Looking for the most experienced oil filter expert (or moderator) to answer one question.

[garageman402]

No one replied, but yes, sae-auto is the seller with the legit old school XG,s. Boxes & date codes are old. They only have certain sizes, though, slow movers, I imagine. I bought 12 each of the XG5 & XG3980. I forget which pics are which, but you get the idea, they are old school.

Another seller on eBay "Sixity" shows the old school boxes for the xg10575. I called & the rep said she thinks they are new stock, but she said

 

[ZeeOSix]

^^^ Holes or louvers in the center tube? Can you see metal wire backing through the center tube? Those are clues to determine if they are OG or not. Any date codes?

 

[garageman402]

^^^ Holes or louvers in the center tube? Can you see metal wire backing through the center tube? Those are clues to determine if they are OG or not. Any date codes?

Yes, holes in center tube, not louvers, yes I can see the wire backing through them. Date codes are in the pictures, little hard to make out one of them.

 

[garageman402]

Another seller on eBay "Sixity" shows the old school boxes for the xg10575. I called & the rep said she thinks they are new stock, but she said

Looks like my pictures cut off my last sentence. The rep said she thinks they are new stock, but she said I can "give it the old college try" & order them because of eBay's liberal return policy. I ordered them, they were new, sent them back as "did not match description", got refunded.

 

[ZeeOSix]

Yes, holes in center tube, not louvers, yes I can see the wire backing through them. Date codes are in the pictures, little hard to make out one of them.

Those date codes are hard to see, and look like back when Fram actually etched the date code into the paint instead of an ink stamp. They are OG Ultras, so good score there.