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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 04:02 PM
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Cabin air filter

Just a note that may help someone out...
Changing the cabin air filter is kind of a ***** as I just found out.
Its in a tricky spot and you need to scrunch the filter up to get it to fit into the slot. Here's my advice: go with an OEM ONLY.
I purchased a sweet aftermarket charcoal filter.. and its quality was better than the flimsy OEM which I took out, but this made it realllllly hard to replace. You need the flimsiness of the oem because you need to almost fold the filter to drop it in. My aftermarket was thicker and better quality but that made it almost impossible to get in! Cant tell you how bad it broke my *****. I think If I had gone with another OEM it would have been MUCH easier.
Old Jun 15, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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Yeah I think this was talked about before it's just a ***** even using OEM
Old Jun 15, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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What kind of charcoal filter did you get? I've searched and searched and haven't found one yet.
Old Jun 16, 2012 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by zman764
What kind of charcoal filter did you get? I've searched and searched and haven't found one yet.
ebay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_1805wt_956
Old Jun 17, 2012 | 05:52 AM
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Awesome!

I'll probably try this out next time I replace mine... It's the exact size? (I've seen 2 or 3 brands of filters that say they're for our car but aren't even close)

So next year I'll start a new post saying the exact same thing say you have here... LOL
Old Jun 17, 2012 | 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by zman764
Awesome!

I'll probably try this out next time I replace mine... It's the exact size? (I've seen 2 or 3 brands of filters that say they're for our car but aren't even close)

So next year I'll start a new post saying the exact same thing say you have here... LOL
size is exact, but like I said it doesn't crunch down as easy as stocker.. don't say I didn't warn ya lol
Old Jun 17, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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I'm sure I'll hate myself as I'm doing this but I've been wanting a better air filter for 2 years now... I must try haha
Old Jun 18, 2012 | 11:29 AM
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Just bought one, thanks for the link.
Old Jun 18, 2012 | 06:44 PM
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fold... get in top and bottom corners then push from the back in the middle. then do this
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