I'm getting ready to order about eight of these for myself from Japan. As its been mentioned before, the JDM evo oil filter (MD356000) is pretty expensive (about $14 each). With shipping costs to the US, they would probably be about $20 each. If anyone is willing to pay that price, I am happy to get them as many of these oil filters as they want. PM me if you are interested.

 

what are the benefits over the stealership oil filters available here?

 

The US oil filter is quite different. Most people feel that the US oil filter is a piece of junk. There are several discussions on EvoM.