Improving Fram Filters

[Joeescape63]

How can Fram filter be a better product.If you could make changes to their product line what would it be.All of the filters I’ve seen are built better than Fram.For example Fram should put metal end caps on all of their filters.They should also thicker metal on their oil filters.

 

[Chris142]

More pleats.

 

[4WD]

How can Fram filter be a better product.If you could make changes to their product line what would it be.All of the filters I’ve seen are built better than Fram.For example Fram should put metal end caps on all of their filters.They should also thicker metal on their oil filters.

Metal end caps are great for leaks - what else?

 

[bullwinkle]

How can Fram filter be a better product.If you could make changes to their product line what would it be.All of the filters I’ve seen are built better than Fram.For example Fram should put metal end caps on all of their filters.They should also thicker metal on their oil filters.

Make First Brands divest them, and get them to focus on quality-like they used to. Maybe bring @Motorking back & have him remind them how it should be done!

 

[SC Maintenance]

Make First Brands divest them, and get them to focus on quality-like they used to. Maybe bring @Motorking back & have him remind them how it should be done!

This. First brands loaded up in debt during the pandemic to buy Fram and other companies. Now that debt is maturing and they have to roll it to much higher interest rates. There credit rating was lowered by Fitch. I believe it’s now either junk or almost there. I can find it again if anyone here cares.

The goal of these companies is to cut costs then resell the business at a profit. So now your paying more but getting less. There far from the only outfit in this boat.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

99% at 10 microns.

 

[Hootbro]

I think FRAM needs to scrap their whole current construction methods that utilize paper fiber type end caps and adopt a construction method similar to the Premium Guard filters. They are stuck in decades old outdated tech.

 

[jimmyjamesndt]

They should abandon metal endcaps and go with fiber endcaps for most of their product line.

 

[Furious]

Keep the same filter efficiency but switch to a Champ E-Core Design, fiber end caps for the EG and metal for TG and drop the endurance and move the endurance design to the XG.

 

[fantastic]

ISO test & provide a PDF of individual efficiencies of their filters.

 

[Corollaman]

Keep the same filter efficiency but switch to a Champ E-Core Design, fiber end caps for the EG and metal for TG and drop the endurance and move the endurance design to the XG.

The current PH4967 I bought switched to an ecore with metal endcaps.

 

[Glenda W.]

Better quality control would be a good start…

 

[Averroes]

Implement Kaizen. Bring back synthetic wire backed media. Reduce their product line to trim fat and price to be competitive. Oh, make all filters in the US, think some were made in Mexico?

 

[Yolo]

Make the Ultras orange.

 

[Blagoje]

Make
Cardboard
Great
Again

 

[4WD]

Metal end caps don’t do anything better - they just leak and waste media space …

Fiber ends seal with the leaf spring …

 

[oil pan 4]

A seal on the bypass valve on bypass filters.

 

[jimmyjamesndt]

Edit

 

[wemay]

Reverse engineer 10 year old FRAMs.

 

[dlundblad]

More pleats.

The PH16 our Jeeps take used to be horrible, but has been made better the last 8 years or so. I have no idea now as I’ve been running the Ultra.

The PH3600 (same threads and bypass psi for those who don’t know) was loaded with pleats back in the day. Hopefully that is still the case today.