Want cheap mod? Replace the spark plugs!
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My car hit 40K miles mark last week when I took it to the local BMW shop for an oil change (I always change oil every 5K miles). The owner is a friend of mine whom I entrust with all the maintenance outside warranty.
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
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Not even close to the same league of vehicles - but I noticed the same thing with my G35, I replaced the plugs at 53K and noticed an immediate difference. I'll have to pull mine and see how they are coming along. A manufacturer can recommend whatever intervals they want, but until they start actually manufacturing the spark plugs, I will assume not a whole lot has changed on them.
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Originally Posted by zen68' post='756150' date='Dec 30 2008, 08:47 PM
My car hit 40K miles mark last week when I took it to the local BMW shop for an oil change (I always change oil every 5K miles). The owner is a friend of mine whom I entrust with all the maintenance outside warranty.
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
My car has 47k miles and I just bought a set of plugs from Turner Motorsport. My New Years eve project. I'm boring
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Originally Posted by zen68' post='756150' date='Dec 30 2008, 08:47 PM
My car hit 40K miles mark last week when I took it to the local BMW shop for an oil change (I always change oil every 5K miles). The owner is a friend of mine whom I entrust with all the maintenance outside warranty.
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
Anyway, I also told him to check out the spark plugs since I don't trust BMW's 100K miles tune-up schedule. He called later and recommended replacing them. His exact words were "they're not really bad but I think you'll notice the difference with the new ones" (I was kind of surprise since I only use Shell V-power). Well, the difference is amazing! Acceleration is SWEEET! Definitely feel like I gain some extra HP. So unless you lease the car, I highly recommend it
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Originally Posted by DKNewYork' post='756218' date='Dec 30 2008, 09:45 PM
What plugs did you get. Stock or aftermarket ones.
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Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='756291' date='Dec 30 2008, 08:10 PM
Are they hard to replace? It sounds like a great thing to do on my day off tommorow, where can I get them, autozone? Any guides out there?
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=44380
or
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=64928