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Cheaper? I ordered PureOne and K&N cartridge oil filters for less than $5. You can get K&N spin ons for less? Improper gasket fit and install. Mine doesn't leak a drop. You can also do this with a spin on if you over tighten, cross tighten, etc. Not something exclusive to the housing. Again, people pay 20 bucks for a tool to cut open spin ons after they use them so they can inspect the filter. With the cartridge, you don't have to and there's no unnecessary waste. I just performed my fourth oil change on my vehicle and they get easier each time.

How many miles do you have on the spark plugs? Remember, the spark plugs that came OEM in the Fusion are Iridium plugs. These are NGK (Motorcraft branded) Iridium plugs. If you are trying to change these out every 20K, you are wasting money. These are good for a solid 50K-75K. Plus, they will cost a pretty penny just for the plugs alone. You may want to reconsider changing these.

That's just the way it looks with the Eibach's.

No problem. I'll have pics of my filters for review too. I purchased the Carquest filter today. It's the exact same as the Napa Gold/Wix filter with just a different number. It's about .75 cents more than the Napa Gold version though. I see you are in NO. I live in Biloxi. I was down in the quarter this past weekend just walking around.

The cartridge filter change is EASY. Unscrewing the cartridge drain plug every time is a needless step. There is no need to take this off and replace this o-ring every time. Last oil change took me 15 min total and I did it with full synthetic for less than 20 bucks. There are several advantages to the cartridge. For one, it doesn't fill up the landfills with a bunch of metal cartridges. If any of you have cut open a metal cannister filter before, you'd know the insides of the filter look just the same as your cartridge coming out. The cartridge is advantageous because I can SEE the quality of the filter I'm buying for my car. The position of the drain plug on the pan is in a great place. With the car jacked up, it actually allows most of your oil to drain from the pan since the plug is facing to the rear. Like I said, we really don't have much to complain about...at least we don't have a cannister or a filter that is in the way of parts in the engine bay and splashes oil on various parts. This is a simple, straightforward, CLEAN oil change. I compiled a list of all the different filters for our I-4. There are more out there and I plan on updating the list as I go. I have a stock of about seven different ones and I plan to line them up and have a review of each filter soon. The part number is in the left hand column. I have the Motorcraft/Mazda/Napa Gold/PureOne/Premium Plus/Fram/STP currently in my stock. So far, I've found the Napa Gold/Wix cartridge to be the most economical. You can order them from Fleetfilter.com for under 4 bucks each SHIPPED. You can buy the Napa Gold directly from Napa for under 5 bucks if you want to go to Napa. So far, I have found the Fram to be one of the most expensive. I bought two of the Mazda filters off of ebay for 9. shipped. If you have any questions, let me know. FL-2017B - Motorcraft OEM filter L321-14-302-9U - Mazda oil filter 7203 - Napa Gold oil filter (made by Wix) 52703 - Wix oil filter L15505 Purolator Premium Plus oil filter PL15505 Purolator Pure One oil filter GL15505 O'Reilly's/Microgard oil filter P7313 - Baldwin oil filter HP-7013 - K&N oil filter (made by Champion Labs) 84203 - Carquest oil filter (made by Wix) LF594 - Hastings oil filter CH9641 - Fram oil filter P960 - Champ oil filter (Champion Labs, makes oil filters for other companies) S9641 - STP oil filter (made by Champion Labs)

Some of you guys may already know me from other Fusion/Milan boards but I'm new here. Some of the mods I have done are: 18in Rox Star w/Nexen N3000 245/40, Eibach lowering springs, TWM short shifter w/stainless knob, Redline Tuning hood struts, Apexcone HID kit (waiting for new bulbs) SCT Custom tune and more. I'm planning on installing a Magnaflow catback next then it's on to the sound system. I've been a Fusion owner for almost a year. Here's some pics of my Fusion: