Review on 🚗 Banks Engineering Ram Air Intake Kit 42255-D for Dodge Ram 2500 by David Carmody

To be honest, I am very disappointed. The air intake was packaged in branded packaging that appeared to have been kicked and all parts were loose. When opening the box, I noticed that only a piece of styrofoam roughly holds everything inside. I bought this for my 2014 and after removing the stem I noticed that the Banks intake pipe was either not long enough or could not be installed in the correct position to fit the included airbox. Also, the air filter (which arrived with a lot of dirt, which I believe was a manufacturing defect) could not be securely attached to the intake manifold in any way. When tightening the filter to the intake manifold with the supplied C-clip, the clamp simply slides off both the edge of the filter and the intake port. The intake box also couldn't fit properly on the filter. The filter could only fit by placing it outside the intake box. And finally the inlet pipe; When attempting to install a stock MAP sensor, the mounting hole was too small to fit the factory sensor. Additionally, when attempting to install it in the new intake manifold, the MAF sensor stripped both mounting bolts inside the intake manifold, so it could not be removed from the Banks intake manifold without completely destroying the MAF sensor bracket and cutting it off the intake pipe. Overall, I'm very disappointed in something that has Banks' name on it. I bought this trick because I know a lot of people who have had great luck with other Banks products. Let's hope it's a manufacturing defect or just a poor quality product.