nazzurro19 Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 hey guys bit upset atm with a purchase from a member on here he sold me this for £57.20 and i thinkg i could make this for £25 or less i was told this was a HKS mushroom filter now compare it to the genuine one for sale mine doesnt have the bolts on the bottom , the shape and style to the actual metal part is different if this isnt genuine (which im pretty sure 100000% it aint then im guna give the guy a bad review and paypal my money back)cause this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-76mm-Inlet-Uni...=item4aa21b4e1band this make the same thing for £25http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silicone-Hose-Co...=item5193387ed4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Asad Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Doesnt look to be a HKS one, there shite anyway just a car washing sponge cut to shape Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 yeah but the seller sold this to me as hks i could of made it for £20 an he wanted £57 so ive been robbed £30 lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
james@cjperformance Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Definatly not genuine, take a quick pic of the back of it for me and ill tell you 100% Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Liam_D Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Sure dosent look genuine! And they aint shit, they're awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBDevelopments Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 the 2nd picture is the new version reloaded style filter. it does look silimiar to the older style but the mesh is to thick for a genuine item. i would say its an older generation hks copy.the hks aren't that bad actually. you just need to keep ontop of there maintance, they recommend an element swap every 15k, which most people don't bother with and then they get brittle and fall apart and then people moan.remember all filters don't last for ever, only one i found doesn't need replacing is the blitz stainless type but then again they aren't the best filtration type in the world either, but saves taking the bumper off everytime you need to change the elementTimTB Developments Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Hold on a sec, the HKS filter in the link has the same stlye casge/mesh as Nazzurro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh@TunerLifestyle Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I have two like the one in the first pic and they are both genuine, but mine has the hks logo in the middle screw :/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lukew360 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Here's mine, it's genuine and the older style: I would say yours looks fake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazzurro19 Posted July 4, 2011 Author Share Posted July 4, 2011 yeah i got ripped off basically and the seller gave me back £15 as a partial refund so it stil means it cost me like £20 more Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mech5107 Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 I think the green one on the first post is fake. Also the blue one.The last one (green one) seems original.I have the same as the first post, the green one. If you see at the back there are a lot of rough spots, and the funnel inside has also some injection errors. I suppose that HKS would never let something not perfect sold. So the best way to say if it's genuine or fake is to inspect the finishing quality. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBDevelopments Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 They are shit. Apexi Power intake....best filter ever...http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/that thread is utter rubbish. its been going around for years and wasn't actually done by anyone on the supra forum, its been taken from another forum (forget which one) to promote apexi filters for sale through there website. They also ran a full on drift car which was sponcered by.................have a guess................apexi lolI'm a dealer of most of those on that list and used all personally, and have no affiliate between companies and the only one i don't like is the K&N because the fitting kit for the cars i specalise in is rubbish, but the others are still good.will admit blitz sus filters the less, but also found in tests it makes most power, but then again thats pretty common sense.TimTB Developments Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shaneyb Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 They are shit. Apexi Power intake....best filter ever...http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/That topic is about as old as I am.... Plus the HKS filters have changed since then from wet type to dry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lewis_GTT Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I agree that the old style HKS were worse. I used to have the old large style filter, and when holding the filter up to sunlight, you can see lots of gaps. The new style is great, i use one from a skyline and its a lot smaller and the filter is 10x better, alot thicker too & easy to get hold of. Im using a purple insert to match the car Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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