Spark Plug Preference

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beermoney
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Spark Plug Preference

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Soon as spring gets here I was planning to change the spark plugs as I will be over 100,000 miles by then (currently 98,683). So while looking around on here and on O'Reily's website....there is several OE Style/Type Iridium plugs. So, I was just curious as to what the GenVibe community preferred? From what I had seen....it looked like NGK. I was thinking about getting the Bosch as they were already pre-gapped. Its been prolly 15 years since I last changed spark plugs on a car (my first car, 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix Brougham).Bosch Iridium9600 - http://www.oreillyauto.com/sit...C0334 - OE RecommendedAutolite Extreme Performance XP3924 - http://www.oreillyauto.com/sit...C0334 - OE StyleNKG Laser Iridium 4996 - http://www.oreillyauto.com/sit...C0334 - OE StyleChampion Iridium 9002 - http://www.oreillyauto.com/sit...C0334 - OE Type
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Re: Spark Plug Preference (beermoney)

Post by sideshowalan »

Definitely NGK. Throw them in and don't think about it again for another 100K miles.They should all come pre-gapped.
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Post by cptnsolo77 »

NGK
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Post by Old Tele man »

...another 'thumbs-up' for NGK's.
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Post by beermoney »

Looks like I will be getting NGK's then. Thanks everyone for the replies.
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Re: Spark Plug Preference (beermoney)

Post by pennsy22 »

I had 128K on my plugs, changed them just because I thought they probably needed changed with that many miles. Old ones didn't look that bad, weren't missing and getting good gas mileage (28-31 hwy). I wouldn't change them if I were you unless you're having problems. BTW - NGK
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Re: Spark Plug Preference (pennsy22)

Post by chadhgraves »

Just did mine after 117,000 miles and the original ones were NGKs. I replaced them with NGKs that came pre-gapped. Here's my post on it. http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=46340
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Post by Persephone »

Yup, that's what I went with, too.
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Post by Piggy »

I use NGK in mine, my dad's corolla and mom's Rav4. About to put some in our Nissan D21 if I can find the blasted gap for copper plugs....
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Re: Spark Plug Preference

Post by oriden »

i just put in the bosh Platinum+4 its a 3 prong type plug instead of just the one. very satisfied with the out come :) :geek:
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Original NGK had 130k...looked OK so I replaced with NGK.
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