"Poor Man's" TRD Intake DIY

Pretty happy so far. The beauty of the TRD intake is that it's not noisy during normal driving, there is still however a slight difference though. The most noticeable difference is when you go WOT, it sounds much better, not as wimpy as the factory one does.

Here is the finished look:

 

might have to try this...any downsides to your creation, that you've noticed?

 

No downsides at all. Everything fits like a glove. Technically it's the TRD intake without the red bling, IMO.

 

So you basically bought all but 2 parts from dealer and then put it all together for half the price of just buying the intake in total? Brilliant lol

 

lol, pretty much. Ultimately I was trying to skip just the air box but Toyota does not sell red TRD hoses separately so I had to look for the altermnatives.

 

They actually do sell them, but with the hose clamps too.
They are keyed, so fitment may be questionable.

 

Why put on the resonator box? Skip that part and go straight tube to save even more $$

 

Interesting, my dealer couldn't find neither of the hoses in their system. Did you also get the TRD harmonica style hose? Now, another thing is the top of the TRD air box is slightly different in shape, so the TRD hoses may be too short to connect to the standard air box.

You can't with a standard straight silicone hose, you'll need at least one 45 to make it fit.

 

From my experience, my dealer cannot find anything, even if I give an accurate description of the part.

I had to stand there, google it for them, and relay the part number.

Now, I just order everything online.

 

Believe it or not but I actually showed them the picture of the intake with the part numbers. They found all other parts but the hoses

 

Odd how that happens.
It would be those PTR0335160AC and PTR0335160AD hoses with clamps.
I got my TRD CAI for around $280 by ordering the parts separately, minus the TRD airfilter.

 

Parts guys at dealerships always seem to be worthless honestly.

The filter housing was quite hard to get back on once everything else was assembled. 12cm seems to be the right length for the resonator to throttle body connection, but i think another accordion style tube would work better since it's not actually a straight connection.

 

Yes, the initial fit is snug, but once you get those housing tabs in its places the cover closes just fine and everything stays in place perfectly without any unnecessary stress. There is enough play in the accordion tube to accommodate the bend without any issues. Now, by going longer accordion tube we would encounter a problem with the throttle body connection, it's not a straight line connection. If you've noticed Toyota's coupling is shorter and slanted to compensate for the slight angle needed to connect the resonator to the throttle body. In our case longer, flexible silicone pipe makes a straight connection possible.

 

Done ✅

 

Nice. What do you think? BTW; You forgot to clamp secondary hose.

 

The comparison


Cover off


Cover on. Done ✅

 

Thank you I’ll recheck but I’m sure it’s clamped into the right spot! I like it too! Trying to figure out how-to upload a 9sec vid.

And thank you Pro-taco for the write up! Only difference I bought a different brand hose still 3.25” diameter but I cut it at 4.5” 12cm which is little under 4.75” was too long for my fitment. Airbox didn’t want to clip in. But everything now is snugged and tight. Thanks again!

 

It’s this one that’s not clipped

 

Intake sound after install.

https://youtu.be/-Qa5wOHHRWw

 

you cable clamp needs to be moved closer to the attachment point... in that photo, it’s ATTACHED to the right location, but it’s not CLIPPED properly