Best Air Filter? (NON OIL TYPE)

[n0va91TSI]

Whats the best non-oil type air filter. I hear the k&n ones are messy to recharge.

 

[Kinetic Boost]

hmmm I never really made a mess with my K&N???? But umm maybe like a hks filter would suit your needs or the Blitz filter which is made out of metal or something like that but that costs a pretty penny.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by n0va91TSI
Whats the best non-oil type air filter. I hear the k&n ones are messy to recharge.

You "hear".

Well, they're messy if you use too much oil, or if you try to re-install it before the overnight soak-in they recommend in the instructions. Otherwise, they work pretty well. There is no mess. If you touch a properly-oiled K&N or similar ripoff copy, you'd not know it was oiled. And it only has to be done every year or so. Same for the ones that use foam rubber instead of cotton batting.

Otherwise, they make stainless steel things they claim are filters (yeah, you betcha), or you're back to the factory paper-element in the stock filter case.

People around here sure do hear some odd things, though.

 

[boostedinaz]

Yeah I am with Defiant on this. Its not like you just dip it oil and then slap it back on the car. Like anything in life, if you take you time and do it right then it should turn out ok. If not then try something else. Dont just shoot something down becasue you have "heard" soemthing. Alot od people in the automotive industry will "tell" you what they think and they may not know a dipstick from a hole in there ass, at leats thats what I've heard.

Michael

 

[Tallen]

You may as well buy a different car so you don't have to change your oil as much. Buy a biger gastank so you don't have to fill it up as many times...thatsa dumb reason not to get a proven brand of filter. Better off with a oily k&N than a foam filter of engine death.

 

[clownface]

http://www.geocities.com/mikegoodies3/inductiontest.html

i personally dont like the wet filters cause of problems they might cause if you oil it to much or problems they might even cause if you oil them right.

 

[TSI_Pat]

THe Apexi filter is your best bet then. I'm using one right now, but I had to make a custom flange for it...

 

[Mike1992]

My accel is just about as good as any other top brand, no oil just rinse in water if it gets dirty and its a direct drop in replacement no cutting or fitting cost me $32

 

[AWDPetmitsu]

I also agree with the ApexI. It's the only one I've seen that says no oiling is required. It's expensive, though.

 

[clownface]

i would just get a cheapo ebay type one, metal or not, i use a metal one, unless your die hard and got deep pockets then i would get apexi.

 

[Usual Suspect]

FYI:

I use K&N filiters and kits on all my cars and my 4Runner. I have used them since around 1996 or 97 and never had a mess, or any kind of problems with any of them. I have used the drop ins and two of the FPIKS.

Trust me if I can oil a K&N filter you can too

Jon

 

[DSMSpyder99]

Blitz SUS nuff said

 

[gs-t_96]

Originally posted by Defiant
You "hear".

Well, they're messy if you use too much oil, or if you try to re-install it before the overnight soak-in they recommend in the instructions. Otherwise, they work pretty well. There is no mess. If you touch a properly-oiled K&N or similar ripoff copy, you'd not know it was oiled. And it only has to be done every year or so. Same for the ones that use foam rubber instead of cotton batting.

Otherwise, they make stainless steel things they claim are filters (yeah, you betcha), or you're back to the factory paper-element in the stock filter case.

People around here sure do hear some odd things, though.

Don't mean to jack the thread but my instructions say to reoil it every 50,000 miles. Am I supose to reoil it every year.

 

[avaien]

I've got the apex on my car right now and I love it.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by clownface
http://www.geocities.com/mikegoodies3/inductiontest.html

i personally dont like the wet filters cause of problems they might cause if you oil it to much or problems they might even cause if you oil them right.

I'm not completely convinced by that test. I want to know how the dust was distributed, and how they controlled that it was the same for all filters. But I'm just the skeptical type. I don't think that queer on tv really talks to dead people.

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by gs-t_96
Don't mean to jack the thread but my instructions say to reoil it every 50,000 miles. Am I supose to reoil it every year.

A light re-oiling doesn't hurt. It also says you can just oil instead of washing. And, I said "or so".

Oh, and the cleaner K&N sells you for their filters is Formula 409.

 

[44pirate]

I use the Apexi. 2 years now. I vacumn the outside off every oil change and use compressed air on the inside, It works great.

 

[98RedGs]

I'm using a K&N on the N/t dsm as well as my talon and both of them have been recharged multiple times and I've never ran into a problem with it or made a mess with it actually.

Kids say the darndest things!

 

[RipperXX]

Originally posted by Defiant
And it only has to be done every year or so.

I could have swarn with the instructions mine came with, it said it only needed rechargeing every 50,000 miles. And that was if you drove on alot of dusty dirt roads.

 

[Tallen]

...clean it when it looks dirty...

 

[gs-t_96]

:laugh: Read a couple of post up I just asked that question and it was answered.

 

[Stizzyflip611]

ApexI. no contest.

 

[jmc94gsx]

Originally posted by 44pirate
I use the Apexi. 2 years now. I vacumn the outside off every oil change and use compressed air on the inside, It works great.

You should NOT use compressed air while cleaning, I remember this stated clearly in the K&N cleaning instructions, regardless if it's on the in or outside of the filter.

 

[RiceKiller_TSi]

K&N all the way for me since 1995. BTW you're supposed to let them dry overnight before you put them back in? Oh well. :laugh:

 

[44pirate]

Originally posted by jmc94gsx
You should NOT use compressed air while cleaning, I remember this stated clearly in the K&N cleaning instructions, regardless if it's on the in or outside of the filter.

Apexi is what I do it on. It's not a K&N.
It's not like I'm blowing the hell out of it.