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You can remove it with no problem. Plenty people have done it (me included) and never experienced any issues. If you simply remove the resonator no puddle of water will cause an issue to you, if you hit a "puddle" that would cause an issue then it really isn't a puddle, it takes a lot to hydrolock your car. A CAI would hydrolock way before a simple removal of the resonator. You will be fine, just don't try to Oregon Trail your car and you'll be fine.

As for the tubing, I kept the tubing from the airbox to the resonator but once you remove the resonator you can take that big old thing out and the tubing from the front bumper/engine bay out since they don't do much, if anything, for you.