First off I would like to say I'm an IT guy who has never worked on any car or bike before 
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I ordered the K&N filter since I could get it pretty cheap and to me it looked like a good (fun) first mod.
Before I started installing it, I looked up some movies on how to do it and went to the garage ready to do this.
First I wanted to change the oil since I needed to work on the grom anyways... I unscrewed the bolt and got most of my hands full of oil, lol no biggie.
Drained the oil and started pouring in the fresh oil, I had to do this with a bottle with a very small hole since I basicly have no other stuff to do this (I recently moved away from home Took me about 10 minutes to fill it up.
Alright, oil changed time to install the filter, I have to mention aswel that I am doing this in a shared parking space since my girlfriends car was parking the garage itself and i cba to ride it out.
I removed the right panel without too much trouble and started to wiggle the snorkel going to the airbox, as I have never done stuff like this I have noticed that i am too gentle with these things so again it took me about 10 minutes to get the stupid thing out, I screw the thing off and I am ready to get the new filter in there.
Ofcourse I didn't have any knife or scissors so I had to open the oil bag with a wire cutter, quite some oil on the hands again... Ah well
Ofcourse I spilled some oil and I am not able to cover the whole filter with oil from the little baggie so I have to rub the thing with my hands to spread the oil so the whole filter is well oiled.
Now it's time to install the thing, I try to fit it in but it's absolutely not getting in the right place
I try mounting in different angles and with the filter pointing out it fits quite well, I am wondering at this point why no one is mounting the filter like this?!
Actually it looks pretty badass too!
picture:
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I fire up the engine once I have screwed it tight to see how it sounds, open throttle and fuck yea it sounds ALOT better!!
By now it's getting dark so i have to put the panel on quickly, I can almost not see my tools anymore and you can guess it, no light or electricity in the garage..
Fuck the panel won't fit, ok yes i see now why no one fits the filter like this, the fucking panel won't fit anymore lol!!!
Now I have to quickly try to squize it in there, in an upright position (you know why..).
Bending the cable clamps with a screwdriver is not easy, watch your eyes!
Quickly realizing that a gentle approach won't work I use some force and i can feel the cone bending just slightly, enough to fit the thing on there. Finally I did it...
After that I could get the panel on in about 5 minutes and yep I did my first mod...
Took me over an hour to do what some people do in 15 minutes
Anyways here is a pic with the filter in the correct position:
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I just wanted to share this so people could see that even noobs like me can do this (with some stupid mistakes along the way)
I am happy with it, Altough I only drove it for like 15 minutes yet the grom sounds alot better and it revs much better into the higher rpm's 6k+
fyi didn't move the air sensor, it is still in the box, will see how it goes.
Did not reset the ecu, I will let it adapt by driving 20 or so miles.
Right when i started the engine after replacing the filter it was idling a bit higher then before at about 1,8 before It did about 1,5k after the 15 minute drive it got back to about 1,5 or 1,6ish.
.I ordered the K&N filter since I could get it pretty cheap and to me it looked like a good (fun) first mod.
Before I started installing it, I looked up some movies on how to do it and went to the garage ready to do this.
First I wanted to change the oil since I needed to work on the grom anyways... I unscrewed the bolt and got most of my hands full of oil, lol no biggie.
Drained the oil and started pouring in the fresh oil, I had to do this with a bottle with a very small hole since I basicly have no other stuff to do this (I recently moved away from home
Took me about 10 minutes to fill it up.Alright, oil changed time to install the filter, I have to mention aswel that I am doing this in a shared parking space since my girlfriends car was parking the garage itself and i cba to ride it out.
I removed the right panel without too much trouble and started to wiggle the snorkel going to the airbox, as I have never done stuff like this I have noticed that i am too gentle with these things so again it took me about 10 minutes to get the stupid thing out, I screw the thing off and I am ready to get the new filter in there.
Ofcourse I didn't have any knife or scissors so I had to open the oil bag with a wire cutter, quite some oil on the hands again... Ah well
Ofcourse I spilled some oil and I am not able to cover the whole filter with oil from the little baggie so I have to rub the thing with my hands to spread the oil so the whole filter is well oiled.
Now it's time to install the thing, I try to fit it in but it's absolutely not getting in the right place
I try mounting in different angles and with the filter pointing out it fits quite well, I am wondering at this point why no one is mounting the filter like this?!
Actually it looks pretty badass too!
picture:
I fire up the engine once I have screwed it tight to see how it sounds, open throttle and fuck yea it sounds ALOT better!!
By now it's getting dark so i have to put the panel on quickly, I can almost not see my tools anymore and you can guess it, no light or electricity in the garage..
Fuck the panel won't fit, ok yes i see now why no one fits the filter like this, the fucking panel won't fit anymore lol!!!
Now I have to quickly try to squize it in there, in an upright position (you know why..).
Bending the cable clamps with a screwdriver is not easy, watch your eyes!
Quickly realizing that a gentle approach won't work I use some force and i can feel the cone bending just slightly, enough to fit the thing on there. Finally I did it...
After that I could get the panel on in about 5 minutes and yep I did my first mod...
Took me over an hour to do what some people do in 15 minutes
Anyways here is a pic with the filter in the correct position:
I just wanted to share this so people could see that even noobs like me can do this (with some stupid mistakes along the way)
I am happy with it, Altough I only drove it for like 15 minutes yet the grom sounds alot better and it revs much better into the higher rpm's 6k+
fyi didn't move the air sensor, it is still in the box, will see how it goes.
Did not reset the ecu, I will let it adapt by driving 20 or so miles.
Right when i started the engine after replacing the filter it was idling a bit higher then before at about 1,8 before It did about 1,5k after the 15 minute drive it got back to about 1,5 or 1,6ish.
