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Old Jul 10, 2015 | 08:47 PM
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Had two wires come off the coils last year. Installed a fresh set of oem wires and plugs, making sure the wires were on the coils as far as they go. Few hundred miles later and another one pops off. Could it be the vibration of the cam shaking them loose or is my car possessed lol??? Anyone else experience this? Any solution? Thanks folks.
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Old Jul 10, 2015 | 09:43 PM
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Never heard of that before, usually one click on bottom, 2 clicks on top, and its good.
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I've heard of it before a few times. Some do it, some don't. Try aftermarket wires with a better boot.
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Never had luck with aftermarket wires. I would just grab another set of OEM and replace them. Use the 6 left as backups.
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Originally Posted by djfury05
I've heard of it before a few times. Some do it, some don't. Try aftermarket wires with a better boot.
Firecore50?
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Originally Posted by Unreal
Never had luck with aftermarket wires. I would just grab another set of OEM and replace them. Use the 6 left as backups.
It's frustrating as I just replaced the originals at 5k miles with a new set specifically because of this and now I'm experiencing the same issue.
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Only other wires I would consider is the firecore50s then.
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Originally Posted by JetstreamGS
Firecore50?
That's what I run and the only wires I'll ever run. The car I bought had really nice looking and probably expensive insulated Heintz Racing wires on it before and got removed immediately for Firecore50. Every one of the Heintz Racing wires broke apart when I pulled them off the plugs the metal inserts came with it.
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