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      09-17-2011, 11:48 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by jkoral View Post
Are they really that expensive in Germany?

FWIW, in the US, I see the Mahle LX 1564 for ~$37, but the BMW OE one (13-71-7-556-961) for ~$24.

Cheap enough that I'll probably throw a new OE one in every 10-15K.

I paid 15 euros for my Mahle air filter here. I think the dealer wanted 36 euros for the BMW one. Since mahle makes the filters for BMW... that was a no brainer. Its the same story with other filters like oil and fuel filters. The BMW ones just cost more.

For now I am using BMW oil filters - bc teh difference its only three euros. But later I will switch to Mahle ones too.

Here is a comparison of oil filters... The middle one was an early Mahle design, now they only produce the right one - looks just like the BMW oil filter.



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