Thread: wix filter

Quote: Originally Posted by Manfred How do you know this? I am interested in this, as I don't blindly accept what the motherbrand says. It's easy to know the Airhead market is small and declining. It's easy to know it costs money to tool up to produce a new, very unique design. Simple principles of marketing suggest that when your market is small and exclusive, you need to make significant profit to support your investment. Not...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkchris It's easy to know the Airhead market is small and declining. It's easy to know it costs money to tool up to produce a new, very unique design. Simple principles of marketing suggest that when your market is small and exclusive, you need to make significant profit to support your investment. Not many folks specialize in slow-moving items. Given that profit need, it's fairly easy to conclude...

I bought a napa filter, the threads around the filter body were not very tight, actually a very low quality filter, I was quite surprised. would never even dream, and i have some good ones(!) of installing that filter on my bike. The filter is SO important, I now wonder why I even thought of cutting a corner. Yes, there is a fair amount of price difference, but considering the damage that could occur. wow. I now just buck up and buy the BMW...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkchris But you're simply dreaming if you think they tooled up to make Airhead filters themselves. It's a small, declining market, and it's pretty doubtful anybody tooling up today would ever recover their investment. Instead, you're counting on them to be rebranding a good filter made by someone else, someone who has likely been making them since the '70s. So, to protect their reputation,...

Quote: Originally Posted by lkchris But you're simply dreaming if you think they tooled up to make Airhead filters themselves. ...snip... Instead, you're counting on them to be rebranding a good filter made by someone else, someone who has likely been making them since the '70s. ... ...unless we've uncovered the company who'd been making them for BMW all these years...and it was BMW who re-branded WIX filters. At this...

anyone use Wix filter kit. I see they are a little cheaper, and have all the same parts as beemer kits. Wix has a good reputation for filters.

You pays your money, you takes your chances. I will only use BMW filters for my bike. Snowbum has a write up on various filters but not the Wix. My 0.02...

That's the problem with aftermarket filters. I have absolutely no doubt that some aftermarket oil filters are identical to BMW rebranded filters - probably Mahle, they seem the same - and that other aftermarket oil filters are as good or better than BMW rebranded filters. And I have no doubt that somebody builds one that is as good, with the same bypass pressure and totally suitable. The problem is it is hard to tell who made what for...

+1 multiplied by the cumulative years of experience of KENT, KURT, and PAUL......the others who KNOWS...............good luck.......Dennis

I use Bosch from Bob/s BMW, can't see to find them local. 2004 R1150gs runs better than the day I bought it new and has 75,000 miles on the clock. Do all my own oil changes and have never had a problem. Just my opinion why pay $21.00 a filter when you can pay under $7 Brett Endress Altoona pa