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Anyone use iridium plugs?

by v6bob » Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:58 pm

Are they as good as the advertising bumf or is it wiser to stick to the ngk jobbies and save the extra cash ?
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by v6 steve » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:05 pm

iv got them in ma turbo but i cant see the advantage of putting them in the v6
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by bodgetastic » Sat Jan 15, 2011 1:52 am

Stick with cheap ones and change them at regular service interals
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Mark1 » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:11 am

I just use standard one's in mine.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by v6bob » Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:41 am

Ill stick with the standard ones then, just thought id ask in case anyone recommended them
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by D-Man » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:23 pm

I would use OEM as well.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by BazV6er » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:41 pm

yep standards as well but i think this year i may have to replace the ht leads as they are 3 years old.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Callyman » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:20 pm

Baz my leads are 15 years old. You don't change leads unless you get a problem.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Fraz » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:28 pm

you used to change leads same time as the plugs, but that was the old copper core ones ...stopped them as they caused interference with all sorts of things
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by BazV6er » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:56 pm

no i think the leads will need to be changed as the car doesnt seem as good , i know ages i said to you guys that i would be changing them but back then i didnt know how to remove the rear bank ones and until you showed me that day andy ive removed the inlet manifold so many times now lol.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Callyman » Sun Jan 16, 2011 10:19 am

Make sure you get OE leads then, anything cheap wont last and actually give more resistance.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Mark1 » Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:45 pm

Mark...........It's Red........It's a V6............It's an SE9!..............and She's bad.
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Callyman » Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:40 pm

If you want Magnecors Baz, (and tbh they are the only ones id have except originals) they are a few quid cheaper here
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by BazV6er » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:51 pm

no they are way out of my price range , i will stick to oe ones from autovaux tbh
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Re: Anyone use iridium plugs?

by Callyman » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:29 pm

Baz how much are the autovaux set?
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