Originally Posted By: KevGuy
As soon as a good result from the orange can is posted, it gets a few " so-so" comments and then dies away quickly.
That may be true, but in a lot of ways, Fram has only itself to blame for this. They've made that particular product low hanging fruit, and it gets targeted accordingly.
Few people here complain about Fram air filters. Fewer still complain about the top end Fram oil filters. In my view, it's because those two examples are what the Fram orange can should be. The first two products I mentioned are priced very well and have good quality. The orange can is overpriced for what you get. When I can get a Wix or Hastings substantially cheaper than an orange can for my F-150, or the Motorcraft FL-1A for the same price as the orange can, you should not be surprised when I don't buy the orange can.
On the other hand, when I get air filters for my G and I find the Frams at half the price of the Wix, with better build quality to boot, one shouldn't be surprised that I choose Fram. Nor should one ignore the Fram Synthetic oil filter when, at least up here, it's significantly cheaper than the K&N or M1.
Perhaps you're too young to remember when Walmart Canada used to sell AC Delco oil filters alongside the Frams. The AC ones were cheaper, and you can guess which ones I chose.
