BrendanC
$100 site donor 2024
Comparison
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comparison of STP XL S3675XL, Microguard select MSL51522, Fram Force FF3675, Fram Drive FD3675...
In summary, the obvious winner here is the PG Vietnam built Microguard Select. The pleats are laser straight and plentiful along with a very nice silicone ADBV and gasket. The runner up would be the PG China made STP XL3675, its a smaller filter but still built well just not quite like its Vietnam brother. Nice silicone ADBV and gasket though. Next would be the M+H built Mobil 1. Glue job was sloppy but that is null. the base plate for the M1 was the winner with the heaviest construction out of them all aswell with the softest ADBV. Not a fan of non metal crimps however, this filter got my truck from 60,000 miles to 230,000 miles. The FF and FD are a tie in the aspect of i would never spin these on anything. Felt nor fiber end caps appease me and the Nitrile or whatever they like to call the ADBV in the FD is the hardest of them all.
M1-206A: Sturdy M+H built filter. rated for 20,000 miles & 99% at 30um with a glued seam. I do like the base plate and very soft silicone ADBV.
FD3675: Champ Labs relabeled filter. same as ACDELCO filters etc. Nice E core and pleat spacing. I do not like the felt endcaps nor the non silicone ADBV. Rated for 7,500 miles with no efficiency data.
FF3675: relabeled EG filter sold exclusively at AAP. The textured can was nice along with a metal crimp and silicone ADBV. The pleat spacing was terrible and fiber end caps are an automatic no from me.
MSL51522: Beautiful Vietnam made PG filter. Tons of Laser straight pleats with a silicone ADBV and gasket. Coil spring was a welcomed upgrade over the normal leaf springs found in the non PG built filters here. Rated 10,000 miles and 99% @ 25um.
STP XL S3675XL: China made PG filter. smaller than the rest of the filters and a non metal crimped seam. glue job was a little sloppy. Nice silicone ADBV and gasket. Rated 10,000miles with no efficiency data.