How do i remove the air silencer/intake silencer?

[Cobalt_07_LT_Chris]

I own an 07 cobalt LT stock and wanted to work on it 1 thing at a time. my first target is to remove air silencer. ive attempted once and my dad thinks its not hooked up to the intake even though its still in there, and he knows its in there. we just looked under the intake and it felt loose and was not stuck to the intake. is it supposed to be loose? is there an easier way to remove it? i heard you can remove it by taking out the head light, but my dad dont trust me, and it was hard to remove the headlight. (afraid of breaking something). pictures would be nice, a video will be even better, thanks.

 

[cobalt123]

It's attached to part of the frame down below it's hard to get to

 

[YelloEye]

You can remove it by unbolting the fender liner or thru the headlight area.

 

[06CobaltLS]

Check out this thread. Should help a ton. Helped me. Props to Cobalt123.

http://www.chevycobaltforum.com/forum/f56/intake-mod-2-2l-cobalts-pictures-292/

 

[cobalt123]

yay props

 

[06CobaltLS]

^^^

 

[Jmesl8er]

Go to photobucket.com, do a member search for jmesl8er, I have pics of every step on how to get it out, real good pics

 

[Cobalt_07_LT_Chris]

thanks guys. my dad n i were havin a hard time to take it out. he still dont believe me that it can be removed from the headlight but i may have to do it my self. i heard that theres no gain to anything but sound from doin this am i correct?

 

[06CobaltLS]

idk i just took mine out to be able to extend my CAI further

 

[cobalt123]

a bazooka works as well

 

[06CobaltLS]

yea i couldn't fit mine out through the headlight so i took a little rope saw and cut a section of the pipe off..worked good.

 

[cobalt123]

thatll work you wont want this back in anyways

 

[06CobaltLS]

yea it went straight in the trash..still have the rest of the intake incase i sell the car n wanna keep the CAI

 

[Cobalt714]

I just finished removing this, took like an hour
then dropped in a K&N air filter

This will hold me until i buy an intake

 

[06CobaltLS]

Cool, got any pics?

 

[cobalt123]

yea it went straight in the trash..still have the rest of the intake incase i sell the car n wanna keep the CAI

I let mine go when I sold the car the intake only fit the cobalt and i wasn't buying another one

 

[06CobaltLS]

Yeah but i got the build-your-own spectre intake so i could make it fit any car with just some modifications.

 

[cobalt123]

Ah I'm thinking if doing that with mine instead of buying a specific one

 

[06CobaltLS]

you should..its like $150 cheaper than a K&N one or something like that and you can make changes to it at any time..the only bad thing about it is that its plastic

 

[RedDead]

thats what she said