Sorry, didn't mean to upset people. I once cut open a Fram filter and the "spring" that held the filter portion inplace was nothing more than a piece of pressed aluminum. The filter element had thin cardboard ends to it, whereas the WIX had actual metal end caps to the filter element, and the spring was an actual coil spring. Again, maybe they have better filters in their line, but the ones I saw were cheaply made. The center of the filter had only 30 holes in it for oil to pass through, versus the 60 or so in the WIX. It just seemed that OEM filters, Purulators, etc. were beefier. I just assumed all Frams were made this way since they only cost $3 ("you get what you pay for"). To see them on Ferraris seemed odd. Again, didn't mean to start an oil filter debate, which is probably a first.

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