Thanks guys, I really appreciate the support. Lotta' frustration about the situation, so it's nice to be able to vent a little bit of it!

I knew I'd keep this car until the day she died, just didn't realize it'd be so soon. Was third car in line stopped while waiting for the lead car to make a left turn, rear-ended by a lifted truck that as you can see went over the bumper and impacted the trunk and sandwiched my car with the car in ...

replacement clips are super cheap:
http://www.amazon.com/Dorman-702-011-Do ... B006G3SC2I

I run a Fender Well Intake as well; but to be honest, I've never seen any real gains off of them, especially considering the stock airbox already did a great job of pulling air away from the engine.

These guys do a pretty respectable test series to show what I'm talking about.
http://www.youtube ...

Could just Plastidip the handle, that way if you decide to do something different down the line you can peal the coating off.