Camera's 818C

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Before I dropped the top on the car, I tied up some loose ends while everything was out in the open. I never mounted my air intake as I was waiting for the side pods/rear fender wells to be installed but now was a good time even without the fender wells. I used a 45deg silicone elbow and made a simple bracket from 1/8" aluminum bar to attach the end of the AEM intake that came on my engine. The filter sits just behind my passenger side scoop and hopefully high enough to avoid the fender liner when it goes in.

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After 9 months of hanging over my head, I finally dropped the top onto the car. This thing is hard to get into haha. I've never gotten into an 818 coupe with a steering wheel before and it is tight. I put my seat in and I have about 3 fingers of space between my head and the roof. I'm 5'9" and 155lbs. I'm not sure how you 6 footers are making the coupe work. However, my seats may be on the bigger side and since I angled the front lip to get over the cross bar, the further you scoot the seat back the lower the seat gets. So that may help. I'm also still using the Subaru steering wheel which sticks out far and has a large diameter. When I switch to a smaller wheel that should give me some more room to get in and out.

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I have a question. When the manual says to cut out the front surround for the master cylinder and use the rear hood support as a "maximum guide", how did you do that? My aluminum hood support sits in front of the master cylinder. I want to cut the front surround directly in front of the master cylinder so I can reach the cap but the aluminum is there? Does the aluminum really need to be as long as it is?

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