pond in the middle of the road, which IMO the pot mod is worth having no matter if light rain or not, my engine seizing isnt worth the one min hassle to put the pots on. Keeping alot of the road debri/bugs is a plus, i washed both these filters before install man were they dirty, both with only about 8k on each. I was mainly concerned about high speed bogging as i've felt the results with my one filter even with the shield kinda in front of it, usually only has happened when it is a windy day though.