Air Intake Housing Removal

Hi there. I have a 2015 200 Limited and wanted to install a cold air intake in it. I watched a ton of videos to learn before getting my hands dirty and once everything came I was prepared. Everything was going smoothly until I had to remove the bottom part of the original air box housing.

Online says the box may have some resistance when trying to pull it out, and it’s supposed to snap out, however I simply could not do it. I also found a screw inside the air intake housing (below the when you remove the actual filter) and this screw is virtually impossible to remove. But no videos mentioned this screw so I figure I don’t need to remove it.

so for the time being, I decided to keep the bottom part of the housing, as it will still provide airflow, but wanted to see am I missing something preventing the air intake from coming out, or am I just weak lol?

And is it even. worth it for me to remove the bottom housing? Like will I even get more airflow or should I just leave it?


I’ll provide pictures of what I have below. Please anything helps. Thanks