I changed the oil & filter in my 04 Altima yesterday (which is no big accomplishment) but the filter that I had on was a Fram Tough Guard 7317. After letting it drain overnight I cut it open today. This is only the second filter I have cut open, the first being a Nissan 15208-9E0000 which looked great to me, no signs of any damage. But the point here is so did this Fram filter. No pleats were torn. It was not squashed down or collasped like in photos I have seen on here. The anti drain back valve was still soft and when I removed the filter it was still filled with oil. And this with 5600 miles of service on it. I don't own a digital camera but I will be borrowing one from work to take photos of this filter and post them. Makes me wonder if people are intentionally damaging the filters they show to support their arguement. I purchased this Fram filter on sale at Advance Auto for less than $5.00 which is competetive with other filters of it's quality and $2.00 cheaper than the Nissan filter. I have no problem using this filter again.