Owner reviews for air filter

I buy multiple at a time on rockauto and it works out slightly cheaper then dealer mechanics pricing in the end.

buy a Motorcraft air filter. It's OEM, excellent quality, and fairly inexpensive. I own a 2009 Ford Ranger, bought it new. Now 160K miles on the clock and still running well, Motorcraft parts only.

I replaced the air filter with a higher quality paper k&n, but thats it for anything under the hood.

I will say - go ahead and get the Honda OEM filter. It is a nice, lightly oiled unit that seems to filter really well.

a k&n air filter, it changes the car a fair bit and gives it some new life too

buy a nice K&N air filter and replace yourself.

I went to the auto parts store recently to buy an air filter. They only had one in stock, an STP. When replacing I noticed the old OEM one has around 100 pleats, the STP has around 65. I'm guessing more pleats = more surface area = better air flow. I didn't notice any difference driving it though. I think next time I'll buy an OEM one.

I don’t recommend reusable performance filters since they can alter air flow enough that you end up running a little lean with a turbo charged engine. This is why a lot of turbo charged engines can’t just have a cold air intake slapped on without a tune. This actually occurred with my 08’ Subaru Legacy GT. Stick to a quality standard filter that offers optimal air flow and filtering capability.

KN avoid them they allow to much dirt to pass through, if you want higher quality go AFE Dry Pro.

Reusable K&N filters very marginally improve performance at the cost of allowing more dust and other particles into your engine. OEM paper filters or other reputable ones like WIX do a much better job of actually cleaning the air.