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How to Install Airaid Cold Air Dam Intake - Black SynthaMax Dry Filter on your Silverado

Installation Time

1 hours

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1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
Loosen the hose clamps located at the Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor, and throttle body on the factory intake tube assembly.


2. Disconnect the MAF sensor wiring harness and remove the sensor from the factory intake tube.


3. Using a flat head screwdriver, gently pry the radiator hose bracket from the factory intake tube assembly and remove the intake tube from the vehicle.


4. Rock the factory air box back and forth and remove it from the vehicle. There are only grommets holding it in, no bolts.


5. Using a 10mm socket, remove the five bolts that secure the factory air filter housing platform and remove it.


6. Assemble the Airaid Cool Air Dam panels (#2, #3) using five 6-32x 5/16” screws (#9), #6 flat washers (#10), and 6-32 keps nuts (#11).


7. Install the air filter adapter (#4) using three ¼- 20x ½” button head bolts (#12), and 1/4” flat washers (#13). Position the Airaid Cool Air Dam in place of the factory airbox & secure it with four M6-1x25 hex bolts (#14) and 1/4” flat washers (#13). Apply the Airaid Decal as shown.


8. Slide the factory MAF sensor onto the air filter adapter and tighten the hose clamp. (Note: factory clamp / rubber bushing must be in place on the inlet to the MAF sensor.)


9. Install the GM coupler (#7) onto the throttle body side of the Airaid Intake Tube (#5).


10. Install the urethane hump hose (#6) onto the Airaid Intake Tube (#5) and the MAF sensor with two #60 hose clamps (#15). Install the tube assembly onto the engine. (Hint: slide the hump hose all the way onto the end of the tube.)


11. Reconnect the wiring harness to the MAF sensor.


12. Press the weather strip (#8) along the top edges of the Airaid Cool Air Dam; assure that it is fully seated along the edges. (Hint: Begin at a corner and work toward the ends). Mount the Airaid Premium Filter (#1) onto the air filter adapter and tighten the hose clamp.


13. Double check your work!
Make sure there is no foreign material in the intake path. Make sure all clamps, hoses, bolts, and screws are tight.

14. Reconnect the negative battery cable!

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