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Old 11-22-2003, 11:46 AM
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Went to Mossy Nissan to pick up an OE air filter today, when i open the box, i noticed that the new air filter i got seems to be made from different material then the old air filter that came in the car.
Both are paper type, but the old one is red-orange in color and is "oily"(after running my finger though the paper media. the new air filter is white and is dry(not oily).. I presume the old one is a JDM air filter. Any idea?


This is the original air filter that came with the car
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Old 11-22-2003, 11:46 AM
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and this is the one i got today:
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Old 11-22-2003, 06:37 PM
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I think you are right.
The new filter I picked up is identical to yours.
I like the original better.
Seems higher quality.
Old 11-22-2003, 06:51 PM
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The OEM one is very similar to the one that is tagged Nismo.
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yeah i have the reddish filter also... it looks very similar.. if not the same one as the Nismo filter
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how come you went and got another filter? the old one didn't look dirty at all
Old 11-23-2003, 07:06 PM
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The old (red) filter has been cleaned with a brush before i took the picture. Actually, it still looks dirty afterward, but i guess the my digital camera didn't pick up all the dirt that is still stuck on it. As some of you may know, there was a recent firestorm in Southern California. I have to drive my car to work daily with all the ash in the air and when i examined the filter last week, it was obvious that the stock filter kept a bunch of ash from getting into mt intake
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