lol. I can see the confusion. I suppose this thread should read in conjunction with the veilside splitter thread.
Anyway, its my bad for misleading you. Its not the FMIC that im taking off to improve clearance its the front splitter that I'm taking off - and just managed it. I thought I needed to take off an FMIC hose to get access to the splitter bolts, but I managed without.
It looks much better without the splitter - even more crazy and agressive, so right up my street.
So Happy that I did it. I thought about repairing and eventually re-fitting the splitter, now I'm not so sure. I might just bin it.