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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Txsailor
My car has red wires that say gm on them, are these the famed gmpp red wires or are the original wires red too?
Do you have a late 2004 Corvette? I did a plug and wire change on a 2004 yesterday and it had red wires as the original ones.
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 06:58 PM
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Mine is a 2004 not sure how late it is. 1g1yy22g945107*** is the vin#
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Old Apr 14, 2012 | 07:20 PM
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I just picked up some NGK TR55 plugs paid $1.99 ...Oralleys had the best price on them ....I'm happy ....this got to be the cheapest part part that's made for the vett out there ....My only question is now to what gap size I should set these plugs to ...the guy over the counter told me that these or any other plugs ...they are never come pre gaped even it says they are he told me to check them and re gap them...and he is right I checked them myself they all showed different sizes one read .055....other .060...
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