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02-20-19, 09:58 AM

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link me? Do i buy it off eBay or something? At what chacoal filter are you talking about?

For the F-Sport Air Filter, I went online and searched for this part number:
PTR03-53141-AA

I drive a 2014 is350, and bought mine off ebay when they were doing the 25% off the whole site sales.

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02-20-19, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by SSworks

In the top cover of the intake box there is a charcoal filter, looks like a dark grey "foam", you will need to break some tabs to remove it.

random google pic for reference.

if I do this and take it to Lexus for a service ? Will they charge me for another charcoal filter? Lol

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02-20-19, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TOPENDMS

BLITZ is a good quality brand. I would go ahead with that filter if you already have it. If you got it on eBay, make sure it's not a fake product.

any way I can check if it’s real or not?

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02-20-19, 06:23 PM

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if I do this and take it to Lexus for a service ? Will they charge me for another charcoal filter? Lol

I would explicitly tell the Service Advisor upon dropoff not to touch the engine intake filter. Just as I always explicitly tell any service advisor not to wash my car, simply because I don't know if they'll actually hand wash it and dry it, or run it through the automated car washes that'll swirl up your paint, and then let it sit and dry in the sun.
And remember to check before you leave after the service to make sure they didn't just toss out your re-usable air filter.

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02-20-19, 10:32 PM

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if I do this and take it to Lexus for a service ? Will they charge me for another charcoal filter? Lol

You can’t put another charcoal filter on it unless you were to like super glue it back on or something. As for the F Sport filter it came with a sticker that I said it’s a reusable filter and slapped it on top of the air box so they knew. I didn’t have any issues.

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02-21-19, 12:22 PM

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be careful when you break the tabs off the charcoal filter to clean up any plastic shreds. there will be a ton. once you remove that, anything after the air cleaner will be sucked into the engine and is all fair game.