In Cabin Air Filter

[rebeltill05]

Hi -

I have a 2011 g37 with about 37K miles, I bought it 1 yr ago, certified pre-owned (no clue if they changed it b4 I bought the car). Have put about 12k miles on it. When the AC starts it has a bit of a strange odor so it was suggested I change the in cabin air filter. I called the dealership and of course the filter is $40 and the install is like 80. I looked on pepboys website - http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/ ... quantity=1

This one is 13 dollars. Is it just as good like most of these sort of things? Also they said they would install, seems like a pretty easy install but I may have them go ahead and do it for that price.

What are the thoughts on these aftermarket in cabin air filters and will it help me out?

[telcoman]

Hi -

I have a 2011 g37 with about 37K miles, I bought it 1 yr ago, certified pre-owned (no clue if they changed it b4 I bought the car). Have put about 12k miles on it. When the AC starts it has a bit of a strange odor so it was suggested I change the in cabin air filter. I called the dealership and of course the filter is $40 and the install is like 80. I looked on pepboys website - http://www.pepboys.com/product/details/ ... quantity=1

This one is 13 dollars. Is it just as good like most of these sort of things? Also they said they would install, seems like a pretty easy install but I may have them go ahead and do it for that price.

What are the thoughts on these aftermarket in cabin air filters and will it help me out?

Do a search for cabin filters
There are videos showing the procedure

It is pretty easy to do.
You'll need a long shaft phillips screwdriver.

I did mine at 15k miles and change it once a year. The parts department at the dealer charged me $24.70
The price at the parts department is usually cheaper than the price the service department will quote you as the service department marks up the price from the parts department.





I only use OEM filters as I had a problem on my old 06 G35 using a purolator filter.

Telcoman

[Jdude1]

I did mine at 15k miles and change it once a year. The parts department at the dealer charged me $24.70
The price at the parts department is usually cheaper than the price the service department will quote you as the service department marks up the price from the parts department.

Telcoman,

Would you recommend just buying the standard paper filter or the higher quality ones? I've got 65k on mine and I'm replacing a grill right now so I might as well order all my parts at once.

Thanks,

Jdude1

[audtatious]

I picked my filters up from tunerzstore.com....Here's my how-to for installation:

http://www.infinitig37.com/g37-microfilter.html

For the smell...well....I've had it a while in the sedan and at times it's worse than others. Just had it start on my coupe after 5 years and 75k miles. There really seems no permanent way to get it totally gone.