Just FYI

[aarolar]

Summit brand air filters are K&N renamed, may have already known this but I just found out today when mine arrived in the mail...

[WhiteSierra08]

so they are exactly the same?

[DamnYankee]

Everything with Summit's name is made by some other manufacturer. A lot of times you can tell just by comparing one of their parts to some of the brand name parts.

[aarolar]

so they are exactly the same?

Yes the filter actually came wrapped in a K&N wrapper and K&N is molded into the end of the filter. It also came with all the K&N paperwork.

[ChevyLee]

Nice

[COWL327]

are they cheaper than the name brand

[ChevyLee]

Yea they are. A lot of companies do this now with a lot of parts. Like batteries and shocks. Pro comp and rancho and a few other brands are made in the same factory with the same parts, just get different stickers and put in different boxes, and sold for different prices.

[GasGuzzler]

GM Performance Parts are often made by other performance companies too.

The LT4 roller rockers were Crane. When they were recalled in 1995-6, many of the original sets off the cars had Crane stamped on them.

[Meangreenhd]

i would not hesitate to buy any of the summit parts. summit does not have a factory to manufacturer anything, so they are all aftermarket companies

[GMCwantsLS1]

Sometimes the Summit brand is a different manufacturer. IE this time it will be K&N maybe next time Airaid or something. The price is always better and the quality is always first rate IMO. I think it depends on who gave them the best deal at the time.