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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: GaryBC on 15 June 2011, 17:39:06

Title: Which air filter?
Post by: GaryBC on 15 June 2011, 17:39:06

Shopping around for an air filter shows an amazing variety of prices for what appears to be the same thing every time!

For example: Eurocarparts lists a Bosch item (Part No.: 502720160) and one by Guttmann (Part No.: 502720161). The prices are £11.04 and £5.16 respectively.

I don't mind paying twice the price if I'm getting twice the product! But I an't paying just for a badge!

Any reasons why I shouldn't save nearly six quid and buy the cheaper one?

Gaz

Title: Re: Which air filter?
Post by: albitz on 15 June 2011, 17:43:19

Genuine VX is the best. Cheap ones tend to have a lot less surface area. If you get a trade club card VX are reasonably priced as well - just over a tenner iirc. :y

Title: Re: Which air filter?
Post by: TheBoy on 15 June 2011, 20:05:14

Genuine GM one, get a Tradeclub card ;)

Title: Re: Which air filter?
Post by: Lazydocker on 16 June 2011, 00:21:47

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Genuine VX is the best. Cheap ones tend to have a lot less surface area. If you get a trade club card VX are reasonably priced as well - just over a tenner iirc. :y

I should have taken a picture of the Cooper filter removed from a member's car last weekend... I reckon it probably had half the surface area of a genuine one :o

Title: Re: Which air filter?
Post by: Jimbob on 16 June 2011, 07:37:23

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Genuine VX is the best. Cheap ones tend to have a lot less surface area. If you get a trade club card VX are reasonably priced as well - just over a tenner iirc. :y

I should have taken a picture of the Cooper filter removed from a member's car last weekend... I reckon it probably had half the surface area of a genuine one :o

that, or similar pics have been on here, some are tiny compared to the huge GM one

Title: Re: Which air filter?
Post by: mathewst on 16 June 2011, 09:32:07

I use mann filters here.
Seems fine