Mods that you instantly regretted?

[marky]

Originally Posted by Joveen

Isnt that the new drycon filter they have a blog on with testing done etc...? Not really sure what the problem you're pointing out is.

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little mesh wiring on the filter found 3 of them and one poking on the filter in the back and some little bits of rubber molding pieces.... caught my eye when i saw that big pot hole like quality and carefully looked at the filter and saw them.. glad i didnt put it in i was about to till the hole on the side said to me this is bad quality.... not sure if i want to find out what happens if tiny wire bits and rubber gets inside the throttle would you trust that if you saw it

[marky]

Originally Posted by weederr33

Eh, I just went with HKS and Blitz

had the hks on my 2013 frs and didnt have much miles on it so i still had it and thought it was going to drop in m btz ts 2020 and it didnt lol

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by marky

grimmspeed air filter... made in usa but china quality never again... didint install it on my car..glad i checked it.... be careful guys with this air filters ...sticking to oem. i know they dont really even gain much

you must be a jeweler to see such tiny imperfections...

[marky]

Originally Posted by soundman98

you must be a jeweler to see such tiny imperfections...

im a mil spec tech inpeactor... im very ocd lol when it comes to this kind of stuff..soon as i took it off the box and saw that pothole molding i knew it was not going to be a good idea to use it and check..guess ill just stick to oem

[norcalpb]

Originally Posted by marky

im a mil spec tech inpeactor... im very ocd lol when it comes to this kind of stuff..soon as i took it off the box and saw that pothole molding i knew it was not going to be a good idea to use it and check..guess ill just stick to oem

I’m sure they’d send you a replacement that’s more up to par. But you can never go wrong with the filtration of OEM.

[marky]

Originally Posted by norcalpb

I’m sure they’d send you a replacement that’s more up to par. But you can never go wrong with the filtration of OEM.

nah i returned it ... cant trust that thing when someone even signed their name on it thats a red flag from me right there..

[AutoNewb]

Raceseng tall shift knob with extension without a short shifter.... felt like I was driving a 1960s car with such long throws.

[Dzmitry]

Originally Posted by marky

grimmspeed air filter... made in usa but china quality never again... didint install it on my car..glad i checked it.... be careful guys with this air filters ...sticking to oem. i know they dont really even gain much

You make it sound like this air filter was going to be causing damage to your car lol. Aside from the annoying small break on the side (which probably has no effect on the "gains" anyway), I don't see anything wrong with the filter. To each their own I guess though.

[marky]

Originally Posted by Dzmitry

You make it sound like this air filter was going to be causing damage to your car lol. Aside from the annoying small break on the side (which probably has no effect on the "gains" anyway), I don't see anything wrong with the filter. To each their own I guess though.

Can i throw small little wires inside your throttle intake then? Let me know if your fine with that ?

[DarkPira7e]

Originally Posted by marky

Can i throw small little wires inside your throttle intake then? Let me know if your fine with that ?

Hopefully you realize that the mesh is only on the the part of the filter facing outwards, not on the engine side. That tiny thing he pointed at with pliers is on the gasket and wouldn't get sucked in. Even if it did, it wouldn't do anything.

Obviously it's not great that it slipped by QC thougg

[marky]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Hopefully you realize that the mesh is only on the the part of the filter facing outwards, not on the engine side. That tiny thing he pointed at with pliers is on the gasket and wouldn't get sucked in. Even if it did, it wouldn't do anything.

Obviously it's not great that it slipped by QC thougg

There was some rubber molding tiny parts also all over i removed and one tiny wire mesh on the back was poking through the filter and that 2 I circle green i took pic before I took it out once i found that pot hole like chunk caught my eye so I had to look at it more closely. I was about to just put it in but that molding stopped me.

Yes as a mil spec quality worker this made my ocd tick bad 🤣🤣🤣 not going on my brz ts 2020 NOPE!!😂 I'm sure you wouldn't put this on your car also

[Dzmitry]

Originally Posted by marky

There was some rubber molding tiny parts also all over i removed and one tiny wire mesh on the back was poking through the filter and that 2 I circle green i took pic before I took it out once i found that pot hole like chunk caught my eye so I had to look at it more closely. I was about to just put it in but that molding stopped me.

Yes as a mil spec quality worker this made my ocd tick bad 🤣🤣🤣 not going on my brz ts 2020 NOPE!!😂 I'm sure you wouldn't put this on your car also

Funny enough, from looking at GS's product photos, you can actually see the picture of the BRZ filter with the hole on the edge just as you have it (Maybe the secret to making all that power). I guess I wouldn't be surprised that this is how a lot of aftermarket filters are, as there are probably few people like you who do such detailed checks on them. But who knows.

[marky]

Originally Posted by Dzmitry

Funny enough, from looking at GS's product photos, you can actually see the picture of the BRZ filter with the hole on the edge just as you have it (Maybe the secret to making all that power). I guess I wouldn't be surprised that this is how a lot of aftermarket filters are, as there are probably few people like you who do such detailed checks on them. But who knows.

Interesting find.. i didn't noticed that back then on my frs had a hks air filter.. i think ill just stick to oem filter for now.. plus weather is warmer and more fine dust flying around here.. plus now that I know that filter has a tiny hole poke from a wire I took off but I like flapped it back cant notice it lol but still just not happy with this..

I'm retuing back to ft86 and sent pics to grimmspeed about it and see maybe they can address that so maybe others won't get a bad quality of a QC .

[new2subaru]

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