Napa Gold/Wix

[Duffyjr]

Time for an oil change in the pickup and with all the who's buying who the last time I was here it looks like the Napa Gold and Wix are still solid contenders. Mainly looking at the 51061/1061 for the pickup and the 51040/1040 for the car. 6 month changes with average 3000 miles.

Any reason I should go with another filter?

 

[GemStater]

Personally, I've gone away from WIX/Napa Gold for these reasons:

Air Filters -

1) An application I was using, the box the filter came in used to say Made in U.S.A., but now had a label put over it that said made in China.

2) That's typically not a deal breaker for me, but in addition to that, I found that the overall quality of the filter was degraded over previous Made in U.S.A filters.

Oil Filters -

1) The stated efficiency rating of the Napa Platinum/Wix XP oil filter has me wondering what really is going on over at Wix.

If WIX can adequately address these issues, I might come back.

To each their own. Your particular applications may vary?

 

[Lenny5160]

I almost exclusively use NAPA Gold 1060 or 1061 oil filters in both of my big-block Chevrolet drag race engines, and have been doing so for many years.

 

[blupupher]

For just 3000 miles, use a Wix made Super Tech filter.

 

[BHopkins]

I also almost exclusively use NAPA Gold air/cabin/oil filters. Visually, it is almost impossible to see a difference between the NAPA Gold and OEM cabin and air filters, and the price is a quarter of OEM, and much less than half of Fram. That is at least, when I buy them during the semi-annual Farm Days at NAPA.

When it comes to the oil filters, I have on occasion considered changing to Fram Ultra or Mobil 1 filters, since they have such high efficiency ratings. But then I get UOA results back from Blackstone, showing % insolubles measured at TR, TR, 0.1, 0.3, 0.1. And Blackstone shows the unit average at
So my recommendation would be to stay with NAPA Gold / Wix.

 

[Triple_Se7en]

Napa Golds are a waste for only 3K OCI. The minimum should be 5K and I've been known to do 10K (2-5K OCIs)

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Certainly nothing wrong with Wix/Napa Gold, but even a cheap filter will be good for 3k. Napa Silver or Proselect would be just as good for 3k, plus the money you save

 

[SilverC6]

WIX/NAPA Gold is a great choice.

A WIX built Super Tech from Walmart would also be a good 3,000 mile filter.

 

[Big_3_Only]

My vote is also for the Wix/Napa Gold. I don't buy anything else. I like the Wix XP and Napa Platinum too.

 

[Duffyjr]

Thanks for all the replies and I've seen the Supertech's mentioned here before as a viable option but my wally never has them in stock. I also messed up, the 51061/1061 is for the wife's car, my truck takes the 51036/1036.

Every time I compare the Silver vs Gold the Gold always looks better on paper and it's only $3 more every six months.

I wish I would of bought more of the CQ blues at Rock auto but I'm not taking the chance ordering from them again.

 

[Tony10s]

Originally Posted By: slacktide_bitog
Certainly nothing wrong with Wix/Napa Gold, but even a cheap filter will be good for 3k. Napa Silver or Proselect would be just as good for 3k, plus the money you save

+1 ... WIX / NAPA Gold is better, but like others have stated, NAPA Silver, NAPA ProSelect, and Microgard (all WIX-made filters) would be just fine for 3000 miles.

 

[Malo83]

Originally Posted By: Big_3_Only
My vote is also for the Wix/Napa Gold. I don't buy anything else. I like the Wix XP and Napa Platinum too.

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