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Old Jul 6, 2008 | 05:08 PM
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fix it?
Old Jul 6, 2008 | 05:44 PM
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fix it?
Yea, did you fix it?!?
Old Jul 6, 2008 | 05:45 PM
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Yea, did you fix it?!?
wat?
Old Jul 6, 2008 | 06:33 PM
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nah unfortunately i ran into some other **** and am in a different area code.. will fix it monday or tuesday afternoon...

most likely its the gapping issue but if not im gonna scrap these things and get some iridiums
Old Jul 8, 2008 | 12:53 AM
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UPDATE: so i took the pulstars out, and it seems one of them wasnt firing at all or only fired once in a while because it still looked brand new after i took it out, while the other three had coloration on them...i regapped them to .028 or so and re installed them, same thing happened, took the plugs out again and still the same one wasnt firing or whatever.

i took a look at the original ones, and they were at .035 so i regapped those to .30 and the car is running completely fine..i got a borla hush in my room and im about to get a cobb ap2 so when that comes im gonna get some iridiums maybe a few other goodies i can collect by then and take it all to gst and get it done right... thanks for help everyone, but it was just a faulty spark plug...

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Old Jul 8, 2008 | 01:42 AM
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So much for spark plugs made in mexico...

Pulstar - Mexico

NGK Iridiums - JDM yo!

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Old Jul 8, 2008 | 07:06 AM
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NGK all the way. I learned this when a friend of mine Casey Johnson was riding for Mitch Payton on Team Split Fire Kawasaki. The brand was Splitfire plugs but all the riders on the team rocked NGK's in their factory 125's. That right there told me a LOT!
Old Jul 8, 2008 | 07:56 AM
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I'm on my second set of NGK iridiums and have never had any problems

pre-gapped too
Old Jul 8, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by VRT MBasile
I'm on my second set of NGK iridiums and have never had any problems

pre-gapped too
All iridiums are pre-gapped.

Word of advice to anyone finding this thread - never, ever gap an iridium plug. If the gap is not correct, then you bought the wrong ones. Take them back and get the correct ones.
Old Jul 8, 2008 | 08:13 AM
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^^Yeah what he said. Gapping Iridiums takes off the coating on the tip and you damage the plug.
Old Jul 8, 2008 | 08:22 AM
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same here got mine NGK 1-Step colder plugs
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NGK/Denso Iridiums FTW!
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