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Mackem13
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PostSubject: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty18th July 2013, 22:01

I am thinking of upgrading the air filter on the JCW and would like some advice. I don't want to go too mad as the car is still under warranty. I've had a look online and there's just so many options out there its all a bit baffling as they all claim to do different things. The one I'm tending to prefer at the moment is the one from ITG.

But any advice, recommendations or experiences would be really helpful.
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty18th July 2013, 22:09

Itg
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 08:52

ITG

I run one in my JCW - it was my 1st mod
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 12:03

itg all the way Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 14:37

Thanks. Found one on eBay for £59.
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 15:19

thumbs up Good one!
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 16:17

TRY Lohen i am sure they are cheaper

plus if they are not they will price match
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 17:19

AM_AUTOS wrote:
TRY Lohen i am sure they are cheaper

plus if they are not they will price match

Had a look on their website and couldn't see anything on their
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 18:36

http://www.lohen.co.uk/shop/proddetail.php?prod=itgprofiltergen2
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty19th July 2013, 23:55

Thanks Ali. Will get one next week when I've been paid.
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty20th July 2013, 01:33

Lohen are hardly ever cheaper for anything

call them: https://www.vecchio.co.uk/
they are a lot cheaper (~£39)
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty20th July 2013, 09:09

Nobody seems to list anything for the SD?Crying or Very sad 
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty27th July 2013, 22:05

itg here too..

£59 seems step.

think i payed around 40 notes
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty3rd August 2013, 08:50

I paid around £42 for my ITG pro filter from Lohen at the MINI festival. R53 version though so I assume the R56 version will be of a different design?
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty3rd August 2013, 15:33

Think the r53 is a round one and the one for mine is a panel one
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty6th August 2013, 10:37

I bought r56 Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty6th August 2013, 11:28

Do these filters do much? Are they noisy? I had a neuspeed on my old Cupra and it was so noisy it became annoying
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty6th August 2013, 13:47

You will be more induction noise and a few bhps

You should get more noise and pops n bangs from the exhaust

It wont be annoying i can tell you as a FACT

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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty6th August 2013, 16:17

Mackem13 wrote:
Think the r53 is a round one and the one for mine is a panel one

They are round in the SD also!
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PostSubject: Re: Air filter upgrade   Air filter upgrade Empty11th August 2013, 14:03

The itg filter from Lohen, is it the same across N14s and N18s, Cooper S and JCW?
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