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Just got a "high quality" set from BPNW for the 1500. I'm a bit disappointed - they have the straight rubber boot whereas the picture showed the (old fashioned?) right angle (plastic?) connector to the spark plugs.
The straight boots are fine if you plan on never taking them off - they stick to the plug and keep the moisture out. Even if you smear dielectric grease all over the plug and then turn the connector clockwise, anti-clockwise, they are a bear to get off. Usually resulting in the back of the hand contacting something sharp when they do let go. Once even tried using the special tool to pull the old leads off - all that done was to rip the metal connector off the wire.
Not sure whether to send the wires back. They are made by "Powertune" - anybody heard of them?
It would be nice to get to the same level of ignition tune up as on my Camry - there I replace dist cap, rotor, wires and plugs every 60k miles, whether they need it or not, ha!
In other words, I'm looking for a high quality set of wires, preferably with the right angle plastic boot that will last a fair while.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
PS. I'm not ragging on BPNW - all parts I get from them are usually very good quality, as far as I can make out.
The straight boots are fine if you plan on never taking them off - they stick to the plug and keep the moisture out. Even if you smear dielectric grease all over the plug and then turn the connector clockwise, anti-clockwise, they are a bear to get off. Usually resulting in the back of the hand contacting something sharp when they do let go. Once even tried using the special tool to pull the old leads off - all that done was to rip the metal connector off the wire.
Not sure whether to send the wires back. They are made by "Powertune" - anybody heard of them?
It would be nice to get to the same level of ignition tune up as on my Camry - there I replace dist cap, rotor, wires and plugs every 60k miles, whether they need it or not, ha!
In other words, I'm looking for a high quality set of wires, preferably with the right angle plastic boot that will last a fair while.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
PS. I'm not ragging on BPNW - all parts I get from them are usually very good quality, as far as I can make out.