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Originally Posted by Lykosanthro
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My guess is that it is in case you break the plastic bits when you're doing your filter change. It does look like a lot of plastic, and I'm sure at some point you'll probably break something off as the car ages and the plastic gets old and brittle. I would get just the filter kits for now. I guess you could also buy the assembly and just keep it around so you don't have to wait for one to come in when the original breaks.