aFe
produces what we feel to be the best air filters on the market. These drop-in
panel filters are direct replacement for your stock replacement filter. Next
time you need to replace your filter, take a step forward to an aFe performance
replacement
Features
- Pliable
progressive polyurethane seal
- 100%
polyurethane construction
- Deepest
pleats in the industry
- Minimal
wicking
- Factory
pre-oiled with non-surfactant containing refined oil
- Washable/reusable
cotton gauze media
Benefits
- Tight
seal without gaskets or sealants
- Withstands
extreme engine temperatures for extended-service live
- Improved
airflow, filtration, and dust-holding capacity
- Larger
filtration area for more airflow
- Will
not damage sensitive electronic sensors
- The
last filter you will buy for your vehicle
Fitment Chart:
P/N
|
Description
|
30-10226
|
F30 335i
|
30-10225
|
F30 328i
|
30-10131
|
E9X 3 Series/E8X 1
Series 6 Cyl (NA)
|
30-10015
|
E36/E46 3 Series 6
Cyl; E39 5 Series 6 Cyl; Z3 6 Cyl
|
30-10044
|
E53 X5 V8; Z8; E34/E39
5 Series V8; E32/E38 7 Series V8; E31 8 Series V8
|
30-10046
|
E36 318 (3/'94+); Z3 4
Cyl; 318ti
|
30-10047
|
E30 3 Series (9/'85+);
E36 318 (-2/'94); E28 528e (9/'85+); E32 750; E34 525; E31 850
|
30-10048
|
E30 M3; E30 3 Series
(-8/'85); E28 5 Series (Non-M); E24 6 Series (Non-M); E23 7 Series
|
30-10050
|
E34 535i; E32 735i
|
30-10104
|
E53 X5 6 Cyl; E38 750
|
10-10116
|
E9X M3 (-8/'09)
|
10-10119
|
E9X M3 (9/'09+)
|
30-10144
|
MZ4; E60 5 Series 6
Cyl
|
30-10156
|
135/335/535 Twin Turbo
(N54)
|
30-10205
|
135/335/535 Single
Turbo (N55)
|
30-10182
|
X5 L6-3.0L
(07-10) Oiled
|
31-10182
|
X5 L6-3.0L (07-10) Dry
|
30-10183
|
X5 V8-4.8L (07-10)
Oiled
|
31-10183
|
X5 V8-4.8L (07-10) Dry
|
The Full Scoop...
aFe's
high performance, high flow OE air filter replaces the restrictive factory
paper filters and lets your engine breathe better. Paper filters do a good job
in keeping dirt out but can clogged easily so that they need to be replaced
frequently. Foam filters also clog easily. A washable/reusable, cotton gauze
filter like ours allows more airflow and is washable and reusable. Try a simple
test. Put a sheet of tissue paper up to your mouth and draw air through it. Now
put a sheet of cotton gauze and see the difference. What happened to the tissue
paper when you got it wet? What happened to the gauze? Our filters are like
that.
With
our filters, the engine can breathe a lot better. Have you ever tried running
when you had a cold? It's hard when you can't breathe well, right? Your car's
engine is the same way. With a restrictive paper filter, it has to struggle to
run at its best. When the filter is new and unclogged, it works fine but when
dirty, the engine has to struggle. A stock OE paper filter will quickly become
clogged as it become dirty.
Our
filters are built to let the engine breathe better even as the filter gets
dirty. The multiple layers of cotton gauze are sandwiched between two layers of
epoxy coated aluminum screen and pleated like a lamp shade. Have you ever
looked at cotton gauze under a microscope? It has tiny micro fibers branching
out from the strands. When the gauze is oiled like our filters are, these
strands attract dirt and dust particles. One or two layers would allow dirt and
dust particles to pass through, therefore we stack multiple layers with
progressively tighter mesh to catch progressively smaller and smaller
particles, as small as 2 microns in size. The aluminum screen holds the layers
in place and protects the cotton gauze..
We
design our filters differently than other cotton gauze filters. We design our
filters to have the tallest pleats that the factory air box will let us.
There two reasons for this: 1) Taller pleats mean more filter material to hold
the dirt and 2) Taller pleats mean that the pleats can be spaced out more to
let more air through.
We
also have a different pleat geometry than others. Rounded tips
like a dolphin's nose replace the more triangular and pointed pleats found in
other brands. This rounded design allows the air to flow more efficiently
around the tops of the pleats. Not only that, because it is rounded, the pleats
aren't tightly pinched and let air flow through the tops and bottom of the
pleats. These features allow our filters to breathe better.
We
use 100% engineering grade polyurethane which is
more flexible and will seal better in today's plastic and fiberglass factory
air boxes. To make sure that our filters stand up over the life of your
vehicle, we have urethane on all four sides of the filter, not just on the open
ends. The polyurethane stands up to high engine temperatures and engine
chemicals better that the plastomers that the factory filters use.
Another
feature that makes our filters unique is our progressive bump seal on our flat
filters. This bump seal made of flexible polyurethane is compressed tightly in
the factory air box for a sure leak proof seal even when the factory air box
has uneven sealing surface.
Some
of our filters, especially for for diesel applications, have expanded metal
screens for additional rigidity. In a turbo diesel applications, the turbo will
create a vacuum as it spools up and draws air into the engine. If the air
filter is clogged, it is possible for a paper filter to be sucked into the
turbo. Having a dirty filter sucked into the turbo is not very good for a
diesel engine. aFe embeds the expanded metal screen into the polyurethane for a
secure lasting fit.
On
our round or oval filters, we insure a tight seal against leakage by designing
in small ridges that are compressed as the filter is placed on the stock inlet.
Being constructed of 100% polyurethane, the flanges and the ridges guarantee
excellent fit no matter how often you wash and reuse our filters.
Made
in the USA