You can put like 15 20 thousands miles or more (not sure of exact number) before you have to clean them, it is very worth it. You can put as many heat shields as you want to around a short tube intake your still going to be sucking in hot air from the hot engine bay. Your from TX correct, imagine how hot your engine bay is going to be on a summer afternoon, dont you want those filters way outside the engine bay?? Just my two cents.
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2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness.
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