Good for K&N. Spectre should go down for making crappy products like this.
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- Thread starter Paul Airhart
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Good for K&N. Spectre should go down for making crappy products like this.
DrMoab
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- The Utah Backwater
Odd that K&N could get away with suing anyone over crappy products seeing as they are the kings of crap.
Vanimal
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- escondido, ca
i was laughing to myself when i read that page about the lawsuit. seemed like a pot-kettle-black situation. k&n probably just had better lawyers.
Paul Airhart
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- La Quinta, CA
It was over false claims, not crappy product. And I know that engineers were fired after that. I had the cold air K&N, it let so much air in, my Jeep lost bottom end with it. I got it back and improved topend with the spectre system. Now I must say that if you have a built stroker, with head work and a free flow header/exhaust, then I'd look at something that breathes like a K&N.
DrMoab
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Yeah they breathe all right. Too bad they bring all the rocks and dust in with the air.
Paul Airhart
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- La Quinta, CA
?....
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- Columbus, In
Mine doesn't look nearly as bad and i've put well over 1000 miles on it and wheeled.
DrMoab
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I've never seen a K&N filter that didn't have quality control issues.
Read some independent test results too. They aren't as great as they and their pricing makes them out to be.
Vanimal
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- escondido, ca
you don't live in dusty socal.
Vanimal
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- escondido, ca
i especially love them when i have a vehicle with a MAF sensor. i hear they love oil and debris. idle air control valves love it too.
paper filters FTW. if i had room for the stock airbox still, it'd be in there...
crown vic airboxes are a little smaller and look similar to the jeep's so once i get around to going to the junkyard, that's what i'm getting. might look close enough to fool the smog guy.
Paul Airhart
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- La Quinta, CA
For those interested in this wonderful marvel....
Here it is after 30 miles off road and 300 miles on road of driving:
Now, here it is when it is all clean:
Quit parking under ash trees.
tone
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- La Quinta, Ca
That pic is photoshopped.... you cant tell?
crash02
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- hemet/san jacinto
Any updates on these? Added pre filers in the cowl, possibly new/different brand of filter,etc...?
Just passed the smog test and I really want a carb exempt sticker so I don't have to put all of my renix stuff back in to pass the visual. Small inconvenience but I pulled the trigger last night, and will add a prefilter(some how, shouldn't be to hard).
Just passed the smog test and I really want a carb exempt sticker so I don't have to put all of my renix stuff back in to pass the visual. Small inconvenience but I pulled the trigger last night, and will add a prefilter(some how, shouldn't be to hard).
bcmaxx
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I also, would like to know some more feedback, I need badly the spot where my air filter is for a second battery and this seems like a descent way to do it, I'd also run some sort of prefilter, like I do on my existing cold air cone filter
Paul Airhart
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- La Quinta, CA
I'm going to run a pre-filter & second battery also. The later model Jeep system works good. Don't know if the smog number has come in yet.
scottmcneal
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But for the guys who don't run coil overs they shouldn't have this problem. I just don't get why you would buy a filter and then have to fix it so you can run it off road.I guess they didn't plan on it being used for this, just for city use?This filter sounds like a waste of good money for the folks who do offroad.I'll stick with my stock setup or this other thing i run, it's isn't cold air but i do get 20 plus MPG in my jeep.Saved money for the gas tank, thats a good thing.
But for the guys who don't run coil overs they shouldn't have this problem. I just don't get why you would buy a filter and then have to fix it so you can run it off road.I guess they didn't plan on it being used for this, just for city use?This filter sounds like a waste of good money for the folks who do offroad.I'll stick with my stock setup or this other thing i run, it's isn't cold air but i do get 20 plus MPG in my jeep.Saved money for the gas tank, thats a good thing.
The coilovers are in the way for me to use a stock air box. If one is not running coil overs, I would recommend running the stock air box all day long.
