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Thanks for the suggestions. I want to switch over to doing 6 month (about 3500 miles) OCI on the Toyota with one filter change out a year. Would the OEM filter or the ST9972 work better for that?
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Is Fram endurance still one of the best buy's for cartridge filter?
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So my neighbor asked me to do a quick oil change today on his daughter's car. Ran to wallyworld real quick for a filter and the only one they had in stock was the supertech. I often don't use supertech but did notice these are wire backed. Filter seems pretty nice quality for the under $3 bucks at walmart. Has this filter always been like this or is this new? For the money it's not bad at all
For such a short OCI, it doesn't matter much.
Every time I see one of these, I'm amazed. What a value for Toyota cartridge users! I don't know how long it will last, so if interested, get'em while you can.So my neighbor asked me to do a quick oil change today on his daughter's car. Ran to wallyworld real quick for a filter and the only one they had in stock was the supertech. I often don't use supertech but did notice these are wire backed. Filter seems pretty nice quality for the under $3 bucks at walmart. Has this filter always been like this or is this new? For the money it's not bad at all
It just seems like an anomaly as the photo on the outside of the box shows the regular basic filter and what I believe is supposed to be inside the box LOL... It's like they are putting the wrong filter in this box or something.
On the Walmart listing it shows the one photo of this synthetic screen backed filter and then the several other photos are of the basic one. It's got to be maybe the best deal ever on this type of filter: https://www.walmart.com/ip/SuperTec...ilter-for-Lexus-and-Toyota-Vehicles/331657550
It's definitely an outlier, not your average/standard ST cartridge. Along a similar line, recently found that the Pentastar XG cartridge to be a relabeled Royal Purple cartridge, and same as the FE cartridge. For ~$2 less than the latter. Obviously though, not close to the ST Toyota cartridge find.
Why are these the best?
The plastic drain fitting for Toyota cartridge filter housings in the Mahle filter packages is by far the best one. Just about mess free.
The media doesn't look quite as thick in the pic as post #22 example, but wire backed media cartridge for ~$3 still an easy call imo.
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Yes, the pic in post #22 definitely shows a thicker media. The oldest ST9972 I have is on the right with a date code of 01/25/24 and the left side is the newest with a date of 12/06/24. The media is fuzzier, for lack of a better word, on the oldest and the pleats look similar in thickness.
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I just got back from WM trip where I moseyed over to the auto section to check ST9972s and found something interesting. On an older one there was a red/orange 'sharpied' out area similar to the XG Pentastar cartridge. I had to scratch a bit, and underneath it said MP9972, so an MP series (now discontinued) cartridge with the ST name. I saw the newer ones like above, and they are fine too. If I owned a Toyota with cartridge filter, current ST a no brainer, imo.
