So I installed my K&N drop-in yesterday, and just want to make sure I didn't mess anything up. I opened the 2 clips on the airbox, pulled out the old, and in with the new. The only thing I noticed is that while the top of the airfilter fits in pretty good, the bottom doesn't tuck in, but I was able to put the 2 clips on, which sandwiches the whole thing together pretty tight. Does this sound right to you, or should the bottom tuck in also? Anyone have installed pics of this that you can share?

 

Sounds right to me. I found it was pretty hard to snap lid though. It was really tight. Can't say I noticed much difference in HP though. Just remember you have one when you take it to the dealer for maintenance and they don't charge you for a new air filter.

 

From what I remember of it, the stock airbox was very tight at the bottom. I only changed the filter in it once before going to a CAI, but I remember having to wrestle with it a bit to get the bottom edge of the filter all the way down.

As long as the top edge of the filter looks like it's where it should be, the bottom should be, too.

 

Just so you guys know, the dealership will void you intake and MAF warranty for using a K&N or any other OILED air filter. They just did it to me. If you are worried about your warranty go with a dry filter.

 

If you are really worried about your warranty, take any aftermarket or non-genuine mitsubishi part off and put the OEM one you replaced it with back on before going to the dealership for warranty work. It is a full proof way of getting your car taken care under warranty even if you mod!

 

They are bs'ing you, check this out below...
www.knfilters.com/MAF/massairpledge.htm

 

I swear everytime you add an aftermarket product the dealer voids the warranty for the replacement part.

 

1 more question. Does it matter whether the ridges in the filter are sideways or up and down? llll vs --- (kinda hard to draw but you know what I mean).

 

As long as the filter physically fits either way, the orientation of the ridges doesn't matter. I think our filter is taller than it is wide, though, so the ridges probably go horizontally.

 

oops. thanks folks for all your responses.

 

I asked my dealer about modding the car - they said I could pretty well do what I liked - but if that modification was the cause of a fault/damage there would be no warranty to the affected part/s.
But to void something that isn't damaged is wrong - sounds like they are a bunch of cheaters.
While it was a test on pod filters not panels - in the latest Autosalon mag out here, K&N came 1st for filtration out of 10 filters tried and 4th for airflow. So really dealers should be happy you are using a product like that as its protecting the engine better than the stock filter. Improves the odds that wont need to cost them money on warranty work in some cases.