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DIY: cabin air filter

DIY: cabin air filter

Postby Biggi_e » Thu Jun 01, 2006 9:26 am

-open your glove box
-you will see a little hinge on the right with a screw in it
-unscrew it and take apart the hinge
-then press both sides of the glove department on the black plastic inward
-that will release the glove department and just lay it on the floor
-then if look you will see a white box, move out the wires from it while trying to pull it out.
-then take the filter out and replace with the new
-after that follow the arrow on the box to make sure it is going inside upright.
-after that just attach the glove box and screw the hinge back together
-and thats it

hopefully this may help, i will take pictures when i have a chance.
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Postby NotDads » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:16 am

How often does this need to be done?
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Postby Biggi_e » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:20 am

for me i'd do it ever 10,000 miles or so maybe? not sure the recommendation but mine was filthy!
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Postby Sap Z » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:13 am

hey it is the same on gen 1? can someone verify? also where did u get the cabin filter from?
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Postby Solarafreek » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:17 am

I dont think gen 1 has one.
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Postby Down2TheC » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:02 pm

The Gen 2 crowd has come to the realization that Toyo is raping us for the filters and that it's easier, cheaper, and probably better to just chop up a 3M home filter to size.

As far as frequency, I'm doing mine by season. I change it in the fall after the dusty summer and before getting into the winter season where I'm running in a closed up car. If you use your A/C alot then I'd do it in the Spring instead. poor air flow causes bad a/c.
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Postby PXLpainter » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:53 pm

When I want to clean out the air in my cabin I push the little button on the left side of the dash that says "Open" :D
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Postby Down2TheC » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:35 am

Remind me to teach you about a thing we have here in Chicago... it's called "Winter". It's kind of like when it gets down to 50 in CA... 'cept different.
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Postby Sap Z » Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:41 am

^^^ hey r u planning on making a nice CD compilation for this yrs elmhurst event !!

i still have a smile when i listen to the first track where someone u made it say - Solaraaaaaaaaa
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Postby Biggi_e » Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:03 pm

even though i changed mine the day i wrote this DIY mine still smells every once in a while but i still dont know what it is but what Down2thec said about changing during seasons wise might be a good idea.

sapz-your avatar buddy... :o :o :o :D
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Postby Down2TheC » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:21 pm

Sap Z wrote:^^^ hey r u planning on making a nice CD compilation for this yrs elmhurst event !!

i still have a smile when i listen to the first track where someone u made it say - Solaraaaaaaaaa

8)
Then I guess I should start scouting songs and taking requests.
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Re: DIY: cabin air filter

Postby yanges » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:36 pm

Biggi_e wrote:-open your glove box
-you will see a little hinge on the right with a screw in it
-unscrew it and take apart the hinge
-then press both sides of the glove department on the black plastic inward
-that will release the glove department and just lay it on the floor
-then if look you will see a white box, move out the wires from it while trying to pull it out.
-then take the filter out and replace with the new
-after that follow the arrow on the box to make sure it is going inside upright.
-after that just attach the glove box and screw the hinge back together
-and thats it

hopefully this may help, i will take pictures when i have a chance.


i was checking my cabin air filter to see how dirty it was and when i put it back together, the glove compartment door now drops like a rock when i open it??

before it had something that lowered the glove compartment door slowly...

can someone tell me what i did wrong?

thanks!!
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Postby XEusioN » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:57 am

You probably had something stuck in there, mine has dropped like a rock since day one :)
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Postby Down2TheC » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:42 pm

Make sure you re-attached the strut on the right side. One screw. If that's on then you're back to OEM.
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Postby RDKamikaze » Sat Sep 30, 2006 1:19 am

Biggi_e wrote:even though i changed mine the day i wrote this DIY mine still smells every once in a while but i still dont know what it is but what Down2thec said about changing during seasons wise might be a good idea.

sapz-your avatar buddy... :o :o :o :D


Did you piss anybody off recently? They could have stuck a dead fish or an open can of tuna under your seat. Other popular suggestions is that you eat in your car and leave the bags in too long, you/others fart a lot, and you drive with the vent open by the cow farms. Whichever applies to you most is probably the culprit. :) .
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