CAI for 06 Swift+ 1.6 5dr 5spd that just got in Fender Bender

[northguest47]

Hi - I am new to the forum. I love this car! Two days ago I got in a fender bender with a Tacoma truck. My hood, passenger headlight assembly, airbox, and body panel were taken out. Funny thing is the car runs fine, the alignment is still fine too!

So its time to uncork my Swift+, starting with a CAI as I need one. I tried the car out with just a sock over the exposed slash cut black pipe inside the airbox. It had more power and less of a power slump in the mid to high 3's. I duct taped half the airbox together to the airfilter for now - seems to work pretty well just sitting in the empty space for now.

So I did search your forums to see what others have been doing and I just want to make sure the CAI definitely will work fine in heavy rain and dusty/sandy/muddy secondary roads if installed in the properly maintained and splash well area? I don't want to go with the SRI setup unless I should in order to protect the filter. I also don't want to mess up the mass flow sensor so if I get one made it should be the same diameter there perhaps. Any suggestions?