Originally Posted By: jk_636
As promised here are the photos of the Napa can that crushed during removal from my neighbors mustang. It did not seem to be over tightened during install by the local shop (jiffy lube or something I guess) and it came off after the use of an oil filter wrench (akward angle required tool for easy removal.) The can was so deformed that I was unable to remove the filter element, only the top cap. I believe that the dings toward the bottom of the filter are from rocks or road debris. Enjoy.
My normal quip would be "Any associated with a mustang and "turning" would look like it rolled over a cliff", however, I have had M1 filters come off looking worse than that. You can have some robust cans torn apart easily if it was over-tightened.
However, I am curious about the "pro-select". NAPA does not make a "Silver" for high-pressure bypass Subaru applications. It is Pro-select or Gold. Now, if you look up both filters on the WIX site, (27055 and 7055) they will kick you to the exact same product sheet (57055). Now, the same happens across the entire product (pro-select, Silver, Gold, & Platinum) but the Napa site shows ProSelect/Silver =Cellulose, Gold = Glass-Enhanced Cellulose, and Platinum = Synthetic. I guess the same things might happen on the 7055 filter family and there is a ADBV difference (but Nitrile is not going to to be significantly "harmful" in most cases although it is not as good... I kinda consider it like the differences between conv and syn oil). Given that there is normally a $0.07 difference in the filters I might use (I tend to stick to Gold/WIX proper) between ProSelect and Silver, what design purpose could it be? Then you have the Wix-made Microguard at Oreillys sitting at nearly a buck cheaper.