Fram Fresh Breeze Cabin Air filter ( CF 10285 )

[Hershey]

Thanks for the pic . Do you notice less air flow with FRAM ? How about any improvements ? Will have to pick one up . Have alot of dust ( dirt ) and salt on the roads from late October to mid April . Less pollen would be nice too .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Hershey

Thanks for the pic . Do you notice less air flow with FRAM ? How about any improvements ? Will have to pick one up . Have alot of dust ( dirt ) and salt on the roads from late October to mid April . Less pollen would be nice too .

I'm glad the pic displayed for you. Yes, definitely less airflow, but not enough that I have to lower the A/C temp or increase the fan. My car is pretty dirty, so I can't tell yet re the dust. I'll probably wash and vacum my car within the next 24 hours, so I'll know a day or two after that. I would think that it would be catching quite a bit. Right after I put it in I was going down a straightaway on a 2 lane rural road that people use as a shortcut (so a convenience store sprouted up). An old car (that may be exempt from smog) pulled out of the convenience store parking lot and was then in front of me. If this car had to pass smog, I doubt it would. In such situations in the past (with the filter slot empty (as it had been since new)) I would smell the full brunt of that unpleasant exhaust. This time (after the Fram installation) I could still smell the unpleasant 'ancient exhaust' but the filter mitigated what definitely would have been more unpleasant. I know, even at this point, that I would not ever get the OEM. The OEM might be easier to install, but I can tell by the construction that it couldn't possibly do as good a job of filtering as either the NAPA or the Fram Fresh Breeze. I didn't bother looking at the AutoZone one because it is slightly more expensive than the NAPA and doesn't have any 'special features'. The one thing I didn't anticipate (and this is probably because I have so much stuff in my glove boxes) is that after removing the lower glove box to get to the filter housing, the plastic doesn't fit as tightly unless I really slam that glove box closed.

[nookandcrannycar]

Yes Hershey, I am noticing that the Fram Fresh Breeze provides quite an improvement (at least in my case). The Yaris is such an airtight car, I almost always keep the window for the driver side door cracked open a bit...ever since the car was new. I've always ended up with a fair amount of dust (up to quite a bit at times) on the dash. I always assumed it was because I had the window cracked open just a bit. Now I'm getting almost no dust accumulation, and I haven't changed anything re the driver door window being cracked open a bit. I think the most logical explanation is that the Fram filter is catching most of what used to come into the cabin and partially into my lungs . The air flow is reduced, but that drawback is definitely worth what is being kept (in my case) out of the cabin .

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Yes Hershey, I am noticing that the Fram Fresh Breeze provides quite an improvement (at least in my case). The Yaris is such an airtight car, I almost always keep the window for the driver side door cracked open a bit...ever since the car was new. I've always ended up with a fair amount of dust (up to quite a bit at times) on the dash. I always assumed it was because I had the window cracked open just a bit. Now I'm getting almost no dust accumulation, and I haven't changed anything re the driver door window being cracked open a bit. I think the most logical explanation is that the Fram filter is catching most of what used to come into the cabin and partially into my lungs . The air flow is reduced, but that drawback is definitely worth what is being kept (in my case) out of the cabin .

A couple of hours ago I reconfigured the vents to the positioning and 'openness setting'/closed setting angles that existed pre my dash/interior cleaning, and so my previous statement above about airflow is thus incorrect --- the airflow now seems the same as it was pre filter --- no loss of airflow.