I usually don't get involved in these kinds of forum battles and contests about oils and filters, but i`ll stick with the OEM. Main reason is, the manufacturer`s are NOT going to install an inferior filter (or junk fluids) and let it go out of the factory that way. If they did, they would pay out an awful lot of warranty claims if they`re installing junk. I trust the OEM parts are doing what they`re supposed to do, and i`ve never had a reason to believe that they aren`t. For the difference in price, its not worth it to me to take the chance on a failure, and chance losing my warranty for a few pennies saved. If the filter costs me $10/$20 more for each one used, i`ll gladly pay it, and not lose a wink of sleep over it. Its not like your changing it everyday.
I`ve seen MANY times, more than you`ll ever know, where somebody was worried about saving money on filters & oils, and the next thing ya know, their vehicle showed up on a flatbed at the dealerships i`ve worked at. I cant even begin to tell you how many times i`ve done repairs because somebody made bad choices. I`ve worked over 30+yrs in dealerships turning wrench`s for many different brands, trust me when i say i`ve seen some pretty dumb decisions when customers stepped over a dollar just to pick up a dime, as well. It ended up with them learning a VERY valuable lesson 95% of the time. Sometimes you can`t teach people anything either. Whats that old saying.... you cant always remove the stupid, out of stupid.
To each their own... but if you have to cheap out on your parts, and you cant prove that the OEM parts are worse/junk.... well....
Just my 2 nickles
I`ve seen MANY times, more than you`ll ever know, where somebody was worried about saving money on filters & oils, and the next thing ya know, their vehicle showed up on a flatbed at the dealerships i`ve worked at. I cant even begin to tell you how many times i`ve done repairs because somebody made bad choices. I`ve worked over 30+yrs in dealerships turning wrench`s for many different brands, trust me when i say i`ve seen some pretty dumb decisions when customers stepped over a dollar just to pick up a dime, as well. It ended up with them learning a VERY valuable lesson 95% of the time. Sometimes you can`t teach people anything either. Whats that old saying.... you cant always remove the stupid, out of stupid.
To each their own... but if you have to cheap out on your parts, and you cant prove that the OEM parts are worse/junk.... well....
Just my 2 nickles