Thank you for both your insight and the filter recommendations! I checked out the FULL site and unfortunately their applications go to 2016 for the Subaru Forester and mine is a 2021. It appears their filters are made well but they don't an efficiency @ micron level. If you know them please share . . . thank you.
Do you have experience using the Fram Endurance? If you do please share. My Grand Cherokee is a 2019 with the 3.6. Excellent engine. I change oil at approximately 6,000 miles to line up with the Forester.
Thanks again!
Napa has the Full filters. For your Forester, the part number is 2-OSB007
The Endurance has a wire mesh backing that should keep the pleats straight, which is important on the Pentastar where they always twist!
On this topic I had bought 3 kinds for my car, Mann, Mahle, and Hengst.
Looking closely at them, the middle one simply looked not as good, it had a giant seam. I thought doesn’t that not filter at the seam?
Anyway at the time, they were mfg in Germany, Austria, Germany.
Once Mann went to Mexico, I decided I’d use Hengst, and one day go to the Austrian Mahle.
Today Hengst is not made in Germany so I have no more ability to buy a Western European made product (would have to check on Mahle).
Point being with a spin on what I don’t know can’t hurt me inguess, never cut them open to see what’s inside
What kind of car do you have?