the other side of a hammer to remove the push pins ??? And when i remove the tubing, do I pull the whole thing I am looking at under the air box out like remove every screw I see on it off and than pull the entire thing off the air box???


thank man and I will post up maybe wensday on how my car sounds and functions after this mod, haha hopefully I wont have to reset my computer but disconnecting the batter ...

With a stock intake dont expect miracles.
You may have a little more noise but that should be about it.

I think my resonator was held in place with one bolt.

What tubing are you going to remove?? A hammer? Nooooo....screwdriver, pliers whatever to pull them out. I recommend a clip remover like the one I have above.

I think I paid $12 for it at an automotive store.

You will not have to reset anything....You have a V6 right?

Alos you know you wont even see your intake as it is not it the quarter panel.
Its seperated by a metal wall.

Lampoon, I just did it this morning in the rain -_- and I pulled the push pins out and a couple of screws. Did I do it correctly?, there was only actually one bolt holding the complete black piping on to the frame of the car under the airbox, so I squeezed in there unscrewed it and noticed the other two holes or holders were not screws but just push pins so I yanked the whole thing out after removing the one bolt holding it on?? the picture you posted on page 3 is exatcly what I got, just one complete piece rather than pieces from cutting it hahaha... so did you also just yank out the whole thing leaving a big, hallow space with the the circle cut on top where the air box is in??

This is so fun just dirty, cut up, working on my car and when I finished it and put the tire back on it was so satisfying, haha i think i am going crazy about cars..

anyways, I was going to ask you to since the air box is exposed through that circular hole, and i guess the piping acts like a filter or whatever, does that mean without that big black pipe piece I removed, more dust, dirt, debrie, water, etc can easily get into the air box which means I will have to replace the filter more often since there is not barrier between it and the air that comes in and it would most likely get dirtier more often ???? Have you or any of you guys had any problems with air filter maintance or frequent replacement after this mod to this day, since alot of you guys did this years ago when this forum came about ???

nOpE.
Never had any problems i noticed a deepper tone at W.O.T.
I deff would get a Crab Intake next. I am poor and cheap so i have an injen for now.
Once you have an intake your feeling of happiness with this mod will easily double.:banana::agree:

I never recommended taking it off with a stock intake.... :eek:

Im sure youll be fine though...
lol

What is W.O.T ???

where can you buy Injen air takes at, like the best deal???

Lampoon, are you sure I will be fine though with the stock airbox along with a drop in K&N filter since I remove the entire piece of tubing out???

wide open throttle
aka heavy foot.

aka my big ass toe haha

What is W.O.T ???

where can you buy Injen air takes at, like the best deal???

Lampoon, are you sure I will be fine though with the stock airbox along with a drop in K&N filter since I remove the entire piece of tubing out???

INjen u can get online i used ebay. http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZg6Q20injenQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ
Crab intakes "awesomesauce" www.crabintakes.com

The drop in k@n will work fine but if u plan on getting an intake thats 50+ $
you can put towards it :cool:

Sorry I'm so late on this thread, I just recently got my G6. So I just take this thing off, and that's it. I don't have to put anything back on right?

Did this today. It's very easy to do and took me about 20 minutes. I found that the easiest way without breaking it is as follows :

1. remove passenger side front wheel.

2. remove a bunch of the plastic pop rivets and screws that hold the plastic wheel well on. i think there were about 5 or 6 plastic rivets that i pulled out and 2 bolts. try not to destroy these because you need to put the wheel well back in place eventually.

3.bend the wheel well back and secure it out of your way and you'll see the resonator.

4. on my '09 GT, there were 2 fasteners and a bolt that held it in place.

--4a. if you look from the side of the car near the top of the resonator, there is a bolt holding it to the fender.

--4b. near the bottom of the resonator on the fender side there is a plastic fastener. use a flat screwdriver to pop the top part out a little and then pull it with your fingers to remove it.

--4c. the second plastic fastener is way up under there. i had to fight with it for a while before i could get the head to come away from the base enough to grab with my fingers.

5. at this point, it should pretty much fall out in tact (in case you want to make a horn out of it or something)

6. unsecure the wheel well and put the fasteners back in and you're done. let her breathe!

funny thing i didnt even know the g6 had this thing... it explains alot when im at WOT the engine cuts back a little bit as if its not gettin enough air, and then takes off. i was working on my wifes saturn a few months back and took off the resonator with out knowning, shes getting an extra 50miles a tank! this is deff a good mod i cant wait to do this with my 6!!! :D

There is a reason it is on there. Without replacing your intake I wouldnt mess with it.

Finally got around to removing my resonator. Did it with the "remove right front wheel first" method (and rotated my tires while I was at it).

Just now finished it, and haven't been on the road yet, so don't know if their's any improvement.

Just did this today - wow what a piece of crap system Pontiac has with these wheel wells :mad::confused: When I put my FWI intake in my Grand Prix it simply had a series of 7mm bolts to undo and it came apart, as Lampoon would say, easy cheesy. Not so this time. You would have thought the Government was already running GM when this car was built, by the intricate yet random system of bolts (some 7mm; some 10mm) & push clips plus the way its one solid piece down the front as well, requiring additional bolts & push clips to deal with and making for the fender to become completely separated, but somehow miraculously put back together :eek:

Given all that, no time for a road test yet so I'll have to give a report tomorrow ;)

I was able to pull this resonator out through the top; just had to pull more pins and bolts out of the bumper to allow for this monstrosity to come out. With my cold air intake and box already in place I really did not notice any difference in performance our sound. Not putting it back on though!

With my cold air intake and box already in place I really did not notice any difference in performance our sound. Not putting it back on though!x2 - maybe a slight bit louder but not much. As for performance if anything it seemed a little less responsive :banghead:

Definitely have to give this mod a thumbs down - just get CRABs & be done with it :beer:

i took it off today, didnt really idle louder, and didnt sound any different when i drove, little better throttle response, and it only got louder when i floored it lol

edit: put it back on till i get my Crabs next month!!

i just had 2 questions,
i have the 2008 2.4L will i have the same setup to do this mod?
and when you take the resonator off do you need to put anything in its place or just leave the whole in the bottom of the air box to suck air from?

i just had 2 questions,
i have the 2008 2.4L will i have the same setup to do this mod?
and when you take the resonator off do you need to put anything in its place or just leave the whole in the bottom of the air box to suck air from?

you should have the same setup, mine was. and once its off, just put everything back together, no need to put anything in its place. just sucks air out the hole.

Since your stock box is sealed there is no where for water to go but be sucked into the engine. The resonator had chambers to capture & prevent that.

I dont recommend removing it unless you change out your box to another intake that addresses that.

Added airflow to the 2.4 will trigger lean issues and CEL's without a tune.

Since your stock box is sealed there is no where for water to go but be sucked into the engine. The resonator had chambers to capture & prevent that.

I dont recommend removing it unless you change out your box to another intake that addresses that.

Added airflow to the 2.4 will trigger lean issues and CEL's without a tune.

i figured that before i put mine back, dont know much about cars, but i know enough about physics and stuff.

has anyone tried this mod with the 2.4L and has it thrown an engine code? is it worth doing, or is there anything else that could be done intake wise to get some benafits that wont throw a code?

To my knowledge there are no mods u can do to the intake on the 2.4 without
a tune. I dont know why its so finicky. The 3.5, 3.6, and 3.9 adjust well to the added airflow.

Practically the same engine is in the Cobalt and if you add an intake to it you dont get the lean issue- which comes with bad MPG and tranny bucking, codes - etc. like you do when you add it to a 2.4 G6.

Its a mystery.

Try the other board....there are a few threads on it there where guys have tried.

I wish this wasnt so cause I would SOOOOO make an intake for it. The hardest part would be redesigning the MAF bracket as the stock one couldnt be used.

Do I have this rite.If I have CRABs I should not remove resonator?

Noooooo.....if you have the itchy Crabs then remove the resonator!!!

Thanks Lampoon I will do it then:D

if i got the WAMS tune then i could remove the resonator? how long would that take to send in my computer and get back?

I dont know.....ask Chris. He is on here. Username id GTPprix.
http://www.g6ownersclub.com/forum/member.php?u=493

Yeah and i would make sure you private message him before you send it cause i didnt and he didnt know i sent it little confussion there but its pretty quick mines coming in a couple of days.

I removed the air box this weekend. Not much difference in sound if you already have an air intake thats not stock but atleast it frees up that space so you can get more cold air in to it.

I was able to take it out without having to remove the wheel or the wheel well skirt. Mind you I had a buddy help me so it was a little easier haha

I'm gonna take those pieces out tomorrow when I get offbi already have a intake so I will definitely be able to see a difference. I am actually gonna get a new intake soon gonna get the k& n I just have a cheaper no name one right now and it works just wanna get a better one
And for the squeal at high rpms is probably one of the idler pulleys I had the same problem with mine a while ago and when I went to change the belt I saw some belt build up on the smooth idler pulley so I changed the belt the tensioner and both te smooth ad grooved idler pulley and bow I have no noise I'm not saying it's gonna fix it but did for me and the parts aren't that pricey to try

I took out the pieces today I had to rotate my tires so since I work at a shop after I got off I put my car in te air to rotate the tires and removed the pieces from underneath I jut took the inner fender loose and there was just one bolt and two bushings holding it in I already have a intake so sound wise not a noticeable difference and throttle response was already great so maybe it will bring the mpg up I'll see in the next few weeks but at least the air can glow easier now

Here are pics of my resonator removal. what a fiasco haha. i took the passenger light off. there are two plugs holding the resonator into place. one on the top and one on the front side. pain to remove! but now theres a huge space, im going to call it an "eye socket" because its right behind the light :)

There is a How To on that. Easiest way is through the wheels well as
you can access the bolt easy cheesy from back & below.