Something for the group:<p>This may have been unique to my vehicle, but when I swapped out my 99's stock air filter for a Jamex DTM, had a bear of a time re-fitting and securing the clamps. The only way to finish this was by removing the heat shield between the air unit and the engine. (Four phillips screws). I understand that it takes a while for the oiled filters to mold into place, but this took a whole lot of effort to accomplish. Of course, the duct and housing above the air unit was also removed, but I hearsay it wasn't necessary to remove the heat shields on earlier models.<p>This might be unique to my machine or to '99s. <p>Robbie (1.8tqms)<p>BTW: Thanks all who answered my TAP queries a couple of days ago! Mas Gracias<p>

No... it's a pain to change the air filters on all 1.8Ts. You don't have to remove the heat shield, but it helps.<p>Cris

Hello,<p>I was watching the development of your TAP query, but I missed most of it when it was archived. I did not find it in the archives, so please share your finding with me through email.<p>thanks

Zsolt,<p>I still see the trail in the archives (Nov2-10, general discussion). It's about 1 1/2 pages down. <p> Basically, I discovered from a couple of posters that the bottom end of Stage II does *not* suffer at all, as I had thought. <p>I have ordered Stage II + the Scorp from Dick's Audi in Castro Valley. It's pretty cool being so close to them because I was able to go in today and swap my unit for a Stage I and air filter while I wait for the Stage II chip and exhaust to arrive.<p>Sweeeeeet!<p>