This can be installed without removing the bumper; however, I went ahead and took it off to yank out the louvers while I was there. I don't plan on getting too crazy with this car so the street intercooler will be plenty to help counter the heat and humidity of Florida for me. If you don't plan on tracking your car but are looking for something to help keep your intake temps down when making some good pulls on the road and hold your power, I'd definitely recommend this. Might not be a bad idea to get this even just for the ease of mind considering how poorly the factory intercooler holds up comparing to this.

I recently replaced the stock intercooler, charge pipes, and BOV with CVF street and charge pipes and Turbosmart BOV. The intercooler is 2x the size and has a way better construction than stock. The installation for it was smooth. Required taking off the bumper, but very straightforward, and the fit was perfect. The charge pipes were a slightly different story. The cold side was fairly easy after removing the open air intake. The hot side was a beast. No matter how I aligned the couplings, the space between the intercooler and the couplings was so tight that it took me way longer than expected. I tried heating the coupling, but that did not work. I finally used some silicon grease on the coupling and got it to slip on, and then cranked down the clamp. All is working fine. The quality of all the parts is excellent, and they look fantastic. I can definitely feel a difference in the power, especially after several hard pulls.

The intake air temps sustaining a cooler temp over stock has been the greatest part. During test drive i noticed the turbo flutter is cut down by half which means i need to do a bigger turbo. Install did take longer than I would ever imagine. The CVF team through IG has made it a breeze of an install. It's installed form looks and fits as a well crafted design. HIGHLY recommend product. #AllTheBOOST

This intercooler was delivered very fast welds are excellent fitment is great just finished putting it in did not take too long keeps my charge temps down does not heat soak easy haven't really ran it too hard for too many runs in a row but so far so good no heat soap no problems can't say it enough great intercooler well worth the money