Drill to Cobra

[dun4791]

Im not gonna drill a hole in the cobra for the FIPK i just got from Martin...........Gonna make some new brackets for the factory spot.I know Cliff wants one.anyone else??

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[Flyn]

These will bolt up to the stock air filter box bolt hole. This way you don't have to drill the hole in your fender. Is there any interest in this bracket from you guys and girls with the FIPKs?

 

[hj16]

Product solicitation from Non Vendors is not tolerated

 

[Flyn]

So do you want one, Hank?

 

[hj16]

So do you want one, Hank?

No, Im not messing around with the crap underhood filters anymore

Check SVTP though, you'll sell HUNDREDS!!!!!

 

[ShelbyGuy]

i dont understand why someone with an fipk would want a second set of bracketry. they come with brackets already.

if you are afraid to drill a simple hole in a car, you are very confused about what a car is and how resale value is determined.

 

[Flyn]

I didn't feel like drilling the hole in mine because I think it's a future rust starting point if it isn't primed and painted. I think that some guys may be afraid to drill and might want a bracket that lets them mount the filter without drilling. We're not selling this now, we're just exploring interest in whether it would be worth producing.

 

[Dana]

I didn't feel like drilling the hole in mine because I think it's a future rust starting point if it isn't primed and painted.

So prime it and paint it.

And save some weight at the same time.

Dan

 

[Flyn]

So prime it and paint it.

And save some weight at the same time.

Dan

LOL! What, an ounce or two? How do you get to the back of the fender with the primer/paint? If I'm going to paint anything, it will be my rusting heat exchanger and cobra grill ornament. C'mon, Spring...

I think if Lyle wants to make up a few of these, He and I could just carry some in our cars and sell a few to people who comment on seeing ours. That would also eliminate shipping which would probably be as much as the bracket costs. I wonder what K+N pays for their bracket. Maybe they would be interested. Hmmmm.

 

[Dana]

You don' t have to get to the back of the fender, you just stick a brush through the hole you just made and wiggle it around. No one says you have to spray paint it...

Dan

 

[ShelbyGuy]

if you cant find a place to remove a pound, find sixteen places to remove an ounce!

LOL! What, an ounce or two? How do you get to the back of the fender with the primer/paint? If I'm going to paint anything, it will be my rusting heat exchanger and cobra grill ornament. C'mon, Spring...

I think if Lyle wants to make up a few of these, He and I could just carry some in our cars and sell a few to people who comment on seeing ours. That would also eliminate shipping which would probably be as much as the bracket costs. I wonder what K+N pays for their bracket. Maybe they would be interested. Hmmmm.

 

[Wiked03]

Or just install it without the bracket like most people do... it really is not needed.

 

[dun4791]

John the last thing im worried about is resale value, I dont care what someone else says my car is worth-im not selling it.

From what i have heard, people that have the FIPK are either leaving that bracket out or the screw strips out that goes in the drilled hole over time-from vibration i imagine. I have NO experience with this setup, but i have never liked the Amazon kit, and when I saw the deal on this one i grabbed it.

Lighten up guys, by going to the factory speed clip there is no chance of a problem later, and i think it looks better this way-however it requires a compound bend and it is also not a straight piece so therefore would be VERY cost prohibitive-i just thought it would be just as easy to make 4 or 5 as 2. And the bracket that comes with the kit probably weighs more than the one i made anyway.

You all know how i am about my car, i would drill a hole if i knew i wasnt going to screw up and put a big gouge in my fender, i could just imagine the drill slipping-just rather not have a drill by the painted parts of my car thanks................Lyle

 

[Flyn]

So there's the final word. Too expensive to bother mass producing so only a few lucky people will have one.

Thanks for making me one, Lyle!

 

[Dana]

You mean like this?
HA! HA!

 

[Flyn]

Good one, Dan. :lmao:

 

[ShelbyGuy]

the 2003 cobra fipk has two mount points so i dont see why there would be a problem. i ran with the 2001 cobra fipk as there wasnt one for the 2003 model yet, and yes, it was a sheet metal screw and one mount point that kept volcano-ing out the hole. i ended up changing to a rubber rivet-kinda thingy for german license plates. like a riv-nut only rubber. that plus the second mounting point off the core support, and i'm in like flynn.