I have bought two TJs and for both I have had to buy a stock air filter box and tube for both. Both had some piece of crap short ram open filter setup.
PO Regrets
- Thread starter LaZ8787
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But...but....but...what about those horsepower gains?
I have read on the Forum that the stock airbox is the only set-up capable of supporting this in full afterburner ! .......
ChasUGC
TJ Enthusiast
I am the Original owner. So, I have no complaints against myself. 
What he did was use it as a farm truck and didn't take care of it. So a $9K purchase turned into a $22k restoration/mod saga.
DirtDawg
TJ Enthusiast
As written in a post above, I too bought my current TJ due to spendy mods done by the previous owner, however I've been doing projects every week for two months on deferred maintenance (no service records provided) plus "un-doing" many "upgrades". One of those on the list is ditching the K&N CAI, which I despise. On my former 2000 TJ 4L Sport (from-new for 20 years, I much preferred the OEM box, with just a bit of grease smeared around the filter panel periphery as sealant to block any dust that might migrate through those areas due to inconsistent gasket fit. Tonight, I purchased a complete replacement OEM air intake box which was a tougher find due to the TB tube's sensor placement differences for 2005-2006. Sadly, the few used parts sellers on eBay take listing pics with those items not even cleaned to illustrate representative condition. I chose and paid a bit more for one from a specialty Wrangler used parts seller in Canada. Go figure — from Toledo Ohio to somewhere in Quebec to my remote AZ location. Quite the journey...
I wish that the previous owner had not broken the upper shock bolts off, then got his buddy Bubba to weld in bar pin eliminators, with the new shocks attached so that the bolt head hits the frame and needed to be cut out. Found this out on day 5 of owning. PITA.
While I've changed a lot that the PO did, and have more to change, nothing was bad necessarily. Well, I've found an occasional missing or loose bolt, but that's not all that big of a deal.
Look at the size of this thing...
My gripe? My PO spent all his money on this monstrosity and a rattling tire carrier instead of a tummy tuck and a lift. Also, notice the baby ass tires.
Boo this man.
My gripe? My PO spent all his money on this monstrosity and a rattling tire carrier instead of a tummy tuck and a lift. Also, notice the baby ass tires.
Boo this man.
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