About WIX
WIX Filters traces back to August 1, 1939, when founders Jack Wicks and Paul Crenshaw set up shop in an old cotton mill in Gastonia, North Carolina -- a region that at the time produced more combed cotton yarn than anywhere else in the world, giving the pair a ready supply of the pure white cotton thread waste used in their early filtering media. Within about fifteen years the company patented a spin-on oil filter design, nicknamed the "twist of the wrist" filter for how easily it threaded on and off, and that basic spin-on format became the industry standard still used across most gasoline engines today. WIX remains headquartered in Gastonia and has manufactured filtration products there continuously for over eight decades.
The current WIX catalog spans oil, engine air, cabin air, fuel, hydraulic, coolant, and transmission filters, with oil filtration split between standard spin-on filters and the XP line built around full-synthetic filter media for extended-drain synthetic oil programs. On RevRated, the WIX 51334XP XP Oil Filter is one of our top picks for drivers running long synthetic drain intervals, and the brand has been the subject of industry trade coverage including Engine Builder Magazine's feature marking WIX's 75th anniversary and Babcox Media's Road to AAPEX video series, which sat down with WIX engineers to walk through modern oil filtration design.
Brand website: wixfilters.com
What WIX makes
WIX's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
XP Synthetic Oil Filters
full-synthetic filter media rated for up to 20,000-mile extended drain intervals -- the line featured on RevRated — featured on RevRated
Standard Spin-On Oil Filters
cellulose and synthetic-blend media spin-on filters for conventional service intervals
Engine Air Filters
panel and cylindrical drop-in replacement engine air filters
Cabin Air Filters
particulate and activated-carbon cabin filters, including an XP Premium line marketed for finer aerosol filtration
Fuel, Hydraulic & Heavy-Duty Filters
fuel filters, hydraulic filters, and heavy-duty filtration for commercial and off-road equipment
Why we recognized WIX
The RevRated Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our hands-on category reviews. WIX earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: bought, run on real vehicles, and judged on merit.
WIX products we rated highly
WIX 51334XP XP Oil Filter
Full synthetic filter media rated to 99 percent filtration efficiency at 23 microns pairs with a 20,000-mile service interval rating, giving drivers running full-synthetic oil a filter built to hold up for the entire extended drain rather than degrading partway through it. A silicone anti-drainback valve keeps oil retained in the filter housing after shutdown so lubrication reaches the bearings quickly on the next cold start, and fitment spans a broad range of domestic and import applications including Acura, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Kia, Mercury, Mitsubishi, and Subaru.
Read the 7 Best Oil Filters of 2026 guide →What earned WIX the recognition
- The WIX 51334XP XP Oil Filter is one of our top picks in RevRated's oil filter reviews, selected for drivers running extended full-synthetic oil drain intervals.
- Full-synthetic filter media rated to 99 percent filtration efficiency at 23 microns, backed by a 20,000-mile service interval rating.
- WIX has manufactured oil filters continuously since 1939, when founders Jack Wicks and Paul Crenshaw developed the spin-on filter design that became the industry-standard format.
- Broad multi-brand vehicle compatibility spanning major domestic and import manufacturers, verified across applications from Acura to Subaru.
- WIX's catalog covers oil, air, cabin, fuel, hydraulic, coolant, and transmission filtration, giving mixed-fleet households and shops a single-brand filtration option.