I purchased this ExtraGuard today at my local WalMart. In following BITOG protocols I took it out of the box and inspected it. The baseplate holes are in the shape of the Titanium filter with the "FRAM POWERFLOW™ TECHNOLOGY".
The filter was manufactured on July 20, 2023. There is nothing on the Fram website advertising they are adding this feature to the ExtraGuard line.
A couple theories:
1. They had excess stock of the Titanium base plates and used them on the ExtraGuards
2. There was a scheduling conflict in stamping and they couldn't switch over the die for ExtraGuard baseplates so they kept running Titaniums and used them on the ExtraGuards.
Would appreciate to hear other possible causes!
The filter was manufactured on July 20, 2023. There is nothing on the Fram website advertising they are adding this feature to the ExtraGuard line.
A couple theories:
1. They had excess stock of the Titanium base plates and used them on the ExtraGuards
2. There was a scheduling conflict in stamping and they couldn't switch over the die for ExtraGuard baseplates so they kept running Titaniums and used them on the ExtraGuards.
Would appreciate to hear other possible causes!