Intercooler install

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recently bought an intercooler. have seen videos online of the install and they all jack up the car to take the bumper off. has anyone done it without jacking it up? im on stock suspension, so i think i can get away with it. thoughts? anyone done it? thanks
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recently bought an intercooler. have seen videos online of the install and they all jack up the car to take the bumper off. has anyone done it without jacking it up? im on stock suspension, so i think i can get away with it. thoughts? anyone done it? thanks
I think it's definitely possible. I did it thisbpast weekend with some homemade ramps. I'm also lowered though.

As long as you can get to the plastic clips and screws on the bottom you should be fine.
 

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Jacking it up makes it easier to access the screws and pop-clips underneath. So, possible, but annoying.

I just put mine on beefy cinder blocks. works fine.
 

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i did my intercooler without jacks. I just crawled under to remove the plastic clips and i believe 1 bolt from each side for the bottom part of the bumper. im not lowered tho. if you are at all, then yes u will need to jack it up just to access the tabs.
 

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Is there a reason you're trying to do it without jacking the car up? It makes it 10x easier. If you don't want to use a jack get a set of ramps. That's how I did mine.
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