2005 Nissan Titan Buildup - Custom-Built On A Budget

We then disconnected the air inlet hose and moved to the air filter box. Here, you can see the small bolt under the washer fluid reservoir. We removed the bottle to gain access to the 10mm bolt. It was a pain but necessary.

After pulling the wire harness from the fenderwell holes, we slid the new intake heat shield into place. Notice the heat seal is in place around the rim of the shield.

We went in from the inside of the fenderwell to bolt the shield down with the supplied hardware. It was then possible to reinsert the wire harness into the predrilled holes in the heat shield.

We were then ready to insert the filter into the heat shield.

On went the silicone hose to the throttle body, then the polished aluminum intake tube went on.

Next, the emission vacuum hoses were connected with hose clamps.

After reinserting the MAF sensor and plugging the harness back in, the engine cover was bolted back on and the new Brute Force kit looked great.

Moving to the exhaust, the factory pipes looked small and the muffler was huge.

The Titan exhaust is a two-piece design. After unbolting the rear and the front crossover pipes, the exhaust simply fell down and we pulled it out.

Gale Banks included larger-diameter pipes, a free-flowing muffler, and a huge 5-inch Monster tip.

Step one was removing the forward-most exhaust hangar and bolting it to this extender bracket, which was supplied in the kit. The bracket moves the hangar back to accommodate the Gale Banks hangar.

We then slipped the crossover Gale Banks pipe into place.