Intake
Just got my black Takeda in the mail the other day and I'm not very happy with the quality 
maybe I got a bad unit? Chips in the powder coating in two spots, void on one of the welds, both of the breather bungs look embarassing on the inside, the bungs dont even line up over the holes of the intake tube. Grrr going to call afe and see about a replacement unless I'm not the only one with this problem? This thing is whack! I like the concept and design of it, but come on it looks like an 8 year old got out his dads welder and made a good attempt then rattle canned it black. 
If anyone wants pics to compare I can take some when I get home. Sad day.
maybe I got a bad unit? Chips in the powder coating in two spots, void on one of the welds, both of the breather bungs look embarassing on the inside, the bungs dont even line up over the holes of the intake tube. Grrr going to call afe and see about a replacement unless I'm not the only one with this problem? This thing is whack! I like the concept and design of it, but come on it looks like an 8 year old got out his dads welder and made a good attempt then rattle canned it black. If anyone wants pics to compare I can take some when I get home. Sad day.Lou
Mine came in the mail last week.... I didn't have any problems with mine. All the welds on mine look good but they could have done a better job lining up the breather bungs and the metal they used to fab the intake is slightly thinner than the Joe-Z..
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Just got my black Takeda in the mail the other day and I'm not very happy with the quality maybe I got a bad unit? Chips in the powder coating in two spots, void on one of the welds, both of the breather bungs look embarassing on the inside, the bungs dont even line up over the holes of the intake tube. Grrr going to call afe and see about a replacement unless I'm not the only one with this problem? This thing is whack! I like the concept and design of it, but come on it looks like an 8 year old got out his dads welder and made a good attempt then rattle canned it black. If anyone wants pics to compare I can take some when I get home. Sad day.
maybe I got a bad unit? Chips in the powder coating in two spots, void on one of the welds, both of the breather bungs look embarassing on the inside, the bungs dont even line up over the holes of the intake tube. Grrr going to call afe and see about a replacement unless I'm not the only one with this problem? This thing is whack! I like the concept and design of it, but come on it looks like an 8 year old got out his dads welder and made a good attempt then rattle canned it black. If anyone wants pics to compare I can take some when I get home. Sad day.
I have the K&N intake. Fitment was perfect and I had ZERO warning lights or anything like that. I also had the Joe-Z before the K&N intake. The power gains seem about the same (NO DYNO DATA). The sound of the K&N intake is however more noticeable when you get on it, than the Joe-Z. I also am running the ISS forged exhaust and TOM's throttle controller. The reason I like the K&N, you can see when / if the filter needs to be cleaned. Plus there is more open air surrounding the filter other than stuffed inside of a plastic box. The K&N does include the "wall" to "separate" between the pipe and filter. I think this to try and reduce the heat soak into the filter. I have been happy with it. I have had it for 3 years now.
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Installed my Takeda yesterday, and like its been mentioned before the clip on the bottom felt like it was going to bust off if I breathed on it (3 tiny spot welds) Chips in the powder coating on the tube itself and chips on the box that latches to the factory box, missing the emblem for the intake tube. I also don't like the rectangle they cut out of the side of it, because the filter would not fit otherwise, so its not fully sealed like the stock box was. 
Overall I'm not impressed but no check engine lights and it sounds good; from what I can hear over the other mods.
Overall I'm not impressed but no check engine lights and it sounds good; from what I can hear over the other mods.
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yup gotta takeda without the top mounting clips.. anyone have a solution for this??
i was thinking of drilling a couple of holes and putting a couple of bolts in the place of where the mounting clips should be... any ideas??
i was thinking of drilling a couple of holes and putting a couple of bolts in the place of where the mounting clips should be... any ideas??
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Such a great design and concept but its lacking the extra amount of quality that I would expect going onto an expensive car. Especially for the msrp that they suggest on this intake system.
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Essentially that would work ya, but are you still able to contact the dealer you got yours from? The seller I got mine from is forwarding my pics to Takeda for review, I assume they will want me to mail mine back in and wait for another set, but thats their product, it is what it is. Such a great design and concept but its lacking the extra amount of quality that I would expect going onto an expensive car. Especially for the msrp that they suggest on this intake system.
thanks for the input Strykar
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I emailed one of the sellers of the Tom's drop in and they stated it was not reuseable. That made me wonder how legit they were. $175 for a filter that needs to be replaced. I was just going to go with the K&N when I heard that. Who do you recommend buying a Tom's filter from?