Today I tried to pop off my airfilter housing (since I have a new filter on order.)
Loosened the 2 screws however the top does not want to come off. Any trick to this? I am replacing it with an amsoil filter

 

No one wrenching on their own trucks?

 

its a royal PITA in my opinion. That top brace holds the lid down onto the air box. If you wiggle the lid enough it should pop out but the real trick is getting the lid back on.

I was going to replace my filter with a reusable like it sounds like you're doing but the difficulty in removing the lid led me to an entire new intake.

Went with the Volant. Still pulls cool air from the stock location while being able to take 4 screws out to check/clean the filter and replace.

Kinda expensive just for convenience but still well worth it IMO.

 

I tried again and with a little more wiggling it came off. I cleaned it all out, popped the new filter in and popping the lid back on was easy actually.
My hummer can breathe again

 

Yes, checking the air filter is a real PITA. If you ask me, some engineer screwed up the clearances. I checked mine a couple of months ago and found it necessary to loosen a bolt on the hood (fender? can't remember for sure.) bracket.

 

That would have be migh next option, but a little twisting and pulling worked for me

 

yup, the last time I went to check mine (which looked like it was never changed) I actually had to REMOVE that bracket that goes from the firewall to the fender. At that point I said screw it and ordered the Volant. Volant reusable filter with a pre-filter and everything is great!

 

Yes, there is a small trick to getting the air filter cover off. After loosening the 2 screws, take the extra minute to loosen the hood stop bracket thats just above the cover right next to it, I believe its just 4 screws. If you loosen or remove this simple bracket, the air cover lifts right off.