NGK Iridium IX for 95 ES?

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04-27-05, 08:06 AM

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Okay, I decided to get NGK plat, thanks for everyone's opinion.

They should be laser platinums & that's what I would go with too. Happy to help.

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04-27-05, 11:06 AM

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Not necessary to get the NGK Iridiums. It's overkill imho for a stock engine. Stick with the stock Dual tipped Denso Platinum PK20's or go with the OEM Denso Iridiums for the 1MZ-FE, SK20 from your local Toyota parts department.

There are no plug wires for the 94-95 1MZ-FE V6 because it has individual coilpacks for each plug, only 96 and newer have 3 piggyback plug wires for the rear bank.

I opened up my hood yesterday and confirmed that there are no plug wires for my year. Good enough for me since I'll be saving $50 on that. I also noticed that the rear 3 plugs are hard to get to indeed, but when I go ahead and do the tuneup, I will remove the entire entake assembly including intake manifold for cleaning and that should give me enough room to change the rear plugs, no?

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04-27-05, 12:21 PM

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You should be able to work with u-joints and extensions to remove the rear bank of plugs...granted you have small hands or can have someone assist.

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04-28-05, 05:43 AM

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Good Luck!

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04-28-05, 06:14 PM

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TM spark plugs

if you do a search on the Forum.. you're see there's a bunch of tlaks about this TM Spark plugs... some say it's good. and some dud driving a RX7 said it totally kill his engine.. but lots of people that just do normal driving.. said it's great.

in conclusion. i think spending 8bucks for some NSK spark plugs are good enought.. but everybody's different.

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04-28-05, 09:36 PM

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Local Toyota dealership wanted $12.60 a piece for the SK20s. ouch

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04-30-05, 11:24 PM

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I've heard of them before & some members use them......no personal experence however. I wasen't impressed with their website & how much longer can they actually last considering the NGK & Denso's (OE btw) are good for 100k - 120k miles +. I'll take my chances with those personally.

my OEM Densos were in for 160K miles, and the car still ran good!