Why OEM Toyota and Lexus parts?

[ChrisKaye]

Hi all,

So have been reading up on filters and found an interesting article as to why you should avoid the cheap brands such as Blueprint/FRAM - even K&N (can you believe it!) and others, when compared to the original Toyota filters commonly made by Denso.

If you look a couple of posts down on the thread, you'll see lots of filters opened but none of them match the Toyota filter for quality (even the TRD branded one!) - then a few more posts down, you'll see a filter element unrolled on the floor (K&N vs Toyota) - what would you rather have filtering your oil?

I'm sure the tests would hold true for the air filters as well. It's a shame most of the filters are American brands (although you can get some here in the UK) - it would be useful to know which euro/UK brands were horribly cheap or good value, but for me, I'll be sticking with the Mr T items...

Hope you find this interesting:

http://www.spyderchat.com/forums/showthread.php?27947-Oil-Filter-Exposed

Chris.

[is200 Newbie]

That's a good post - explains the differences very well which takes out the guess work.

Puts the Toyota one in a good light. I always use an oem oil filter just for the fact that there's so many makes out there and getting an oem one I know it will fit as I don't want to find I have the wrong one when doing a service when the oil is drained. I do however use a lifetime K&N oiled filter and have done on a few cars over an 8 year period - my wife and kids have one fitted too.. Personal choice I guess as it can be cleaned and re-used  over a few years.

I like the idea of bulk buying the oil filters as users in the post have done as I change the oil twice a year.

[chesterman]

Good post.   Thank you for sharing the knowledge.