Post Fram Ultra!

[OVERKILL]

Perhaps that's true of some (Korean?) Ultra cartridges, but the U.S.-made 10358 cartridge for 1.8L Toyotas, and apparently also the one shown in the recent "Fram Ultra Material Failure" thread use the metal screen, same as the old spin-ons, as far as can see.

The one 4WD posted in this thread:

Post Fram Ultra!

I did couch my words and state jury is still out. For me, the design changes do not exactly inspire confidence. Maybe the changes are fine and allow a lower manufacturing cost to the company AND remain a robust filter. Most often this is not the case...

bobistheoilguy.com

Has the nylon/plastic screen backer.

The one in the failure thread also shows a white screen, which would be the same one:

 

[SteveG4]

I didn't ask about the new spin-on filters.

Point taken