The New Fram Ultra......

[Sayjac]

Check it out.

 

[DuckRyder]

Well, it was bound to happen… new owner lookin to increase profits.

Atlest on my phone that does not appear to be the same media either.

A Moment of Silence for the Ultra is in order.

 

[FowVay]

It appears that they've developed a method to apply the fleece material to the synthetic fiber/cellulose blend media - sort of marrying the Tough guard and the Ultra while reducing the cost of production. I'm not sure that the dirt holding capability will remain the same and honestly don't see the advantage of this filter over the Tough Guard when factoring cost.

 

[Samrsnow]

Two words: BEAN. COUNTERS.

 

[spasm3]

The only advantage is see over the TG is the metal end caps.

 

[Zee09]

No reason at all for me to buy these.
Dumb move.

 

[Davejam]

Still 99+% @ 20 microns

 

[RDY4WAR]

Now I really want to know the date code on the Fram Ultra that @Ascent Filtration Testing did the ISO 4548-12 testing on.

 

[ChrisD46]

Nice Fram ... You cheapened a perfectly fine oil filter to increase profits !

 

[Blagoje]

What I was wondering is if the Fram Titanium sold at Advance Auto Parts is going to retain the metal screen? If so that will be my go-to filter from now on, otherwise I'm going to be looking for the metal screen Fram Ultras and start hoarding them.

 

[drtyler]

The old XG's will now be currency among members.

Hopefully they won't mess up the Champ Labs white media filters (Royal Purple, TRD, Amsoil) which also have excellent filtration numbers.

 

[tyman]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[JC1]

Two words: BEAN. COUNTERS.

Yes WTFFFFFFFF. If this is the case, I'll switch back to Wix or whatever RA has after my Ultras are used up.

Stupid bean counters. Probably a bunch of idiots that drive Tesla's that made this decision.

 

[slacktide_bitog]

Someone needs to cut open a Wix XP/Napa Platinum to see if they still use a wire backing

 

[zfasts03]

Good thing I have a stash to last me about 5 years of the wire backed ones!
Then it will be time to start looking for a new favorite filter.

 

[blufeb95]

Yes WTFFFFFFFF. If this is the case, I'll switch back to Wix or whatever RA has after my Ultras are used up.

Stupid bean counters. Probably a bunch of idiots that drive Tesla's that made this decision.

Too bad the bean counters at Mann-Hummel have ruined Wix too, someone posted one here a few months ago that looked like it was a purolator filter and it had burrs in the threads and burrs on the underside of the oil inlet holes. I guess we might as well all just go to using cheap champ e-cores or extragaurds.

 

[incognito_2u]

Date code on the filter looks to be A11941 or A11041.……..fairly new filter.

 

[Bettez88]

I talked with Fram and basically got the run around…just going to switch to the extra guard. What filter companies don’t realize is that there are people who open filters and see changes

 

[Inked]

I use that very same XG 7317 filter for both cars and just changed the oil and filter on the MDX the other day. I just checked the other filter box for the RDX and sure enough, it’s the new version. Disappointed to say the least.

 

[Bettez88]

I use that very same XG 7317 filter for both cars and just changed the oil and filter on the MDX the other day. I just checked the other filter box for the RDX and sure enough, it’s the new version. Disappointed to say the least.

I’m just going to use the extra guard from now on