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Thanks Jonny - I attached it how Pat attached his.

Pat - That is a very good idea if I decide to go that route.

I was able to get a little done yesterday/last night. I managed to mount the fan relay to the compressor setup. I notched out part of the bottom so it would sit flush and not angled up. The holes that were predrilled into the mounting plate might need to be moved up so the notching step is not needed.



I was able to get the passenger side T connector installed by unbolting the bottom of the control box from under the dash and pulling the hose down and trimming a little bit off. I then shoved it down through the hole and pulled the pipe back up to attach it to the T fitting. On the top side I test fit the T fitting into the control box with the small piece of hose I removed.
I remembered seeing some hose that came with the kit. Upon inspection and reading through the doc I found out that it is 50mm. This is somewhat disappointing as I would say most applications of this kit are not utilizing the wonky looking pipe coming out under the dash. In my mind this portion looks unfinished and last minute vs refined. I would have liked to have seen extra 60mm pipe since adding the T fitting has now required the addition of more 60mm pipe. This should also be accompanied with some 42mm hose and here is why - I upgraded the tops of my control boxes to have the port going to the side vents. These were great as I could get hot/warm/cold air from them depending on the outside temps and how I directed the heat. I will be reinstalling the other style with out that port. In order to use the ones with the port I purchased OEM 40mm hose duct which fits over the metal inlet attached to the body and the plastic inlet attached to the control box. Fortunately those ports are under 40mm which allows the pipe to slide over with ease. Had the new air box from CR had 39mm ports these ducts could be reused.

I order both 60mm duct and 42mm duct from Amazon to solve these issues.

I began to work on the driver side and was feeling the pain others have stated about "a tight fit." I managed to tear the pipe under it. I used some flex piping that was about 58mm wide, slid it inside of the oem duct to create a flex coupler. The real test will be getting a 60mm hose over the T with all the wires and ground post right next to it.



Lastly, I started to mount the drier. I cut the mounting horseshoe that came in the kit and mounted it in the same place as Rennch. I'm going to go the same route and run my lines and electrical through the factory AC hole. I also mounted the inlets "D" and "E" into the condensor in preparation for final mounting. One question that I need addressed is regarding the Drier. I see it has a stamp on the top that says "TN" I'm assuming it is "IN" and it was stamped crooked making the "I" look like a "T". Does the port opposite the "IN" go to the Airbox? It makes sense that it would, just looking for clarity.



Last item I addressed was installing the push button. I used the location behind the wiper stalk.
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