I have seen pics of RRM's intake and one off e-bay. They both look the same and claim cnc machining...the one on e-bay is obviously cheaper. It uses a ractive filter, which I have never hear of but googled it and lots of people seem to stock it...

For the amount of money saved I am probably going to go with RRM's piece, but just curious...

 

Rule of thumb, dont buy ebay brands. Only E-bay if its a piece made by a known manufacturer that someone is selling brand new.

IE: If RRM had an Ebay store and sold their stuff there.

 

The e-Bay one also doesn't guarantee that a SES/CE light won't come one. RRM does.

 

get the ebay one and change the filter to a K&N one.
people have done this for a long time with the 02-06's. i don't see any reason you couldn't do the same on the 08's

 

Because the MAS is integrated and can cause a CEL/SES if you don't get the right kind...

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The eBay version is a ripoff of the RRM one. Buy it if you want, but know that it might not fit/work perfectly.

 

^ahhhhh. well there you have it, i guess that is a good reason

 

Yeah another guy with an 08 did buy an ebay one just like RRMs and got a CEL. It works fine for 02-07s, but I guess the 08 is more technical.

 

After owning both, I'll say that the technology on the 2008s (especially the GTS) compared to the 2002 I had before is like comparing today's computers against a 1985 Tandy computer.

 

ha ha

well thats cool i guess, but its gotta suck for modding purposes and if something goes wrong.

 

Hmmmm..... The seller of the e-Bay intakes also has the same name as a member here.

 

Ebay or not, they all function the same.

 

They had the debate about the ebay guy having the same name as a member but they said it wasn't the same guy. And I would say that if RRMs intake doesn't cause a CEL but the Ebay one does, then they don't do the same thing. Ebay intakes had no problems with the older Lancers.

 

yeah for an extra 30$ i would pay more to have the one that is gonna work properly, not saying the e-bay one won't but these new 2008's I know have very picky sensors that love to throw check engine lights...wanna try one? unplug your drive by wire harness and see what happens :P

 

^thats for any car with a maf, not just your '08

 

No ****. RRM has reported that if you deactivate the DRLs the wrong way, the car goes into Limp Mode.

Wrong. It's the same guy. I talked to him.

Tell that to this chick...