Plug Wires...OEM or NGK?

I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
another day.

"No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.

IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort of
on a budget here...

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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>I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
> Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
> another day.
>
> "No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
> on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.
>
> IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort of
> on a budget here...[/color]


I don't know if you have any lead makers in your area, but my dad had to get
leads for his Celica and he went to the local maker.

He got 16mm low resistance fully supressed leads made in about 10 mins for
the car. They had all of the right connections so they look factory and only
cost about half what Toyota was selling the normal 8mm leads for.

Nick

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:26:45 +1000, Nicholas Bourne wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:0bEmh.3073$T%3.1106@trndny08...[color=green]
>>I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
>> Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
>> another day.
>>
>> "No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
>> on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.
>>
>> IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort
>> of on a budget here...[/color]
>
>
> I don't know if you have any lead makers in your area, but my dad had to
> get leads for his Celica and he went to the local maker.
>
> He got 16mm low resistance fully supressed leads made in about 10 mins for
> the car. They had all of the right connections so they look factory and
> only cost about half what Toyota was selling the normal 8mm leads for.
>
> Nick[/color]



Wow. I have seen 'kits' you buy off the rack, where you cut the wire to
the proper length and crimp the end on (they weren't TOO bad...) but I
can't think of anyone around here...! I've never heard of it before!

"Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 18:26:45 +1000, Nicholas Bourne wrote:
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>>
>> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
>> news:0bEmh.3073$T%3.1106@trndny08...[color=darkred]
>>>I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
>>> Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
>>> another day.
>>>
>>> "No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
>>> on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.
>>>
>>> IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort
>>> of on a budget here...[/color]
>>
>>
>> I don't know if you have any lead makers in your area, but my dad had to
>> get leads for his Celica and he went to the local maker.
>>
>> He got 16mm low resistance fully supressed leads made in about 10 mins
>> for
>> the car. They had all of the right connections so they look factory and
>> only cost about half what Toyota was selling the normal 8mm leads for.
>>
>> Nick[/color]
>
>
>
> Wow. I have seen 'kits' you buy off the rack, where you cut the wire to
> the proper length and crimp the end on (they weren't TOO bad...) but I
> can't think of anyone around here...! I've never heard of it before!
>[/color]

Might be worth having a look for, The guy for my dad's area supplies car
clubs, race teams, Drag racing schools, etc as well as the general public.
Ask some of the local car clubs if they know of anybody.
They are great wires, infact they did give trouble with the timing light's
trigger it was just that bit harder to get the light to fire after they were
put on.
Mind you it could also be an OZ only thing

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:33:41 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:0bEmh.3073$T%3.1106@trndny08...[color=green]
>>I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
>> Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
>> another day.
>>
>> "No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
>> on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.
>>
>> IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort of
>> on a budget here...
>>[/color]
>
> OEM could be NGK or Denso. Off the shelf NGKs should be OK.[/color]


Interesting revelation today. I was looking for NGK wires off the shelf at
local parts stores, but nobody had them. Then, in one store I noticed the
Accel plugs said "U-Groove". Hmmmm...U-Groove, huh? Sure enough, on the
back of the package, it said "U-Groove is a trademark of Denso. Made in
Japan, Packaged in USA."

Soooo...I wonder if their wires are Denso, also?

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:33:41 -0600, Ray O wrote:
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> "Hachiroku ????" <Trueno@AE86.gts> wrote in message
> news:0bEmh.3073$T%3.1106@trndny08...[color=green]
>>I ordered a gasket, cap, rotor and valve cover gaskets from Champion
>> Toyota in Texas. The wires are $85...they're going to have to wait for
>> another day.
>>
>> "No Name" wires (I'm assuming they're Toyota) are selling various places
>> on the Web for $81, but NGKs can be had for $68.
>>
>> IIRC, the OEMs are NGKs, so would the off the rack NGKs be OK? I'm sort
>> of on a budget here...
>>
>>[/color]
> OEM could be NGK or Denso. Off the shelf NGKs should be OK.[/color]


Ya know, I was thinking about this. I ordered a set of NGK's off E-Bay
(same stock number as all the others I've seen for this car) and then it
hit me...

The last 4 sets of OEM Toyota wires I bought from the dealer were
Sumitomos...