Thanks Tony

Now, is the STI panel filter your using the "STI Panel Filter" for £47 or the "Spec C Twin Scroll JDM Panel Filter with Nitrided Frame" that Greasemonkey was talking about ?

Also, where did you buy it from ?

 

All those people that wanted to know why i didnt answer, well ive been working away this week so there

I should state that my car will gain the highest from one of these filters due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there, some people may not get these sort of gains but you will get gains overall (if replacing the original filter) plus this i think is a cotton filter so is dry rather than one soaked in nasty gunky oil which will drip into your air box but the car does sound louder now its fitted (taking into consideration my car doesnt have any soundproofing here!)

Tony

 

As pointed out by The_Judge

Tony

 

Hi Tony,

Thanks for all the advice. Sounds good. When you say:
due to the restrictiveness of the filter that was in there

what did you have in there before that was different to the original??

 

I had the original factory filter, it looked like a peice of card that had been bent over a few times

Tony

 

We are actually talking about an Official STi product here, not the bit of paper subaru uk shove in

Tony

 

So Tony.

Is the Crap piece of paper filter Subaru UK fit, the same as the crap standard filter Subaru Japan fit ?

or is the JDM filter crapper than the UK one ?

Just trying to assertain if fitting this STI filter in my car will give similar results.

 

Tony,

Do you ever wish you hadn't started this thread...?!

 

LOL..... Just waiting for Jeremy Paxmann to join this thread!!


MMMMMMMmmmmmmyyyyyyeeeeessssssss....

 

Its probably the same cr@ppy one they fit to all of the STi's as the airbox on the new age STi's is the same size, open your airbox up, if it looks orange (could possably be a different colour?) then hey presto

Tony

 

Ok which one is then with nitrided frame, the Japanparts item



or the STI Japan item?



They do look differents!

JIM

 

I have the STI panel Filter shown in the bottom photo as purchased from Scoobyworld

 

i've just fitted the s/mania STi filter today. The old orange coloured one certainly looked pretty knackered. As far as i'm concerned there is a small difference in terms of noise when the turbo spools up and a slight increase in pull at high revs. Having said that, i only fitted it today and may be trying to justify the £50 just spent! It should prove more useful when i go for TEK3 some time this year....

Pedro

 

Non of them have a "NITRIDED FRAME" ... LOL

I have and sell these, you cannot Nitride an aluminium part.

bob

 

Its real benefit comes with a remap

regards

bob

 

Bob, How much please inc the VAT and delivery, and I'll email Branko the order.

 

The japanparts filter is the same as the bottom picture. Their picture isnt very good

 

Sorry but from the pictures it's obvious they are different filters, even the logo is different colour, I don't know thought if the rest is the same!
JIM

 

Well muppet as i said it is the same. As i said it must be a bad picture. So no its not obvious they are different. I have the japanparts one in my car and its the same as the other pic.

 

Tony,

Received my STI Panel filter today and fitted it this afternoon.

got in car and went straight onto the motorway sliproad.

WOW

Car pulls much harder now and I really do mean it pulls harder.

and a nice increase in noise...