This is important only because there are specials today and I would hate to miss out. can anyone actually verify that the kits provided from different vendors for cold air intakes in fact offer any real advantage over a DIY style economic ones with the aluminum heat shields? My hood is never up so appearance is not a question. Running jb4
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It really depends on your situation, I think. Where are you expecting gains? Generally it's at the high rpm end of things that you'll see a bit freer air flow, and a bit more power. Possibly at the cost of a bit of low-end (off-the-line) torque. If you're ok with that, then the only things to worry about about possibly drawing in a bit more cold air than stock - and some intakes might be better than others. I would guess that DIY offers probably 75% of the benefits of any of the other systems..
They all do basically the same thing but our kit is a much cleaner version of the DIY kit people rig up. At $329 you pay a little more but it also has a lot more resale value and does look a lot better should you ever open the hood. 
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Any black Friday discounts?They all do basically the same thing but our kit is a much cleaner version of the DIY kit people rig up. At $329 you pay a little more but it also has a lot more resale value and does look a lot better should you ever open the hood.
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As Terry said they all do the same thing and since they have the same general designs they will produce about the same power gains. Their main advantage is they look better and are professionally built.
If you aren't opening the hood or concerned about looks, a DIY system will save you hundreds of dollars and still provide the power gains and awesome turbo sounds. As long as you have a heat shield that will make a barrier between the engine & filters you won’t have much heat soak and keep lower IATs. Just don’t get the small cone heat shields that only cover the filters and don’t make a full barrier between the engine. They won’t stop the hot turbo/engine air from being drawn into the filters and you will get heat soak quickly. If you haven’t see it already this thread has a lot of info and options on DIY systems.DIY intakes w/Heat shielding drop about 0.2sec off 0-60
Hope this helps and happy tuning!
