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Stock talk about the Generation 1 and 1.5 Toyota Solara which were produced from 1999 to 2003.

What do you recommend

Denso IK22
7
41%
Denso IK20
3
18%
Denso Multiground plug PK20TR11
1
6%
NGK IX
3
18%
NGK Multiground plug
1
6%
Other (If so please specify)
2
12%
 
Total votes : 17

What spark plugs do you like the best

What spark plugs do you like the best

Postby Solorange » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:19 pm

Its time for me to replace my spark plugs and wires. I did a lot of searching on the forum and didnt really find exactly what I was looking for. Pretty much all I found was that Denso IK22's are good, but only if your supercharged. And a lot of you like the NGK IX's. The owners manual says use twin ground electrode platinum spark plugs. I found that a lot of you are using Iridium spark plugs. Are iridiums better than platinum and will irdiums work just as good or better for our car? And does it really matter if you use twin electrode spark plugs? I remember checking my spark plugs when I first bought my car and they were Denso's. I dont remember which kind. I am thinking about using either the Denso IK20's or the NGK IX's. Do any of you know much about the Denso IK20's. I have not seen any posts were people have talked about them? What are your recomendations? Im looking for something that will work well and make the engine run as smooth as possible. My engine idle fluctuates a bit. Im leaning towards the Denso IK20's are they good or bad for my car?

As far as wires go Im sure those dont matter as much. They just have to work. But I want to dress up my engine a bit so I was wondering what the red plug wires you guys use that Ive seen on some of your car domains. How are the NGK blues too? Im open for suggestions on the wires.
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Postby Solorange » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:19 pm

Nobody wants to talk on this one, just vote. Anybody???
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Postby Jon11582 » Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:50 pm

Theres not much to say. I remember when I was changing my plugs, my car didnt come with Denso, which surprised me, since Toyota owns Denso. (I think they were NGKs).

Regardless, I replaced them with IK20s. Iridiums do give you a more constant spark, so if thats what you want, Iridiums are the way to go.

Here's a bit of trivia. The first Iridium plug was made by Denso in 97, not long before the first Solara came out. It probably wasnt road-tested enough back then, and they chose to stick with Platinum because it was tried and true. It doesn't mean Iridiums wont work, because they started loading Lexus ES's with the Iridium plugs a few years later.
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Postby Nyyankees3511 » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:12 am

I used the Denso Iridiums SK20s. Those are the oem plugs on the es300. They are supposed to last for 100k miles. All other iridium plugs last for like 30k miles. So if you want iridium get the SK20s.
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Postby Akfahad » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:36 am

I've had the Denso IK22's in for over 40,000....still love them.
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Postby unbalancedwood » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:30 pm

I just put in some Denso multiground plugs and they are working fine...
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Postby blaK » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:02 pm

WTF WITH ALL THE HUGE SIGS??????
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