Best panel air filter for LCR

[swoosh225]

Hi people i am thinking of removing my BMC cda filter.Have read they are restrictive.Whats the best panel filter out there for the money ,Ive already smoothed my air box in advance.
Thanks in advance.

 

[wilky87]

i have smoothed and drilled my airbox and was thinking of putting a pipercross panel filter in, but i may be more interested in buying your CDA apparently the best bet is a drilled smoothed airbox with green cotton filter and cold ait feed

 

[wild willy]

I'd say Jetex panel filter, But a new paper filter is even harder to beat.

 

[swoosh225]

i have smoothed and drilled my airbox and was thinking of putting a pipercross panel filter in, but i may be more interested in buying your CDA apparently the best bet is a drilled smoothed airbox with green cotton filter and cold ait feed

Ill let you know what i decide in the end mate. I used to have a nuespeed filter and heatshield on it but change to the CDA noticed a differance with the change then.Are the CDA's really not good for them?

 

[wilky87]

tbh i dont know, i cant see anything wrong with a cda, i think its all down to personal preferance, but dont hold me on that

 

[robertj]

I've had a K&N panel filter on mine for 2 years now. It gets cleaned at service time (at Jabba) and I'm still on the cars original MAF so no oiling up issues.
Brian at Jabba recons a panel filter is as much as you need even when remapped. Or so he told me before they put a custom map on mine.

 

[swoosh225]

Might fit it and try its not a big job really

 

[D.K]

I'v got a PiperX in mine.
Personally I think a bigger cold air feed pipe is key to using the OE airbox

 

[swoosh225]

I'v got a PiperX in mine.
Personally I think a bigger cold air feed pipe is key to using the OE airbox

Ive got a huge air feed upto the bmc cda thats fitted so would just use that i suppose ive removed the original intercoolers so it sit just behind the fog lamp on the n/s.Ill buy a filter and give it a whirl,

 

[Mikey P]

JBS are fitting green cotton panel filters as part of a package deal with phase 1 remaps so they must be pretty good.
having mine done in a few weeks so will let you know

 

[swoosh225]

JBS are fitting green cotton panel filters as part of a package deal with phase 1 remaps so they must be pretty good.
having mine done in a few weeks so will let you know

Ok mate.

 

[RS6]

after doing some searching on here i heard the green cotton pannel filter was the best filter to fit people seem to have good rr results

 

[Mikey P]

Looks like im in for a good journey home from JBS then lol

 

[swoosh225]

Itll be the same as a S3 one wont it?
ive found one on fleebay

 

[Mikey P]

not sure mate,you could go on vw spares and compare part numbers i supose

 

[Mikey P]

Did you fit one in the end swoosh225? had min fitted today, ive only smoothed the airbox and you can just about hear the DV, im going to try it for a few weeks then try an open cone with heat sheild and see the differance

 

[swoosh225]

I didn't thought id leave the BMC one on it does its job fine enough.Ive smoothed the airbox already but my mates borrowed it for his S3

 

[Mikey P]

fair enough,no point fixin somthing that aint broke

 

[wayne lcr]

i run a green cotton in me oem airbox sounds good but like willy said dont notice any diff from the new paper 1

 

[Gubien]

I've logged 206 g/s with my pipercross panel filter, so it's able to flow )