I have the
BBK fenderwell cold air kit and I think it's pretty crappy, actually.
a) The tube that goes into the fenderwell is tacked in two places to the plate that mounts to the wall and one of the tacks broke the day I installed it, so it's barely connected.
b) The same plate is supposed to mount to the stock mounting screws that the stock airbox mounted to.... but the top screws (which stick out due to thier rubber bases) stick out too far for the kit's plate, so when you try to mount it, the whole plate has about a half-inch gap between the plate and the wall. I had to rip the stock screws out of the wall and only mount the plate by the bottom bolts. This was the only way to get the plate flush with the wall.
c) The top and bottom tubes BARELY even go together and hook up on the intake side. The cuts in the tubing are angled very poorly and the only thing that even makes the kit leak free is size of the rubber connectors.
d) Once installed, the top tube hit the strut tower. No matter how I tried to adjust all the pieces, it still hit. So I had to hammer a flat spot in the strut tower so it wouldn't hit. I've had this kit on two different cars and had the same problems on both.
e) Eliminating the MAF bracket is no big deal really, since it hangs there ok without it..... but the MAC cold air kit comes with a replacement bracket that does allow mounting the MAF in the stock location. Not absolutely nessesary.... but a nice touch.
f) After removing and re-installing the kit a couple of times, for various reasons, the blue rubber connectors now have cuts in them from the metal rings and I don't know of anywhere to get replacements. BBK should sell them seperately.
A couple of my friends have the MAC kit and I've even installed one and it's a better made kit. The tubes fit together better, the rubber connectors are better, it comes with the MAF bracket, and the kit installed without hitting the strut tower and without modifying the stock airbox screws.
Sorry to rant.... I would just reccomend the MAC kit over the BBK one. They don't cost a TON of money or anything, but they shouldn't have SO many problems for what they cost. If I could do it again, I'd probably just get the Moroso kit or a regular panel
K&N filter and spend the extra money on something that actually does something.
Just my $.02