Air filter options (brand SANITIZED)

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I got three options for my car:

Filter one is ten bucks, filter media is white, about 40 folds, and has a wire backing on the INTAKE side of filter...(????!)

Filter number 2: is the stock filter for 20 dollars, media is dark reddish color, metal endplates, and 46 folds, similar to OEM

Filter number 3, has 30% more media, 70 folds, and Yellow media(Phenolic resin impregnated, supposed to stop water ingress better) but it's 10 bucks more than filter #2

I change my filters every 75k.
 
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I used a wire backed air filter in a car that didn't come with such a filter when new. It felt like it had a touch less HP at high RPM with the more restrictive wire backed air filter.
 
The wire screen on the intake side of the filter is for mice. Luckily my motorcycle had the wire screen when those little monsters filled my airbox with grass, seeds and urine! They don't like chewing through the wire screen.
 
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Live on the edge...$20 for 75k miles...why even question this.
 
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The cheap filter , changed more often ? ( I live in a dusty climate . )

Check on rockauto.com . I order oil filters there . Might be a good source of air filters ?
 
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