Personally I think it comes down to such a personal choice its hard to say, I thought about going with the adapter route then your options really open up as you could go with any harley intake...but I didn't like the cost breakdown myself so I went with the LA Choppers intake, quality is there but I'm not 100% happy either...I thought the filter ran all the way around including the face plate as it is screened I thought it was like some harley intakes that are open, but its just a cover plate...it works fine..fits fine and looks fine, just wasn't how I expected...I should have researched more. But looks cool..ha.