Best value priced filter?

Darrin · Aug 11, 2005

My step-son is starting a mobile oil change business and he wants to know what filter brand he should carry (note that he will install a specific filter upon a customer's request).

Anyway, I stopped at an O'Reily to set up a business account for him and the guy there suggested that their filters are really quite good and inexpensive.

Any thoughts on this?

Anything else besides the O'Reily part that might be a good yet inexpensive filter?

I'm thinking either the Purolator Premium Plus or the SuperTech STS (but customers may not like that brand).

Thanks!

[ August 11, 2005, 03:02 PM: Message edited by: Darrin ]

Mr Nice · Aug 11, 2005

Purolator Premium Plus

Boaz · Aug 11, 2005

I second that!

T-Keith · Aug 11, 2005

I third that, Purolator makes a top quality filter for a good price.

Boaz · Aug 11, 2005

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Originally posted by T-Keith:
I third that, Purolator makes a top quality filter for a good price.

Usually 4-5 bucks, sometimes cheaper on sale!

kanling · Aug 11, 2005

Consider Wix also, but I think they will be much more expensive than Purolator.

Gasp! What if customers equate quality with orange colored filters?

Darrin · Aug 11, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by kanling:
Consider Wix also, but I think they will be much more expensive than Purolator.

Gasp! What if customers equate quality with orange colored filters?

I worry about that too...just plan to direct them to this site.

kingrob · Aug 11, 2005

I would go with the Purolator, too. But, Advance Total Grip is also manufactured by Purolator and it's got a nice red housing that's easy to take off without a wrench!

kingrob · Aug 11, 2005

I forgot to mention it's a couple of bucks cheaper than the Purolator.

Filter guy · Aug 11, 2005

You could contact some of the oil companies and see if they would sell you their filter.

You could also contact Mighty...they specialize in supplying parts stores and quick lubes.

IBJanky · Aug 11, 2005

Supertech from Wal-mart
Valucraft from Autozone

Both are the Champion Labs filters (maybe identical?) and are a bargain at $2/ea

T-Keith · Aug 11, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by Boaz:

quote:

Originally posted by T-Keith:
I third that, Purolator makes a top quality filter for a good price.

Click to expand...

Usually 4-5 bucks, sometimes cheaper on sale!

The Pure one is $4-5, but the premium plus is regularly available for under $3, I get them for $2.50.

-T

ediamiam · Aug 11, 2005

Sears sells Purolator Plus for $2.99. Their selection at the local Sears is somewhat limited.

AstroVic · Aug 11, 2005

The O'Reilly house brand "MicroGard" filter is nothing more than a rebadged Purolator Premium Plus!!! Don't believe me? Go cut them open and see for yourself!

They are excellent filters for a low cost, so if he can get them on the cheap then he should go for it!

Plus, 99.999% of the people will never ask what kind of filter he uses, nor would they know the difference between one to the next. He'd be giving them better filters than Iffy Lube uses....and that's a fact.

Big Jim · Aug 11, 2005

Pro-Line is also a rebadged Purolator. As long as the customer doesn't recognize it as a Pep Boys brand.

If I were doing what he is doing, I would look hard at Mighty.

labman · Aug 11, 2005

In general, you can buy a Motorcraft or an AC for about what you would pay for a Purolator. In my dissections, I found the AC much better than any of the others for about the same price. The Purolator were very similar to the older Champ designs. I run GM, and never used a Motorcraft, but have read many good reports here on them. Also I liked the one Miata filter I chopped up. I think many customers would see OEM's as quality.

Some AC's are now the new, unproven E-core design. Despite all the bad mouthing here about how they look, I am still waiting for more objective data.

By the way, ''made by'' doesn't mean identical to.

Be interesting to have him chop open the filters he removes and report back here.

Mr Nice · Aug 11, 2005

Rebadged Purolators oil filters will have:
either the regular Purolator base plates......or the Motorcraft style base plates.

Winston · Aug 11, 2005

Purolators are cheap and have a good brand name. He should cut open a Fram and the type of filter he finally chooses. Then if someone asks for a Fram he can show them why they dont want a Fram. Directing them to a web site is a bad idea. IMHO.

Is he planning on draining the oil from the drain plug, or is he going to suck it out of the dipstick?

T-Keith · Aug 11, 2005

Rebadge Purolators usually have much less media, so don't think your getting the EXACT same thing.

Darrin · Aug 11, 2005

quote:

Originally posted by Winston:
He should cut open a Fram and the type of filter he finally chooses. Then if someone asks for a Fram he can show them why they dont want a Fram. Directing them to a web site is a bad idea.

That might be a good idea. I'll pass that along.

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Is he planning on draining the oil from the drain plug, or is he going to suck it out of the dipstick?

We have given this a lot of thought and feel that going the drain plug route is probably best because he has to jack the car up to get to the filter anyway.

If a good inexpenvie pump were available that would speed things up though, he might reconsider it.

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