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Originally Posted by Face_Plant
The oil filter we tried to get from NAPA for my buddy's '15 WRX with the 2.0 was incorrect. We tried looking it up by application, interchanging the part number from the Subaru filter, looking it up in paper catalogs, etc, but every time the filter was way too small. I'd go this route if I could since I used to work at my local NAPA and they still give me a discount on stuff, but since my FR-S basically has the same motor without the turbo/related bits, I'm assuming that the filter they try to sell me will be wrong too.
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It's not the same filter, and you're making this more complicated than it should be. For the FR-S and BRZ, you can
look up the filter number yourself on the Wix website. I just did it, and it said to use filter 57830. Here's a thread where someone installed a 57830 and took pics:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17321
Looks right to me.
Wix filters are sold at Napa under the brand "Napa Gold." They just drop the first digit off the filter number. So a Wix 57830 is the same as a
Napa Gold 7830.
You don't have to buy them from Napa, however. Rock Auto sells the
Wix 57830 for $3.72 each (plus shipping). O'Reilly also carries them, but they're $9 each as opposed to less than $6 for the Napa Gold branded version.