Removing gt350 lower "air box"

[jdr724]

I've got the splitter and belly pan off.

The plastic box with the temp probe appears to be completely unattached however I can't seem to remove it.

Appears to be caught on something in the center on the front side. Looking at some photos it appears the front facia has some contours in it but pulling it forward doesn't seem to create enough room to get the box out.

All in an attempt to mount the zl1 tow hook without taking the entire facia off.

Thanks in advance for any advice!

 

[VoodooBoss]

Good timing as I’ll be installing mine later today. I’ve had the whole fascia off before and I was going to remove it again. My only advice is if you haven’t already done do is to remove the inner fender wells.

 

[jdr724]

Good timing as I’ll be installing mine later today. I’ve had the whole fascia off before and I was going to remove it again. My only advice is if you haven’t already done do is to remove the inner fender wells.

Thanks for the reply.

Inner fender wells off and it won't come down to get out of the way?

Hope yours goes well!

 

[VoodooBoss]

Not sure if this helps but here’s a photo of mine the last time I had the front end off.

 

[Black Boss]

The ambient air temperature sensor is attached to the Radiator Air deflector (Box). The Box is attached with 4 bolts (the upper 2 are visible in Rick's photo) and 3 push pins, which are not accessible without removing the facia.

 

[jdr724]

That makes alot of sense based on what I was observing.

Thank you for sharing the free knowledge.

What makes good forums great!

 

[jdr724]

From the zl1 installation instructions??????

Install instructions for 2015/17 (550) front tow hook receiver. The receiver can be installed by removing front fascia or by removing the lower belly pan. First after removing belly pan OR fascia, remove the plastic wire loon clip next to the right side crash sheald mounting brackit. Remove the outside air temp probe, rermove the extention from the probe and reinstall to the upper side of the lower ducting where the probe was mounted,with probe facing to the right.

Can someone explain the blue? Still looking for a way without facia removal.

 

[Black Boss]

Although I haven't done this install, this may help:

On the RHS there is a rubber shield attached to the box with push pins:


Removing the 3 forward push pins should allow you to fold back the shield to get access to the temperature sensor:



It looks like the instructions require the sensor orientation to be reversed....

Note in the first photo, the rear shield location will be slightly forward, assuming you have an A/C condenser.

 

[VoodooBoss]

@jdr724 did you get yours installed? I removed the whole front clip.

 

[jdr724]

I did. It required taking the facia off.

The mount receiver ended up interfering with the temp probe more than i had hoped for. Had to loose the bracket and mount it direct to the bracket mount location given the location of the mount receiver. Probe in the same direction as default. Touches ever so slightly which was dissapointing.

Also had to take out one of the gray wiring harness fasteners since the mount covered the fastener mount location completely when correctly installed.

Seems a bit less than perfect but functional.

Thanks for the help!

 

[VoodooBoss]

I did the same but zip tied the sensor to the mount. Zip tied the harness to the black bracket the tow hook mounts to. I knew about this in advance thanks to @moto. You were probably finished by the time I got to mine.

 

[50Deep]

No need I take off the whole boxed area. Just the 3 push pins in the photos shown. You flip the sensor upside down so it’s out of the way and done.