Thought you put May of ‘22? 19 months ago?Close to 7 months of use .
Oops , should be MAY of '23 . Corrected it in the picture .Thought you put May of ‘22? 19 months ago?
So it is not actually made of titanium then?
Slap some Rust-Oleum on it.Plan(ned) to leave this filter in place until late APRIL to MAY of '24 .
Or maybe some bed liner spray?Slap some Rust-Oleum on it.
That’s ridiculous for 7 months of warm weather & no winter, on an expensive premium filter-FB would be getting a call on that one!Oops , should be MAY of '23 . Corrected it in the picture .
The Ultras DEFINITELY ARE NOT painted under the Sure Grip on top, and that stuff falls off very easily. I have a Fram Pro Synthetic OG Ultra on the Corolla in my sig, and the gold paint looks perfect after 2 years, and it’s going into its’ 3rd winter, it’ll get changed (& cut open) in the spring.I had a cut open Titanium can around, but I must have thrown it out. But I do have an Ultra can, and did some paint and grip coating scrape off and this is what I found. I would say the Titanium is not painted before the grip coating is put on. If someone has a used Titanium laying around they can do a paint scrape test to verify that theory.
On the Ultra, looks like the dome area was not painted before the grip coating was applied. The gold paint line stops about half way up into the black grip coating, and the top is definitely not painted underneath the black grip coating.
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What are you pointing out in this post. Yes, date code is 2023 ... the thread to read date codes is at the top of this forum (sticky thread).Filter on the '13 FIT . Looks can be deceiving .
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You could leave it on until April/May 2025 and that surface rust won't factor in.Plan(ned) to leave this filter in place until late APRIL to MAY of '24 .