My question is how often would you replace the air filter regardless of what the manual states? I'm going to do about six track days a year and about 6,000 miles in total annually. I pulled it out and knocked the dust off for good measure. Has anyone replaced theirs with an Airaid reusable filter?
I was under my hood today and noticed there was paint on the rubber gasket for the air filter. Sure enough the paint has already worn through down to the aluminum. Anyone else seen this? Not a huge problem but I'm open to suggestions on how to eliminate this. My car has approximately 4,400 miles on it and is about nine months old.
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I was under my hood today and noticed there was paint on the rubber gasket for the air filter. Sure enough the paint has already worn through down to the aluminum. Anyone else seen this? Not a huge problem but I'm open to suggestions on how to eliminate this. My car has approximately 4,400 miles on it and is about nine months old.
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