WIX Filter - Quality?

[1stToyota]

Originally Posted by TheSilkySmooth

You can use the WIX 51396 if you want a slightly longer filter with more surface area. NO worries, the 96 has the same specs for bypass, flow and beta ratio. Purolator kills the wix for flow though. If you wail on the hamster, you want the Purolator.

I use to like WIX until I saw a cut-away of one: high quality and cool looking bypass valve, but very small filter media because of the large size of the bp valve.