Anthracer12
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- Anthony
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- Bolingbrook, Illinois
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- 2018 Honda Civic Type R
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Is anyone else less than impressed with the quality (fit and finish) of their Mishimoto Cold Air Intake for the Type R? I installed mine today and I have to say I was surprised (not in a good way). I opened the box to inspect all the pieces and make sure everything was there and found these parts scratched and/or chipped from shipping:
These items were wrapped in bubble wrap but were bundled together in the same package so they still bounced around into each other enough to do some damage. But I figured it's only a little touch-up with some black paint...no big deal. So I moved on to install it.
After everything is all installed I see that fitment is not exactly the best:
Not terrible but still a good sized gap along with more scratches at the top corner.
Then I notice the bottom left corner of the intake box is touching this hose:
And the upper left side is rubbing against this hose:
Everything is adjusted as far as possible away from those hoses but they still contact the intake box which concerns me.
Maybe it's not a big deal, but when I hear so many good things about a company and then drop ~$400 on a product I expect a little bit better than this. Not to mention the fact that I had to wait 4 months for it to come in because it was on backorder due to the demand. I'm almost contemplating putting everything back to stock and just getting a K&N panel filter for it....
These items were wrapped in bubble wrap but were bundled together in the same package so they still bounced around into each other enough to do some damage. But I figured it's only a little touch-up with some black paint...no big deal. So I moved on to install it.
After everything is all installed I see that fitment is not exactly the best:
Not terrible but still a good sized gap along with more scratches at the top corner.
Then I notice the bottom left corner of the intake box is touching this hose:
And the upper left side is rubbing against this hose:
Everything is adjusted as far as possible away from those hoses but they still contact the intake box which concerns me.
Maybe it's not a big deal, but when I hear so many good things about a company and then drop ~$400 on a product I expect a little bit better than this. Not to mention the fact that I had to wait 4 months for it to come in because it was on backorder due to the demand. I'm almost contemplating putting everything back to stock and just getting a K&N panel filter for it....
