Mentioned it on an oil change on 04 highlander - did I hear the ser manager wrong? I passed!
Toy dealer: $52 for a cabin air filter
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Kestas
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$12.70 from filter1.com.
Yep,
Don't bother going to the dealer unless nobody has the part you need.
AutoZone sells the Bosch cabin air filters for alot less.
Don't bother going to the dealer unless nobody has the part you need.
AutoZone sells the Bosch cabin air filters for alot less.
Make them yourself from 3M Filtrete filters at Home Depot, etc.
About $16 and you can make ~4 filters, depending on your car.
Scott
About $16 and you can make ~4 filters, depending on your car.
Scott
Kestas
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Scott, I like your idea. How do you finish the edges?
Also try BITOG sponsor www.fleetfilter.com
I ordered some from them at a great price. I also tried the filtrete trick, but I used the Ultra alergin which had a wire cover. Will work, but couldn't get the fit as good as the buying the real part. The metal screen on the Filtrete I used was the problem when I went to cut it. I suggest just using fleet filter and if the price is good, order several and stock up for the future.
I ordered some from them at a great price. I also tried the filtrete trick, but I used the Ultra alergin which had a wire cover. Will work, but couldn't get the fit as good as the buying the real part. The metal screen on the Filtrete I used was the problem when I went to cut it. I suggest just using fleet filter and if the price is good, order several and stock up for the future.
Kestas
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As a courtesy to our sponsor, I check fleetfilter before suggesting filter1. I didn't see any offerings for the Highlander from fleetfilter.
Looks like it's a WIX 24901 Cabin Air Filter. I sell them for $17
On Toyota's it's really hard to change the filter. You have to empty your glove box, and remove a screw. It could take 5 minutes out of your busy day. And a neighbor told me that the dealer charged her $52 to change hers on an 04 4Runner. Buy the first one, learn how to change it and make your second one. A trip to Home Depot should handle it.
Kestas, send fleetfilter an e-mail. They have more filter applications than their website shows. Great prices too!
We sell ours for $9.77 each.
Bryan
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Toyota is rediculous for the pricing of their filters...and the Canadian variant(more pleats and smaller micron rating) but its still some 30+ dollars for one.
Forget all of that...purchase a 3m Filtrete Ultra Allergen filter from Home Depot. A 36x36 size will run you 18bucks and you can make about 4 Toyota sized filters from it. Alot of 4runner guys, including myself, do this. It filters more, does not affect HVAC flow, has more filter area all the way out to the side of the filter frame and costs less per use than anything on the market.
SOLVED!
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14602&highlight=Filtrete
Forget all of that...purchase a 3m Filtrete Ultra Allergen filter from Home Depot. A 36x36 size will run you 18bucks and you can make about 4 Toyota sized filters from it. Alot of 4runner guys, including myself, do this. It filters more, does not affect HVAC flow, has more filter area all the way out to the side of the filter frame and costs less per use than anything on the market.
SOLVED!
http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14602&highlight=Filtrete
They are just regular filters....nothing more than the pictures i provided in the link that i previously posted.
But for $52 they will install it for free...not that a half dead chimp couldnt do it with a screwdriver. Its less than 3 min of work to change filters.
But for $52 they will install it for free...not that a half dead chimp couldnt do it with a screwdriver. Its less than 3 min of work to change filters.
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