Hello,

I have a question that may look silly to most of you... I just bought a 2007 RX8 with the Mazdaspeed CAI already installed. The problem is that I don't see an easy way to remove the filter if I want to clean it. Do I have to remove the front bumper each time? I digged the forum quite a lot for an answer and I havn't found anything. It would be nice if somebody can put me on track. Thanks a lot.

 

yes i think you do. PITA.

i should really clean mine.. but i hate taking the bumper off.

 

I always have to trick myself into making it worth it to take off the bumper. Taking it off just to clean the filters seems tedious but if you also maybe need to switch your fog light bulbs from led to yellow or completely straighten out your oil coolers, it seems more worth it...

 

I limit myself to removing the undertray.

 

Thanks to all of you for the good tips.
Removing the under tray looks to be the easiest solution but I'll have to remove the two rivets that keeps the part attached to the side panels.... I'll try with the bumper first (I'll learn how to remove it). It's snowing here... So I have plenty of time.

 

To remove the bumper you have to remove the undertray anyway.