Product Bulletin

Technical Service Bulletin #TB2025-07

Corvette C6 Intake | Hood Not Closing

Affected Part Numbers:

Affected Vehicles:

  • Chevrolet Corvette C6 05-07 V8-6.0L
C6 Corvette aFe Intake hood not closing problem

Issue:

The hood doesn’t close after installing aFe POWER Intake. aFe POWER Logo is touching the hood.

Solution:

Make sure the factory plastic radiator cover is in the correct position before installing the aFe POWER intake. If the radiator cover is not in the correct position, the aFe POWER tube may interfere with the hood and will not allow it to close correctly.

Corvette C6 plastic radiator cover in incorrect position pushing aFe intake causing hood not to close
Q

The plastic radiator cover is in the INCORRECT position: The cover shifted towards the front of the vehicle and is positioned on top of the radiator resulting in sitting too high. The lip in the middle of the radiator cover will need to be to be pulled back and placed over the lip of the radiator.

C6 Corvette plastic radiator cover in correct position allowing aFe intake to sit properly and hood to close
R

The plastic radiator cover is in the CORRECT position: the lip on the middle of the factory radiator cover sits over the lip of the radiator. The aFe POWER intake can now be installed.

If you continue to experience issues:

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