I did something similar with my mini-split at my other shop after seeing how much crud built up on the fins. I used some wide weather stripping that has the adhesive on one face along the bottom of the filter box where it butted up to the mini split. Once I get a mini-split for the new shop I'll do the same thing. I'm contemplating a ceiling mounted high air flow air filter since it doesn't use the fancy and really expensive filters like the Jet filters.