The reason that I changed is I am adding the poison spyder hood louver and needed a sealed filter.

 

I'm running the gauze filter and the poison spyder hood. no problems.

 

I still have my supercharger in a box but I ordered the CAI because I have an AEV hood. Here's some pics from ripp's site

 

More pic

 

ive run a ripp with a AEV hood for years with no issues... but i guess its not a bad idea to use with the CAI setup

 

Hasn't your filter gotten soaked? It sits right under the hood vents. I would rather spend $230 for reassurance

 

no mine has not gotten wet at all.. but i agree.. not a bad idea

 

On the 3.6 the hose that attaches to the air filter in the regular kit just gets disconnected ? If you look at the pictures I posted from Ripp it's kinda just gaming out there. Any ideas

 

Water actually forms a film over that screen during a rain on AEV hood. I've been through automatic car wash as well as hand spay and it's been fine. the filter sets back in there a couple inches so unless someone just holds the spray directly at the vent I doubt that it's an issue. I wash my Jeep a lot too.

 

I've got the RIPP setup on the 3.6 w/ the enclosed airbox, and yeah, the hose is disconnected. Haven't noticed any difference either way. The enclosed airbox is worth it IMO over the open air element. Also, my aeroforce gauge reports 10% intake air temp decrease across the board since I've added it.