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Old May 25, 2006 | 05:01 PM
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for some reason my driverside vent is there... and actually there is a huge square area cut out of my inner vender.. much larger than the hole required for the brake vent... any clues why someone did this?
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Old May 25, 2006 | 05:14 PM
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Good question. Only guess would be that something else was installed in place of the duct that required a larger hole.
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Old May 25, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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if you are talking about the fog light surround, having a square cut out in it towards the "insides" of the fog light - the previous owner did it to get more air into the intake

otherwise, if the is a cut in the inner fender, maybe the previous owner tried to put a fart can intake in - you know those ones that run on the sides of ricer's engine bays

I may be totally wrong here
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idk.. i wouldnt' surprise me if it was something pretty ricerish...
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Old May 25, 2006 | 07:22 PM
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If the hole is where the old brake duct was, someone has probably installed an after market brake duct system and then taken it off.
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