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Old 06-21-2016, 03:22 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Northwest86 View Post
It would probably be okay. Just make sure you check at both Toyota and Subaru as they often vary in prices by massive margins. For example here in Aus a Toyota Branded Subaru oil filter costs twice what the Subaru one does.
Toyota here puts their inventory control sticker (part number has "SU" prefix) over the Subaru sticker on the parts package, and yes they also sell for more here in Canada over the Subaru counterpart.

But Toyota dealers are usually more abundant around here, but I get more consistent wait times with Subaru if backordered and the part seems to be always Made in Japan (Toyota sometimes sub the same part made locally in North America).
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