I bought a pair of air filters a few months ago for my old 98 Ford Escort and I picked a Fram and a Wix to compare.
The Fram is made by Sogefi Group in Brazil and the Wix is made in Argentina by Affinia. Wix is a quite young brand here and is kinda difficult to find them, but Fram is almost everywhere. I paid about 7 US Dollars on the Fram and 4 USD on the Wix, but despite this price and brand presence gap between them, the Wix is way better.
Here are some pictures:
The Fram filter is not well made as the Wix as can be seen by the "gummy" border, and the filter as a whole is smaller than the OEM and Wix, and doesn't fit well on the filter box.
I used a Brazilian-made Mahle a few years ago and that one was even better than the Wix, too bad I can't find them anywhere now, so I will stick to Wix filters from now on, as the Mann filters is almost the same s**t and sometimes even more expensive than the Fram ones.
The Fram is made by Sogefi Group in Brazil and the Wix is made in Argentina by Affinia. Wix is a quite young brand here and is kinda difficult to find them, but Fram is almost everywhere. I paid about 7 US Dollars on the Fram and 4 USD on the Wix, but despite this price and brand presence gap between them, the Wix is way better.
Here are some pictures:
The Fram filter is not well made as the Wix as can be seen by the "gummy" border, and the filter as a whole is smaller than the OEM and Wix, and doesn't fit well on the filter box.
I used a Brazilian-made Mahle a few years ago and that one was even better than the Wix, too bad I can't find them anywhere now, so I will stick to Wix filters from now on, as the Mann filters is almost the same s**t and sometimes even more expensive than the Fram ones.