Has anyone tried this Weistec M113 billet aluminum oil filter cap? https://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/wei...152738069.html It says "designed for use with Mercedes filter stalk A 112 180 07 10" which is the one used by our car. Does the long, plastic inner pressure-bypass "shaft" snap into this metal cap the same as on a BMW? I wish someone made a COMPLETELY aluminum replacement upgrade aftermarket part like they do for BMW's, like this one: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-uro-prem...27525334prm~u/ where even the inner pressure-bypass "cage" is aluminum.

 

Here's the part number for the BLACK cap too, in case anyone is in dire need of parting with $150. I mean, in reality they're almost giving them away, right? 😢 https://www.horsepowerfreaks.com/wei...152738068.html

 

WHAT ???? Who's been keeping this a secret and not letting us know ?

 

.


Hmmm, lets see... According to the pictures, that assembly doesn't look like our 'assembled' oil filter assembly. Does anyone really want to spend all that money to find out it doesn't? If it doesn't, I wonder how much time and postage you'll have to waste. BTW, bling seems to weigh more, and from a 'horsepower' freaks website..... Hmmmmmm...


.

 

Hmmmmmm where do we start with this.Firstly Weistec is a top of the line boutique parts maker for BMW MB and Mclarins.I have never purchased anything from them but I do buy a lot of CNC stuff for my motorcycles from similar companies.What I have found is don't go buy the illustrations shown with the part you want.You will receive the correct part that was made for your car,they cannot show every application for each part so a generic pic is used.The quality is amazing.Most of these small American business' doing CNC parts are started by gear heads with a passion for our sport.The fact that WEISTEC makes something that will fit a Crossfire shows how special our cars are.I will be purchasing the filter assembly in red if for no other reason it just looks cool.

 

You said it in a nutshell, "for no other reason it"... It's your $, do what you wish, I always say.

Still looks heavier than stock. In closing, they made it for a MB and since a crossfire is almost all MB, I am sure ppl can figure it out that it wasn't 'made' for a crossfire, right?


.

 

I'm glad someone's going to try it out. I do imagine though, that the inner stalk-portion of the oil-filter will come from the OE plastic filter and snaps into the Weistec metal cap. Please let us know.

I haven't been to Hiawassee, GA in over 30 years. My parents had a Summer place there way back in the 1980's. There used to be a weekly newspaper called 'Up Tusquittee'. You couldn't get a TV station unless your place was near the top of a mountain and so the VCR tape rental store (NOT a chain store!) did a brisk business.