Cabin Air Filter

**jobra** · July 6th, 2010 12:06 AM

Hi guys,

I noticed that my A/C fan/blower is not that strong so i decided to have it looked at when I had my 20T Kms PMS * speedyfix. They found out that the cabin air filter (somewhere inside the glove compartment ) is already very dirty and needs to be replaced already. BTW, my car is a 2008 Honda City 1.5A M/T Vtec

Migs tried to scout for the cabin air filter but according to him, there's no other recourse but OEM. I asked for the price and its 4.2K so i decided to just have it cleaned using compressed air (for a minimal fee). And the blower was stronger after.

Q: Do I have to replace the cabin air filters with a new one from honda? or should I just have it cleaned once in a while? are there any generic / cheaper filters available?

Thanks in advance.

**OTEP** · July 6th, 2010 06:19 PM

You can jury rig one using those paper generic home a/c flat a/c filters. Just gut the old element out of your current element and mold the generic filter on it. There are some online sites and forums that detail this.

Me, I just removed the filter on the Jazz. My other car doesn't have a filter anyway and I always keep the windows up and use the a/c in recirc mode.

That freakin' a/c filter is even more expensive than the original engine air filter of a brand new Nissan Patrol!

**Type 100** · July 6th, 2010 07:24 PM

3M Filtrete + aquarium air filter = cheap but good replacement.

Heck even just Filtrete will help massively already.

**OTEP** · July 6th, 2010 07:31 PM

Yep, that's the product! 3M Filtrete. Have that at home.

**ozcity** · July 6th, 2010 08:45 PM

4.2k for cabin filter?? ang mahal nyan ah...yung sa FD ko got it only for 2K caire fresh filter...much better than oem...

**Lhestah** · July 6th, 2010 08:53 PM

OZcity,
San ka nakabili Cairefreshie para sa FD mo? gusto ko din palitan cabin filter ng fd ko.

Salamat!

**ozcity** · July 6th, 2010 09:19 PM

lhesta sa teamfd may seller dun..pm mo na lang sya..yomiuri yung nick

**Gecko Guy** · July 6th, 2010 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Lhestah

OZcity,
San ka nakabili Cairefreshie para sa FD mo? gusto ko din palitan cabin filter ng fd ko.

Salamat!

Yup! cairefresh for my Cabin filter too!

Also got it from Froi/yomiuri

**jmpet626** · July 6th, 2010 09:44 PM

3m Filterete lang ako at aquarium filter. Mabilis bumara yung filterete pag walang aquarium filter

**Type 100** · July 7th, 2010 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by jmpet626

3m Filterete lang ako at aquarium filter. Mabilis bumara yung filterete pag walang aquarium filter

In my case, my older Jazz 1.3's A/C blower doesn't have the little drawer that houses the cabin air filter - in other words, technically it's not supposed to have a cabin air filter. So I'm restricted to using just a sheet of Filtrete every two months stretched across the air blend box.

Glad to know the aquarium filter extends the life of the Filtrete, but it's a shame I can't quite use it.

Another caveat with Filtrete is it decreases the overall power of the blower by about 20%, at least on my blower...but it's a small price to pay for cleaner air and, I'm told, longer service intervals for the A/C system itself. It's surprising how dirty the Filtrete sheet gets after just two or three months.