Wayy overdue to replace the crusting air filter in the Elan.
With my overwhelming want and brand-spanking-new Amazon account, I went looking for a suitable air filter for the Lotus. Not interested am I for replica items because, well, say if one such filter decided to not filter a piece of stone or similar, I’ve dug my own grave.
After looking through a little, I finalized on the GReddy AirInx. I’m not a big fan of honeycomb filters or most other designs; purely locked in on a carbon airbox or a cone filter like the AirInx.
I stumbled across colored versions of these AirInx filters, but I found them on Shopee Singapore. From there, I’m skeptical.. Plus, the price difference is staggering. They are sold there for around S$30, whilst these from Amazon shipped from Japan costed S$144. For something sensitive like this, I picked safety over pricing – a crazy choice for someone like myself.
The AirInx is a universal filter, meaning that so long as you have the piping, it goes onto any vehicle (at your discretion). There are different sizes labeled as “[number]#”, so something like “80#” is 80mm diameter. I measured before purchasing to prevent buying the wrong size.
Although I like OEM setups, I rather like the shininess and execution of the current setup done and kept by the previous owners. I actually don’t fancy the airbox design of the Elan – maybe it isn’t aggressive enough – but I won’t be finding it.
The old air filter is disgusting. It sure has been through hell, the texture looks awful and I frankly don’t know what happened to it, but it is tearing, excluding the odd disintegration of the surface.
But yeah, out with the old and in with the new.
Provided with the air filter is an instruction sheet detailing how to install the GReddy badge – the filter installation itself is relatively straightforward. To my friends who wouldn’t have done this before, its a matter of tightening or loosening with the clamp.
The instruction sheet is essentially fully Japanese – no fault to them given it was a JDM item being resold for international buyers. It is advised to check and maintain the filter per 3000-5000 kilometres.
I don’t necessarily feel any tangible difference except for the piece of mind that there is now another new item sitting in the car. It looks fine, still provides a nice intake sound. Can’t complain. If you want one too, I present the link – only one left.
~Efini
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