my friend is really close in bidding on one, but i have no proof as if they are as good as say a top name brand. So should he just save up? or is it all the same?

The pipe is just as good as any other pipe. They may conduct a bit more heat than say an AEM, and the filter is probably not as good. But you have to ask yourself, is the extra 1-2 hp worth the extra 170 bucks??

Have him get it, then buy a used AEM cone filter or K&N cone filter, I see they all the time in the FS section.

mines ebay. no probs here

i got his on off of ebay for $40 shipped but the bracket broke off.

so i got this one off of ebay for $64 shipped, its exactly like the aem except it doesn't have the AEM logo or a K&N filter.

i have an ebay intake as well....buy a better filter when you get the money and you are golden. It makes the same cool noise as all the others, and mine is anodized hte same exact blue as my car.

I have an ebay intake and I got into the mid 15's with it, the intake itself dropped .2 from my quarter mile time (im a consistent driver, so yes im sure it by itself made this change) Go for it.

I have one that I got off of ebay, and one of my friends has an aem. I think the ones off of ebay are just as good as the aem ones, and a lot cheaper.

You could always put an aem sticker on it. HA HA!

What about the ones on www.procarparts.com ?

i dunno guys, i dont feel the same pull with my old $40 ebay intake that i do with the my new AEM. it seems to really kick more than my old one did. if i was you dude, i would tell your friend to get an AEM or Injen. i may be biased because of my AEM, but it is a good buy.

i just bought one from procarparts, got i off ebay cheaper. either way its better than the stock pipe, but i also plan to get the jeep TB soon and im having my intake manifold ported/polished to match the TB so i should feel some pretty nice gains after that. at least i hope so

so how do you know that those K&N filter are better than those cheap kragen filters? Have you dyno tested it? I think your just wasting your money on aem and those K&N overated filters. Then again I got a HKS filter :P but then again I got it on ebay for 30 bux so it's all good :)

i had an e bay intake for a while, only problem i had with it was it didnt fit exactly right. i junked it for a 3 inch pvc intake i made. 15 bucks at lowes plus the filter! haha.

Well to answer you question... I will say its better then stock, will you notice a difference... YES, but will you notice a difference between an ebay intake and an injen, AEM, iceman? YES! I would check out those first

All of a sudden I got a bad idle the other day. I was lookin everywhere to see what it could be. Pulled out my procarparts.com intake..there is the problem. It was rubbing up against the battery so much it created a hole in the actual metal tube. All i know is that the metal material the tube is made out of is garbage. Ive got some duct tape over it now, until I purchase a new one. AEM looks like the way I am going. That silver one piece tube above that someone got off of eBay looks like It has a good fit. I will take a look for that one.

Just a warning, the procarparts.com one is really cheap, and it doesn't fit very good anyway. They give u a bunch of brackets that they don't tell u what to do with.

ah so CAI = cold air intake =P. overlooked this before i posted mine about the same thing, sorry =\. im buying one of them though in a week or so i really want quality parts but i dont want to blow more than i have to just for name brand. prolly getting engaged soon, so i cant blow all of my $$ anymore.

most "cold air intakes" are all the same. having a K&N on the end of a stock intake pipe fits a lot better than having to deal with brackets and is a lot cheaper than going out and buying something from AEM or off of e-bay. the extra cash isn't really worth the 2 or 3 WHP that you'd get out of an aftermarket intake. although, i'd have to admit that they sound cool and look a lot better under the hood than that ugly stock thing.

if you're looking for a REAL intake, get the one that hahn or star makes. :9