I've never had any luck with those strips. Lots of Right Stuff (or comparable silicone) and carefully sitting the intake on. Snug the bolts, and then many hours later torque them.
Things that must come off:
0. Remove ground from battery
1. Drain coolant from radiator
2. Disconnect 3 cables to the throttle body. Take out the two ~7mm bolts out of the top of the plenum that hold the cable plate in place. Now remove the bolt from the lower part of the plenum that holds the plate there. Move the cable assembly out of your way.
3. Remove the bolt + 2 nuts that hold the coil pack in place. Also remove the 1/4" bolt that holes the wiring on the ignition module.
4. Unplug injector harness, and remove grounds if they're on one of your intake bolts. Also remove coolant temp sensor plugs. And also the EGR module.
5. Disconnect heater hoses from heater core.
6. Disconnect upper radiator hose from intake. Same with the 2 S hoses (one by the turbo, one by the radiator hose).
7. Disconnect vacuum line next to the fuel pressure regulator (I think it's for the charcoal canister). Also, there is another line here that goes to the EGR, and T's off to other things, disconnect it from anything that's not part of the intake.
8. Using a 9/16 swivel (or a 9/16 socket on a swivel) + 6" (or more) extension remove the 8 bolts holding the intake. Some, like the one behind the EGR valve are tricky, but you can get it. Put as little pitch on the swivel as possible.
9. Depending on the sealant previously used, firmly lift the intake off.
In other words, almost everything that's connected to the intake, can come off still on the intake. I did the instructions from memory, so I hope that I didn't miss anything.
