Carbon Cabin Filter - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Swisher Seattle · 01-14-2019, 08:25 AM

I drive 2017 brz with pp in Seattle.
I have been using genuine subaru cabin filter which is not carbon filter.
The only carbon filter that I know that can filter pm2.5 particles into brz/86 cabin is Mann Filter made in Germany. They have a product line called FP 1827 which is not available in the states. I am back in Korea for two months and the air pollution is serious here. We run 4 air purifiers at home, which have pm2.5 proven hepa filter(13 and 14)installed. Everyone in my family drives cars with carbon canbin filter by bosch etc...
I know air quality is great in the state of washington but my vacation in Korea got me freaked out. I would like to buy a couple of Mann and try it back at home since it's only about $30 per one and oem is more than $20.
What do you think?

N1rve · 01-14-2019, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Swisher Seattle

I drive 2017 brz with pp in Seattle.
I have been using genuine subaru cabin filter which is not carbon filter.
The only carbon filter that I know that can filter pm2.5 particles into brz/86 cabin is Mann Filter made in Germany. They have a product line called FP 1827 which is not available in the states. I am back in Korea for two months and the air pollution is serious here. We run 4 air purifiers at home, which have pm2.5 proven hepa filter(13 and 14)installed. Everyone in my family drives cars with carbon canbin filter by bosch etc...
I know air quality is great in the state of washington but my vacation in Korea got me freaked out. I would like to buy a couple of Mann and try it back at home since it's only about $30 per one and oem is more than $20.
What do you think?

The stock one should be carbon....

8RZ · 01-14-2019, 09:48 AM

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24062

FirstWinter · 01-17-2019, 04:21 PM

https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo...308930&jsn=340

tyler_win_photo · 01-17-2019, 11:24 PM

Since in Seattle the air rarely gets bad.. usually only when the fires start rolling in, you could probably get away with getting a face mask for when the air quality gets really bad.

At that point you should be wearing a mask when you go outside anyways, so might as well.

wolffbite · 01-18-2019, 02:36 PM

Stock one should be fine for your area.

I'm personally using a K&N washable cabin filter now because the past 2 summers I had to replace the stock filter due to extreme forest fire smoke contamination. My vacation spot is in the southern interior of BC so I would drive through thick smoke up to 10 times through the spring and summer. They had so much soot buildup my whole car would smell burnt inside until I replaced them. I don't expect the forest fire situations to improve in the coming years so the re-usable filter will pay for itself quickly.

DandoX · 01-18-2019, 02:42 PM

I bought one of these during the fires in Cali: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Is the Mann Filter better than this? Can you please post a link for where to buy the Mann Filter?

sneaky_pete · 01-30-2019, 10:54 AM

fitted one of these to my 86:

https://cabinairfilters.com.au/produ...in-air-filter/

no idea if they are available outside Australia.

01-14-2019, 08:25 AM	#1
Swisher Seattle Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Drives: 2017 BRZ LMT w/ performance Pkg Location: Seattle Posts: 15 Thanks: 12 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Carbon Cabin Filter I drive 2017 brz with pp in Seattle. I have been using genuine subaru cabin filter which is not carbon filter. The only carbon filter that I know that can filter pm2.5 particles into brz/86 cabin is Mann Filter made in Germany. They have a product line called FP 1827 which is not available in the states. I am back in Korea for two months and the air pollution is serious here. We run 4 air purifiers at home, which have pm2.5 proven hepa filter(13 and 14)installed. Everyone in my family drives cars with carbon canbin filter by bosch etc... I know air quality is great in the state of washington but my vacation in Korea got me freaked out. I would like to buy a couple of Mann and try it back at home since it's only about $30 per one and oem is more than $20. What do you think?

01-17-2019, 11:24 PM	#5
tyler_win_photo Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2014 Scion FRS (Asphalt) Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 554 Thanks: 36 Thanked 171 Times in 141 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Since in Seattle the air rarely gets bad.. usually only when the fires start rolling in, you could probably get away with getting a face mask for when the air quality gets really bad. At that point you should be wearing a mask when you go outside anyways, so might as well. __________________ AVO Stage 2 Turbo Build Thread https://wheelwell.com/tyler-nguyen-1...014-scion-fr-s

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