i had the worse luck with mine...

the salad bowl configuration on mine. well the bottom part started to sag.

but it's stiff rubber so now, the filter is taller than oem and it didnt make a tight seal anymore.

so off to pismo beach i go where the sand is VERY fine.

i tried to climb a few sand hills and hit stuff. that was enough to jar the air box to let sand in.... PAST THE FILTER!!!!!!


add to the fact, that over the years, i "kinda" over oil and now the oil plus sand has completely got the air flow sensor vane stuck in the wide open position, fooling the computer that lots of air is coming through, so it told the fuel pump to let more fuel.

which then gave me a very lean situation...

fortunately, i was able to find toyota dealership last saturday afternoon and they were able to help me out completely! (thumbs up to san luis obispo toyota!!!!!!!! -- this was a few years ago, but still...)

now i'm still using paper filter. keep a used one as backup.

i was able to return the "broken" filter back to k&n and they shipped me a replacement. anyone wanna buy one cheap?