I was talking to a guy with a 99 last night that cut the air dam next to the grill out and this allowed clean air from the front of the truck to be force fed from outside to inside the air cleaner. He did cover the end with window screen to limit the amount of bugs getting in.
Has anyone tried it? Did it work? Is that plastic important? Any suggestions if I were to do this? How do you get those plastic clips that hold the rubber air dam thing out w/o breaking them!?!
Thank in advance
Scott

 

Yep that's what we call a ZooDad. Don't know exactly why we call it that, but we do.
Yes it is an important piece of plastic. Heck if it wasn't there, we couldn't do the zoodad. It has to work. Don't know what you are talking about clips. I didn't use screen. I mean what's a few more bugs anyway.

 

Zoodad!?!? I guess I now know what that means! I see you have a 6637 filter in there? That is a NAPA number? Mine is a 6728 NAPA Gold. Why is that better?

When I say clips I am not really talking clips. They are round push pins that hold the rubber in.

 

This is a 6637, Don't know what a 6728 is.


Thanks to Kwikkordead for the picture. I got one of mine somewhere, but it seems to be hiding.

 

This is what Kris' zoodad looks like. Mine is very similar.

 

its called that because the guy that first wrote up some instructions on how to do it's screen name at TDS is "zoodad"

 

I used a metal screen to cover the tube. It does restrict the airflow a bit, but it stops most rain and snow from entering also. It is definitely worth doing, screen or no screen as it allows more cool air to get to the engine.

Austin

 

Well, thanks. I had wondered, but was not about to ask as it seemed like everyone else already knew.

 

i made the same cut but since i had the early 99 i didnt have the better intake box from factory i just went to Lowes and bought a duct like this and routed it towards my intake works great but i have a k&n thinking bout switching over to the 6637 filter <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i9.../dryerduct.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

 

didnt work sorry bout that one more time...
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i have a buddy with an 03 who did the same thing but he used a speaker grill to cover his hole, it looks really cool