Six pack air filter

[Texas97]

anyone know why the filters for the six pack air cleaner are so expensive? cheapest i can find is $125 just about anywhere they sell them.

Circular one costs... $25? what the hell.....

 

[pnora]

Because they can. Common sense supply and demand. If they could sell a lot of them the costs could come down. But with limited sales there will be little to no manufacturing so the scalper price applies.

 

[dadsbee]

The "most OE correct" oval filter is sold by Year One. I helped Kevin King get that one correct with an original assembly line filter that I have hanging in the shop. Oh and BTW, $125 is cheap. Before the Year One offering, good reproductions that looked right were $300+

 

[Daves69]

Yeah, supply, demand, and what the market will bear.
Even several years ago they were around 90-110 bucks. I bought a repop from YO and the assembly quality was poor although completely fuctional (bottom in picture).

Lol, the cheapest I ever found was this squiggly Cool Blue PITA. Once ya' got it where ya' wanted it on the base ya' had to get the lid on straight or it would deform and look goofy.

 

[Texas97]

Because they can. Common sense supply and demand. If they could sell a lot of them the costs could come down. But with limited sales there will be little to no manufacturing so the scalper price applies.

thats always the answer, but it being 5 times more expensive than a regular circle?

they make ovals all the time for other applications.

just a curious thing. everything associated with the 6 pack is expensive and that's just the way it is.

 

[R413]

Also they are huge and take a lot of material to make one. Same with the round hemi filter.

And it seems nobody wants a 70's replacement with the diamond mesh on the outside instead of the metal with round holes. Those are around if you beat the bushes for them.

 

[33 IMP]

first time I needed to replace mine, I bought a K&N.
I could care less if it's original or not, it's functional. And reusable, and was $50. I do not know if they still sell them.(certainly not at that price).
Kinda disappointed in myself, I threw the correct (dirty) one away.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Hemi repo's $150/$160. $125 cheap and how often do you replace them?

 

[Bird 426]

I have K&N's on 2 of mine. They are not cheap either, but I only have to buy them once. The paper ones supposedly flow better, but, not buying them.

 

[gtx6970]

I have a K+N in the car currently

But I pulled the trigger one of these last year .
Not cheap as i think it was right at $125. But wanna play, ya gotta pay.

This is THE only game in town for the chrome dome air cleaners

 

[davek]

Its because you drive a Mopar ,I will trade you and you can buy my 17 clips for a tail panel at $170 plus shipping.