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Offline andynorfolk

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which panel filter?
« on: 09 June 2011, 17:53 »
i need a new air box as mine was butchered when i got it and the muppet actually drilled holes in the top of the airbox as well as the bottom :S

so im gonna upgrade the filter too... i have used pipercross panel filters in the past and have always been good, anyone else got any suggestions? i've always though k&n was just a name to sell cheap rubbish under...
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #1 on: 09 June 2011, 17:55 »
I've always used k&n.
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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #2 on: 09 June 2011, 18:02 »
i had a k&n induction kit on my bravo 1.6 and it just did nothing... so then i ran a pipercross filter in the standard airbox and it seemed to run infinitely better
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Offline jmsheahan

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #3 on: 09 June 2011, 18:26 »
Just put a standard one from VWS in there. Fiver. Job done.
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Offline mk2bal

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #4 on: 09 June 2011, 18:31 »
As above. If 16v, drilled front corner, snorkel removed, wing blanking trim removed,  £5 vws filter. In winter I run no snorkel at all jus a great big hole out front, in summer I run some convoluted cable duct attached to front of snorkel as cold air duct, but the snorkel itself is chopped off inside so I still get the noise with only a few less db's.
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Offline Sam

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #5 on: 09 June 2011, 18:37 »
Standard is best  :smiley:
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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #6 on: 09 June 2011, 18:43 »
i want the airbox kept completely standard, but the standard paper filters are let's be honest fairly crappy and you need to keep replacing them...

reckon i might just go with a pipercross panel filter
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Offline Wayne

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #7 on: 09 June 2011, 20:56 »
K & N is a good choice.
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #8 on: 09 June 2011, 21:42 »
It's an air filter FFS.  Save your money and get a standard one.

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Offline dubber36

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Re: which panel filter?
« Reply #9 on: 09 June 2011, 21:50 »
Quote from: The Mighty Elvi on 09 June 2011, 21:42
It's an air filter FFS.  Save your money and get a standard one.



How true.
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