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Hi probably not the best 1st post but here it goes! lol

My cheap ebay filter recently melted right off the pipe. I went to autozone and bought another universal filter (they only had 3 inch + filters ) so i said eff it and used the rubber fitting from the previous filter to make the opening tighter to fit the pipe, however, I now have this larger filter which makes a rattling noise since it touches the transmission mount. I would love to avoid buying a smaller filter just to prevent this noise. I found on another thread this dude padded it with cloth, but I feel that is a fire hazard / would need to be replaced all the time. Any ideas on what I can safely pad the filter off the mount with? Preferably something that won't deteriorate in a month and will stay secured on there. Or is it best to just find a filter that properly fits the pipe?

P.S. - I posted this on a diff forum and got no response after awhile. Since then I have cut a piece of rubber (from an old intake used to hold the pipe in securely) and duck taped it between the filter and tranny part to pad it out. No noise, however it looks terrible and I am worried it could melt? I think I am just going to invest in a new filter... Sigh why am I so cheap all the time?!

 
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any thoughts on this anyone? Is it safe to have that rubber there? What's a good filter to get that won't cost me more than the intake altogether?

 
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If I were you, I'd rather spend more on a good filter than keep having cheap **** that might not do it's job very well.. Just grab yourself an AEM dryflow and slap it on your ebay pipe.. Sure it'll cost you $50, but to clean it, you buy the solution for $10 and wash it in a 5 gallon bucket (twice, half a bottle of cleaning solution each time), let it dry out completely, then slap it back on..

http://www.dezod.com/cat-universal-air-filters_all.cfm

 
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yeah i would say your biggest problem is not the rattling, but the poor quality autozone filter. go grab yourself an aem dryflow for around $50 and it will last the life of the car.

 
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Wow I didn't realize such a great filter existed. That is definitely worth $50 in my book. Thanks a lot for the input guys I really appreciate it, thanks for the link as well riceboy. Shopping for dryflow now

 
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also the nice thing about dryflow is its dry paper, so it filters without any oil that could get sucked into the engine and mess up parts. and it traps over 99% of dirt, whereas cheaper filters with oil (cotton gauze like K&N) are only around 90%. the oem paper filters are around 98% which is what you need to maintain any new car warranty.

 
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cool that's good to know, thanks dude. that's def. worth it to me.