"So I went to K&N heard some bad stories with them here recently".
Much like Oil, everyone has opinion/bad story or knows someone who has a bad story about a filter such as a K & N for example. I have used the K & N on my last 2 oil changes & had zero problems... been lucky too.
On thing I do know, the lowest form of life is a FRAM corporate lawyer... the only lower thing in life is a FRAM filter... after that, you have Obama.