This is the same filter my RAV4 uses. I've only done one oil change since getting it, but I currently have a Fram TG in it. I've looked at the Extragaurd filters, and they are constructed just like the OEM, with just some glue around the inside diameter of the pleats. The TG I'm using now has black plastic end caps. Same with the Ultra. However, I was just at walmart last weekend looking at filters, and noticed they have changed the TG's and instead of the black plastic end caps, they now use a thin, tan colored plastic or epoxy with a felt type seal on both ends. Mine has a start up rattle for a split second when cold, which may be the cam phasers, but I think I'm going to try either an OEM filter, or Fram ultra to see if better flow through the filter will help. Either way, I think I'm going to start running my filters out to every other oci, changing the oil every 5,000miles. Running PYB in it right now.