Ya. Did this today. Replaced with a Fram Fresh Breeze CF11966.
What a pain in the ass. Used a 24mm combo wrench to get leverage to bend the posts out.
It's a joke really. Must be some sort of trick to it.......
My filter not quite 14 months old. 10,000Miles. Dirty enough I am glad I did it. (Filter is white when new)
Fram doesn't have as many folds/creases - this should improve my CFM and give my HVAC another 3hp.....
