Originally Posted By: stephen9666
Originally Posted By: Sayjac
The RA supplied change of the Auto 7 design was shown in a thread dating to February 2016 and specifically with poster
KDOAXS. They looked the same as what you received. Unfortunately the photobucket money grab wiped out his pics, though they can still be seen on google images with a search of bitog.
You can read the link/posts after the KDO post and tell that things had changed.
https://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/4014400/all/ultra_or_hyundai_oem
Safe to say again the RA Auto7 is no longer an Hyun/Kia oem clone.
Just to clarify, Auto 7 is the brand and it's sold through multiple outlets, not just RA. People reading your post may not understand that based on what's written. It appears Auto 7 has changed who they get these filters from. I don't think that issue would just affect RA.
Quoting what I said on the linked thread and still stands for this thread.....
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Have no vested interest here, but if I expected to get a filter with a silicone adbv in RA illustration, I'd not be satisfied with the DAEWHA pictured previously.
As to who is culpable, leave that for others to debate. If me, I'd probably start with RA since that's where the discrepancy between A7 RA illustration and the received OF can be seen. My .02"
My only issue with RA at this point would be 'IF' the RA pic of the A7 still shows the previous design with silicone adbv. But, I'm not interested enough to look to see if RA shows a pic of the topic/current A7.