Hello,
I am a rural mail carrier and needed a RHD vehicle for that so I got a Japan import 93 Honda Accord Inspire.

I want to change the air filter. I understood this vehicle was imported as an Acura Vigor to the US so I ordered an air filter for that vehicle. It was the same shape but slightly larger and will not fit in the housing.

I see them for sale on Ebay UK and FR as Honda Aspire part #H101047 (Honda part #) but cannot find any equivalent in the US.

Does anyone know if it will take a 1993 regular Accord air filter or perhaps which one will fit this vehicle ?

Thank you.

 

Based on this Japanese parts site and the Honda part number 17220-PV0-000, there does not appear to be a US aftermarket cross-referenced part or US Honda part equivalent. Only aftermarket or OE in other foreign markets.

You can check the site and change the specs. if your model Inspire is different.

https://www.amayama.com/en/genuine-c...?p=5&fromMap=1

Other options may be to change the air box with something similar from a salvage yard or an aftermarket air intake.

 

This might seem a little kooky, but you could also call K&N, give them the dimensions, and they can create a custom lifetime filter for you.

https://www.knfilters.com/custom_air_filters.htm

I did this once on a go kart I built from junkyard parts, I just made an intake area, and send them the dimensions. I don't remember it being too bad, plus it was lifetime.

 

Thank you for the response and my slow "thank you".. working 6 days 12 hrs and haven't been on the computer.
Great information, I'll check that web site. And a great idea about changing the filter box to eliminate the problem.

Worst case, I have friends in the UK. I can order a set of items to their place and have them ship to me if the seller in the UK will not. I think I'd order up belts, radiator hoses, brake shoes and air filter spares to have on hand. As mail carriers we eat brakes up.

I'll check that site out to determine if those items in that list are available here. I am hoping things like radiator hoses and brake shoes would not differ much from other US domestic Hondas.

 

Another great idea. I didn't know they would do that. Thanks!



This might seem a little kooky, but you could also call K&N, give them the dimensions, and they can create a custom lifetime filter for you.

https://www.knfilters.com/custom_air_filters.htm

I did this once on a go kart I built from junkyard parts, I just made an intake area, and send them the dimensions. I don't remember it being too bad, plus it was lifetime.

 

JDM Honda Accord Inspire is a USDM 1992-1998 Acura Vigor/TL which used the five cylinder G20/G25 engine mounted longitudinal.
Check your serial number(Japan didn't use VIN's) to verify chassis/body. It is either a CB5, CC2 or CC3.
Does your air filter look like this?





Then you can use the Vigor early TL filter.
As someone with a CB1 in Eire, you are not going to find parts in the UK any easier, I have to ship stuff Stateside to get most things. Even with shipping/VAT it's often 30-60% cheaper.

 

Hello,

It looks exactly like that. In fact, having read the Inspire was imported as an Acura Vigor I ordered a Vigor AF. It is the same shape, but slightly bigger and won't fit in the housing. It's like 1/4 larger all the way around. (This is what I got.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000A09L..._kNAgFbYZWC4BW )
But I do have the CB5 5cy engine.

You said "Vigor early TL" filter. What exactly do you mean by early? We're there variations on the early vigors?

Thank you!

 

Strange that the filter is close but not the same.
Might want to try a WIX to verify it is simply not a FRAM goof. Fram somtimes has deeper/taller filters that can be a PITA to install in hinged air boxes.
Can you take a picture of the old and new filter?
There is > https://jp-carparts.com/honda/cartyp...CORD%20INSPIRE
Filter is gonna be ~$40+ shipping and whatever import tax, if applicable.

Or try and locate a Vigor/TL with a G series and see if you can use the air box assembly in place of your JDM unit so you can use USDM filters.

As for 'early TL', Acura changed the name from Vigor to TL but it was the same car, more like a mid year update kind of change.
Later TLs were different and used a transverse V6 not the same car as the Vigor or early TL.

 

The JP Carparts looks like a gold mine. Thank you so much. I will get pictures of both filters this afternoon.. Wife is out delivering mail in it now. I got lucky with a day off.
I did manage to scour a PDF factory service manual for a 93 Acura Vigor off of some Russian web site, but LHD US/Canada version.. Aside from steering and related, could be useful.

And I went out again and tried with that Fram. I mean it is exactly the same shape, but about a quarter inch larger all the way around. I'll get you some pics.

 

I know it took me forever and a day to get the picture.. Working 6 days I hardly do anything on Sunday.
I finally got it. Here it is. The clean one is the Fram CA7284. The filthy one is what was in it from Japan. I keep clearing it with the air compressor but that won't work forever.

I will probably order from that site in Japan.. get a could even at that price it is ok. But I wanted to get the pictures up just so you can see.

 

Can you rip the guts out of the good one and stuff it into the old frame? Probably a stupid idea, but just thinking out loud.

 

The thought did cross my mind. Might have to tinker with that

 

As long as you can see sunlight through the filter then it will flow enough.
We tend to replace air filter more frequently than need be.

Can you take measurements of the filter itself, including the corner?
There may be a North American variant that works.

I would also suggest taking a picture of your engine bay and of your air filter assembly.
If all else fails, if the connections to the air filter housing are the same as a USDM unit, then I would suggest changing to that housing so you can more readily purchase filters.
Honda is pretty good at making some of the most irregular shaped, in all three dimensions, filters.

I *thought* late 80's or early 90's Civics had a rectangular filter with a corner cut off, or a newer CR-V, but I may be mistaken.