hi, first of all, very nice forum.
now, i went to my local wal-mart and pepboys auto parts store. i notice that all of the filters made by champion lab, including ac delco, bosch, stp, supertech, mobil1, all of these filters seem to have a lot of metal residual left on the threat(inlet hole?) of the filter and the holes(outlet holes?) surrounding the threat. some of these metal particles, i can pick it off with my fingers. i hear a lot of good things about filters made by champion lab, but i'm staying away from it because of this. anyone else notice this?