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$250 for plug wires?! NO thanks! Less expensive option...

My 911 needed wires, so, no worries right? Plug wires are like $50 normally. First Pcar sticker shock! $250!! No way. After a bit of serarching, I bought these 'Beru' very well made ones for $55

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Where did you purchase these from? I have new Clewett wires now but I don't mind having a spare set to have in the tool box.
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I posted the picture of the box and that's another way to find them if some store carries these. 0 33086 55308 5 on the UPC and CH7666 on the front of the box. BWD Select.

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wow looks like youve stubled upon a secret. Who knew therd be Beru wires in a cheap BWD box lol cool probrobly the same as the 250$ ones
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Part number? I used wires for a crown Vic on my twin plug motor. About $70 for bothe sets and two extra wires to boot.
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Disgusted. Just paid $100 for Bosch-Ebay. Searched RA, no luck. Errr.

Good find!
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You must've hit the deal of the day on these....they're at $87.79 now, with two sets left!
Must've been cheaper when they had more sets in stock....thanks for the link though.
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I bought those about a year ago. I never could make the car run without a misfire with them. Finally ended going back to my old plug wires, and it fixed my misfire issue. I actually just threw them in the trash yesterday. The wire ends, and extension are BERU, but the actual wires are junk
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I bought those about a year ago. I never could make the car run without a misfire with them. Finally ended going back to my old plug wires, and it fixed my misfire issue. I actually just threw them in the trash yesterday. The wire ends, and extension are BERU, but the actual wires are junk
Clewett leads are really nice and so well made the price is just too good to pass up,time reasearching on the net can save a bunch of coin,yes you can own/build and run a porsche on a small budget......I have proved that so far.
But cheap leads are cheap nothing more
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I bought those about a year ago. I never could make the car run without a misfire with them. Finally ended going back to my old plug wires, and it fixed my misfire issue. I actually just threw them in the trash yesterday. The wire ends, and extension are BERU, but the actual wires are junk
Can I get a picture of the ones you trashed? Can I buy them off you?
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Rock auto has some great deals with seals and gaskets too.
Now that you leaked the secret, we'll see their parts sold on eBay for big €€€€$$$$$
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Clewett leads are really nice and so well made the price is just too good to pass up
+1 Very fair price for the car. I have them.

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Can I get a picture of the ones you trashed? Can I buy them off you?
Give your new ones a whirl and see how they do. I'll bet they will do just fine.
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I think they will be fine. I will probably cut my old ones open and it would've been great to have another set to cut open and see what's inside. That's why I asked for the set above, if you're tossing them out, I would like to see 'what's inside.'

What I love about these is they look very solid, very heavy. Stainless steel and the ends look beefy.
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Have you guys tried to keep the ends and replaced just the wires, bought from Kingsborne?
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I had the fancy 10 mm magnecores on my 72, but wanted blue wires. At 69 bucks I said, what the heck. Been running them now for 5 years.
http://www.*****************.com/Ignition-Wire-Set-p/kb_09-309.htm
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I have a set of Clewett wires in black that have little mileage on them, PM me if interested,
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These wires are awesome. Better than the 'Beru's I had in my car. The ends of these are very positive fitting (cap and plug) ends. The old wires there were multiple positions you could put the wires and that didn't feel good.

Also, these wires are about twice the weight. The end is one solid 'plug', whereas the old ones came to a little point.

I posted about 'lack of power' before but now the car is ALIVE!! I was changing one wire, then turning on the car, repeat. When I got to the second wire, the engine smoothed out and it put a BIG smile on my face! NOW it feels like a Porsche!

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