Side air vent R&I on 488 gtb

Wanted to share the process on the side vent r&i that I did today, first of its not a hard job and I decided to do it on the jacks instead of lift because it’s about the same. It. Doesn’t take any special tools, first off wheel, fender liner, engine covers to get access to the 2 side bolts that you can just reach with a ratchet wrench and remove. Take off the inter cooler, couple hoses, 2 plugs, some lower Allen screws, brackets and a brace blocking it, about 10 mins to get out. Next you can access the lower air grille and vent, just a couple 10mm. After removing those couple parts you can get to the rest of the 10mm holding it in and it will come right out the back. I know this isn’t very detailed but it’s not very hard and if need any info just ask and will try to help.
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I don't understand why you'd wanna remove and re-install the side air vent.

Do you mean to replace the air splitter, like to carbon fiber etc?



Confused.

 

Yes I removed the metal ones and put in carbon ones, you can see in the last pic of the carbon one going in

 

Sweet

 

I know this is an old post, but thank you so much for posting this detailed writeup with pictures. I really appreciate it.

 

nice. i'm gonna use this to install my turbos in the air vents

 

I am glad this can help some people out