**UPDATE** Advice/statements received from Donaldson since uploading video - Do not to open the filter assembly until the element requires replacement. The Urethane seal has a some memory and could void warranty re. seal quality if an element is re-used. If assembly is pulled apart, Donaldson requires a new filter element be installed. Official statement from Donaldson regarding indicator gauges: Initial restriction level provided is based on a standard LandCruiser 200 vehicle without a snorkel. Performance enhanced vehicles, with or without a snorkel may trip the indicator prematurely due to increased restriction. This is not a true indication of remaining filter service life. If the service indicator is tripping prematurely it is recommended to maintain a regular service interval for servicing of the air filter. Should you wish to change your indicator to a 30”H2O set point gauge please contact Donaldson for a replacement Free Of Charge.

Thanks for the support guys! It’s a true please to have the support of you and your followers! Thanks everyone

Well put, big fella. Explained thoroughly whilst still in plain English so as not to confuse. Always enjoy your unbiased reviews. 😊

another informative and brilliant video, thanks Nathan

Great feed back mate 👍 👌

Top video Nathan can’t wait to get my filter. Off to Bridgetown today. Good luck with your trip

Another very professional video Nathan. Many thanks for the time and effort you put in to these honest and unbiased reviews. 🥇

Well done Nathan. Such important information for us all in this vid as this is a long standing issue that the 200 has had ( along with the handbrake and internal head unit - don't start me on that ). Thanks for your efforts which undoubtedly would have taken time away from your trip. Travel safe.

Hey Nathan. Great video. Just checked mine(2010) and yes, mine is touch. Ill ring tomorrow. Thanks again for all the great tips and ideas

On your well-considered recommendation, I've just installed one of these in a 2019 LC200. Have to say how impressive the kit is, both in design and construction of the housing and filter and in the supplied kit of parts and fitting instructions. There were a few minor niggles during installation, which I've relayed back to Donaldson, but overall I'd say the company has got this application just right. Thanks Nathan for all your videos, but in particular for the product assessments and experiences.

I noted the amount of leaves and bugs at the bottom of the filter. Since running the snorkle ram head facing rearwards, the amount of solid matter (leaves, bugs bees) coming into the air box has reduced by 99%,

G’day Nathan Excellent review of the new Donaldson airbox and filter. Having read sofar all commences from your viewer , they are also valid commences. Sure, I have also some commences for you and your Audience review. My LC 200 is still garaged and fitted with the airmax snorkel, std Toyota airfilter box and paperfilter running a mild tune and the original ram head. No vibration at all , but a nice airflow suction sound from the ram head. no complain. New Donaldson airfilter box just arrived not fitted. 30 degree brass angle to fit. Should be in the kit or buy for a few dollars Sure to fit with Teflon tape.. both side. During installation. Extruded Foam seal on filter unit: This problem is we’ll know in the Industrie that these foam seals on the D filter press easily together but hardly go back full in shape. There is room for improvement!!!! Request Donaldson to change the cheap foam seal to a much better material Objection to: Not allowed to open the lid for checking inside the airbox and on the filter lower side. Donaldson what you talking about? That is D BS.! I have never heard this from our supplier M&H for their powercore air filters. Foam seal memory effect?! Sorry Donaldson you use the wrong material for the seal !! For such cost of a replacement filter the +2 dollar for a good quality sealing material will not harm much your margins. Donaldson claims longer filter life time which we all belief is true. But on the other hand it MUST BE GUARANTEED that even after 30k and 20 times open and close the lid the seal has to be in perfect shape, function and sealing 100%. That said, should be all customer who bought the system request to Donaldson. I am happy to have paid 1200.- AUD for the Donaldson airbox with powercore filter to avoid a dusted engine and much expensive rebuild or factory new engine unit. But, I disagree in strongest possible way against the : DO NOT OPEN THE LID FOR INSPECTION.. I have also one question to the audience: Does anyone have installed the new Donaldson airbox together with the Top spin H002394 pre filter and what different suction sound noise it makes while engine rev up, full load and back to low or idle speed? PS. Sorry for the extended commence… tomorrow of day and long weekend… PS Nathan Did you weight your new pro core filter unit befor installed? Would be interesting when 0.5 kg dust is inside the filter paper. Check after your 1 year trip and let us know the driven kilometers and weight gain then. Please factor in the ram head and clear view pre filter usage. Safe trip and happy days.. Cheers

Hi Nathan, I’m running the Donaldson filter with the Armax snorkel and have no vibrations it seems to be doing a great job on my 2021 cruiser. Thanks for your review.

Good review Nathan, I have the same model Sahara, same 120x and now same Donaldson filter. (I blame you😂) I note that mine did not fit exactly using the mounting bolts to chassis. It was tight and had to persuade the bolts a bit (no accident damage to car so not sure about that). I have a trip coming up so time will tell if I have any issues with my setup. Good content mate as usual. Cheers.

I've had it fitted on my facelift 200 for a few months. The fuel economy has improved by atleast 1 litre per 100. The vehicle also pulls harder than before. My only gripe is with the vibration around 1800 rpm. They should have also added a lock piece for the MAF sensor cable. I had to use a zip tie to keep it locked in place. I bought this the same day you released the previous video. Been waiting for this review. I'm really happy with the product.

I fitted a 30in/h2o CAT restriction meter to mine. So far so good 2021 with ARMAX snorkel

I’d love to fit one of these on my GX470. Planning on a supercharged built using a fully built long lock and the extra airflow and noise attenuation would be fantastic with something like this.

Hi Nathan. I got mine sent out to me based on your video from a few months ago. Recently had my 200 serviced and I mentioned the airbox issues to the Toyota service manager by various owners from a few platforms Lo and behold they dismissed what I said and stated that of its not genuine Toyota Air filters the warranty will otherwise be void. Player dumb. The manager even mentioned it is acceptable to have a light powder on the inside of the intake pipe and outlet of the Toyota airbox. What a seriously stupid comment.

As always Nathan, a great video, but this time answering some the questions that I have with the unit. I have TJM Airtech snorkel and my indicator is showing full red the whole time. So i will get in touch with Donaldsons as well. I have to say that whilst i haven't done the Kms that you have, that all seems to be going well. On the flipside the install was a bit more challenging, as there were bolts and the drain plug missing from the kit, and some of the bolts supplied were incorrect, so the install process ended up taking a day and a half, due to having to source replacements and to fabricate my own drain plug as nothing has been forthcoming from Donaldson's so far. That aside, its stopping the dust, which was always a challenge before, so its now moving in the right direction. Thanks for your great vids. 👍

Thanks Nathan, I noticed mine was slightly rubbing on the sound-deadening material on the underside of the bonnet the day I installed it, but I couldn’t see that the service indicator was touching. Will check tomorrow AM, but I have only done about 500km on road since I put it in. Will post an update if it is. I can hear the engine is getting more air than the OEM paper filter. I’m still super-happy though. Hope you enjoy(ed?) Tassie! Cheers, Tim Fitted to a July ‘15 Sahara (pre-facelift), Armax with ram head, no tune.

Thanks so much for this vid. VEOP in Brisbane have fitted it for me. Mine is an '08 so I may need that lil elbow thingy, haha. Awesome video, sorry to hear you have to replace the element in order to show us what not to do. Cheers for that. I would imagine the leaves and bugs would restrict it pretty badly if not removed/cleaned out after 30k kms even 40k km's? It's going to be interesting to see after your first service replacement.

Good job again, well covered.. I have fitted one of these and the Armax snorkel to a stock 2018 VX. I have noticed a small vibration at around 1800rpm that was not there before install. Have you noticed this on yours at all or heard of it. Thanks Trev...

Ask Donaldson to supply a correctly sized cyclonic pre-filter - you can pre-filter 80% of dust in the air with it.

Great Video Nathan. A question from me, is there an issue with the indicator tripping other than it being hard to tell when the filter really is dirty and needs to be changed? Could you just reset it if you were to put the ram head back on when you left the dusty trails?

2019 Sahara with Armax and Donaldson just fitted. Car is immaculate no other engine or exhaust mods. Since progressional fitment of both items in one day I had terrible shaking felt through the go pedal. Took it back and they refit snorkel as snorkel bolt was rubbing on guard. They fixed that but still a noticeable resonance at 1200rpm which is annoying. Safari do issue a ‘plate’ for the factory airbox to reduce the drone which they have sent me but they don’t have a fix for the Donaldson yet. I’ve spoken to Donaldson and Safari and said “guys your gear doesn’t play nice together sort it out pls” but my installer said every 200 with an Armax gets the low rpm resonance which I find off if owners with same items are saying they get zero. Didn’t drop this kind of coin on the car and gear to have a drone in such a frequently used rev range. Any solutions fellas?

Hi, have you heard of Donaldson making this type of Air Cleaner for Dual Cab 79 series, as these vehicles also have been dusted

Can you use this airborne on a 79 series?

I certainly want to fit one. But I am almost 100% certain that Toyota will make a comment about it during my next scheduled service and "suggest" it would compromise any future warranty claims. It is a shame I virtually have to wait until the vehicle is out of warranty before I can perform this certifiably, perfect modification (read UPGRADE).

Nathan, you might be interested to know that I saw something on a KZfaq the other day where someone was discussing dusting issues with their LC300, so if it’s true, clearly Toyota are bigger b@nkers than what I first thought them to be. So overdue for a class action on this issue. As for this little Donaldson device being the sole method for deciding on whether a filter element is due for replacement concerns me a little bit as I don’t trust items that could potentially fail to be the only decider on when I maintain my filter. I guess it’s possible to remove the Toyota pipe on the clean side of the filter occasionally to check for dust ingress without disturbing the Donaldson filter element? Like others have said, if you book that in for a service anywhere you can’t speak to the mechanic directly (ie: a stealership) then you just know the mechanic is going to remove the filter to inspect it. 🤦‍♂️. Maybe Donaldson needs to provide a key lock to secure these filters to prevent that. Not knocking the unit, certainly looks like solid construction etc, pity Toyota couldn’t take note for the OME product. 😡

Hi Nathan quite interesting report. There was nothing I could find in my instructions re element removal ,that sounds a little odd really the element has to be removed for checks from new and periodically? My Donaldson still has some induction noise at 1,200 rpm I run a v spec. Ian

Based on your review, I just ordered a ItechWorld world battery to put in my engine bay. Do you use some sort of devise to measure your battery’s state of charge?

do you know if they will be making one for a 79 cruiser

The indicator gauge doesn’t work. It’d be more up front to just state that. Also, I had to look up the price for the proprietary Donaldson filters because it wasn’t stated. They’re $240, which is pretty expensive.

I don't know if your close with Donaldson or not but can u ask if making one for a 79 series. It would be good if they do cause they will sell out.

Interesting, that head was causing a decent restriction, might have been the cause of your turbo failure, when the get restricted they will get air from anywhere including lip seals and gaskets ect

What's the email address to get the bigger gauge and the 45 bend to fit without hitting please? Cold call got what problem... 😅

did you buy this or was it given to you?

Donaldson should be giving them away for free given the cost of replacement filter elements.

Looking at the issue of the pressure/service indicator... the following video shows that even a forward facing ram head will likely trip it... The video is a different car and is pre the filter so it the snorkel restriction only... but at 20 it's same as mine it's almost tripping replacement when brand new... Be interesting to fit it pre the filter to see the filter restriction amount. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sLeTa8diraupgGQ.html

It's a shame this has being a issue since 2008 let's be honest.. it's a shame it took a world renowned company so long to come out with this.. but thank good it's here now..

Oh what a dusty feeling . What has Toyota come to ,instead of fixing this issue they pass it off as being normal . No quarry/mining equipment would tolerate this issue . Dump truck average 1 kilo of dust in filter . Yet none in the engine . So Toyota WHY ??

Hopefully Toyota will be embarrassed enough to fix their poorly designed air filtration system. Considering the price they charge for these vehicles!!