The Air Filter is the lung of the engine
The Genuine Toyota air filter is designed to trap dust while at the same time providing full air flow. Many Non-Genuine air filters are structurally and functionally inferior to Genuine ones, as show below:
Genuine
Non-Genuine
Filter material is needle-punched to increase dust-catching ability by as much as 30%. Its triple layer filtering element has a coarse mesh, medium mesh, and fine mesh
Genuine Toyota air filters are engineered carefully to match with engine performance. They perform extremely well and can be used for a long time. Always insist on a Genuine Toyota air filter
Needle-punching is conspicuously missing.It has only single-layer filtering element.