so there are a lot of shall we use the term "off brand" cai's on ebay. they still use the same configuration but slightly wider pipes. whats the difference?

thanks a lot guys.

 

I opted for the mounting braketry that was "Engineered" into my K&N Typhoon and seeing how solidly it mounts everything up am VERY pleased with it performance. Everything went in great, Great instruction viewing a REAL car and NO RATTLES!

You do get what you pay for sometimes.

 

Is that the only difference? The price difference is huge... has anyone purchased a 'knock-off' from ebay? What is the quality like?

 

I bought a ebay knockoff brand, I still got the performance, but I don't know how it competes to other intakes, since this is my first one.

 

The difference is the Ebay CAI comes with a crappy filter and the high quality K&N comes with the best filter on the market. Plus the K&N comes with picture illustrated instructions from a Neon install for those people just getting started on modding their cars.

 

Yeah, its true, they do come with a crappy air filter as i found out. I bought my cai off ebay for around 30 bucks, one of the cheapest one's there, the piping is cool and all but the air filter just sucked. Somehow i got lucky, I ordered one and paid for one but when i received the package i got a set of two cai, weird but cool . But yeah, so what i ended up doing was buying a K&N air filter and it works fine now. I believe i saved myself a few hundred bucks. Also, depends where you live, since i live in california these ebay intakes are not realy legal and happens if you buy those brand name cai like K&N or AEM, they all have a CARB expempt sticker, making them legal. I dont know much but i think california is the only state that has this law for emissions and stuff like that, so if you dont live in cali, your good to go.

 

see I had an ebay knockoff on my stratus but it had a K&N cone on it rather enjoyed it but again ive never bought a name brand one so im not sure of the performance difference.

 

I bought a cheap intake from ebay and put a K&N filter on it and it works just fine.

 

the AEM intakes are 2 1/2 inch and the E bay ones are 3 inch .not such the best intke you can get but you might get more air and more power at that.

 

Just my 2 cents:

Good VS crap made by some retard in a wharehouse with a bad air filter.

i went through 3 ebay cai's before i finally picked up a k&n and then had a friend bend some 3' piping, and i love it.