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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 07:00 PM
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Question Replacing plug wires

How often should this be done?

A new set was put on about 9 years (~100K) ago so I'm wondering if it might be something I should consider.
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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plug wires are cheap enough, and they are so easy to swap that you should just do it. even if your rig runs fine with 100K on the wires
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 08:13 PM
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Yeah, I'd say you are due for a new set of wires. Be sure to get OEM wires. That cheap aftermarket crap has no place on your rig.
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Old Mar 11, 2006 | 10:49 PM
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i ran autolite wires once on my '79, never noticed any differences. then again, they probably wouldn't have lasted 10 years, but i think plug wires are a wear item that should get replaced a lot more than that

i call it the "OEM placebo effect"
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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yeah, i'd say you're definitely due. and i second chickenlover's recommendation of the OEMs.

i have some NGK (blue) wires i got through sparkplugs.com (i think) for like $35/set, but although they are supposed to be (as good as) OEM i suspect they aren't as good as the ones you'll get thru toyota; my idle can fluctuate and sometimes at startup it hesitates a bit.
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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i change mine about every 10k miles also you can get denso plugs wires for 43 bucks at www.sparkplugs.com
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