thanks. yeah my first idea was going to be some crazy foil duct tape that i have but then i figured, at some point i was going to get a short ram anyway once i lower the car so i figured what the hell. if i totally ruined it no biggie. when i bought the car the factory intake was in the trunk.Or the police if they actually do an on the spot inspection after pulling you over. They can give you a ticket for it.
BTW: Good job on the CAI chop up. No one will ever know that it was a CAI, looking at it now it looks like it was always a short ram. Usually I see the hole patched up with something and it looks terrible.