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Old 06-24-07 | 02:26 PM
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dont trust used car salesmen

when I dought the car he said the filter was one month old. well when I went and replaced it to day it looked like it was 3 years old.




and this is my new fram drop-in filter. the store did not have one is stock and had to order one from the warehouse. go rare japanese sports car.

Old 06-24-07 | 02:27 PM
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awsome. rare? not really. hah!
Old 06-24-07 | 02:30 PM
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rare in michigan!
Old 06-24-07 | 02:30 PM
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Wow, Fram.... Really pampering your car there aren't ya.
Old 06-24-07 | 02:48 PM
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they had a k&n but it was $65.00 and that is just a drop-in. and it was only the fram one or the k&n.
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Wow, Fram.... Really pampering your car there aren't ya.

K&N makes a washable, drop in replacement for the second gen. 7s.
If I remember correctly it has better flow numbers (though probably not a huge
difference.)Its the last air filter you will ever buy.
Old 06-24-07 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 2713ddddavid
K&N makes a washable, drop in replacement for the second gen. 7s.
If I remember correctly it has better flow numbers (though probably not a huge
difference.)Its the last air filter you will ever buy.
Changed my ancient (and dirty ) air filter with a K&N Drop-In and instantly had better throttle response when reving the engine

Last filter I'll ever buy for that car.
Old 06-24-07 | 03:25 PM
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you should be glad that thats all they lied to you about.
Old 06-24-07 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by black_88
they had a k&n but it was $65.00 and that is just a drop-in. and it was only the fram one or the k&n.
stores rip you off big on thoes, the k&n web site has them for alot cheaper
Old 06-24-07 | 04:46 PM
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its just a air filter, it not like the fram are filters will rip up and get sucked into his motor like the fram oil filters.
Old 06-24-07 | 04:51 PM
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fram is junk all the way around.. the other filter could hvae been a red element filter we sell those filters in red.. and it really did not look to bad what u should do is turn it around and pull the paper back and see how much is in the cracks.. if u can see through it while pulled back then uit was still good.. or atleast decent

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Old 06-24-07 | 05:01 PM
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Im going to be switching to a cone filter in a little while and I bought this one just to hold me over for the time being. so I wasent to big on who made the filter.
Old 06-24-07 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by stevensimon
you should hope that thats all they lied to you about.

Fixed.
Old 06-24-07 | 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by RoTa7
its just a air filter, it not like the fram are filters will rip up and get sucked into his motor like the fram oil filters.
Actually, I've seen it happen with the air filters... The pleating came apart and a chunk got stuck in the TB. Luckily, it got stuck in the TB. Would have been a pain to pull off the UIM/LIM to get it out.. or having it get sucked into your engine and blowing it...
Old 06-24-07 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by 2713ddddavid
K&N makes a washable, drop in replacement for the second gen. 7s.
If I remember correctly it has better flow numbers (though probably not a huge
difference.)Its the last air filter you will ever buy.
i like this filter a lot. it's worth the investment
Old 06-24-07 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by micaheli
Actually, I've seen it happen with the air filters... The pleating came apart and a chunk got stuck in the TB. Luckily, it got stuck in the TB. Would have been a pain to pull off the UIM/LIM to get it out.. or having it get sucked into your engine and blowing it...
Me too. Theres a pic of it somewhere on the forums.
And yeah, the 65 bucks is for a lifetime filter. You can definately get it cheaper online, though. I was looking at getting one for my MX-3, and it was 65 bucks AFTER a 25% discount at Advance Auto. The one for my wife's Mazda 6 was only about 25 or 30 bucks after the 25% discount.
Old 06-24-07 | 10:07 PM
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crazy, how is fram still in business?
Old 06-25-07 | 03:14 PM
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^ Their false advertising.

If they lied about that, I wonder what else the lied about or did not tell you.
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