Originally Posted by jaynicholson

Can you believe I'm actually quoting myself?! Anyway, on the first install attempt the m7 bar wasn't even close to fitting over the box top. There's two bolts on the STB that sit directly above the cai. Due to the design of the STB one of these bolts sticks out the bottom a little bit. I already took a chunk of paint out of the box top.

So last week, while I was installing a DT BPV , I refit my cai to try to gain a bit more clearance....still didn't fit! So, I loosened the bolts that hold the STB onto the shock towers and adjusted the mounting plates the little bit that I could. Still no go! Finally I decided not to use the bolt that holds the box top down and I flattened out the crease in the top a little bit. This fits, but it has nowhere near the clearance that I've seen in pictures. In fact, the bolts on the STB still touch the box top a little bit.

Anybody else run into this problem?

Originally Posted by mdsbrain

Any chance your CAI heatshield isn't screwed down tightly? OR that its not sitting correctly on the rubber grommets under the box?

I'm grasping at straws to help.

Originally Posted by jaynicholson

BTW, when you got the prototype box top from Alta you mentioned that it didn't fit flush all the way around. Mine did fit flush, that is until I flattened it out a bit to gain a bit more clearance. This leads me to believe that your box top had a little less of a bend in it when you received it.