355 Spark Plug wires, any non OEMs to use?

www.kingsborne.com
Do a search and you will find lots of info on the forum. I ordered a set and they shipped them all the way to sweden in less than a week!

 

Martin,
Absolutely get the Kingsborne, they are of very high quality, and use the same Beru brand connectors on each end of the wire as the oem. In fact they use the newer, ones on the spark plug end, that have three seals instead of one, like the original wires (perhaps the latest oem replacements have these three gaskets, I don't know). They also use 8mm wire instead of the 7mm and will do colors, but I chose black to maintain a factory appearance. Get new paper gaskets and foam end blocks from Daniel at Ricambi to do this correctly, and ensure no water intrusion into the plug wells.

Regards,
Dave

 

What they said.

 

...although I found the triple seal is as tight as **** in the spark plug well.

The connector is not fully on the top of the plug until you hear the "click" and you need to PUSH V. HARD to get the click.

Don't ask about removal, absolutely DO NOT get frustraded and pull on the actual wire (even though you know you shouldn't). Ask me how I know.

I also offer free tax advice for the European brothers:

I had all 8 wires arrive at the same time and had to pay import tax because the value was more than a certain amount (can't remember the threshold off the top of my head). I noticed that the wires were bagged per bank, i.e. two bags of 4 wires. If I had asked to have the shipment divided in two then the value of each shipment would have been under the threshold = NO TAX. So, ask for the wires to be delivered in two batches, even with the slight extra packaging and shipping cost I could have saved enough to buy a really nice bottle of wine! and I would rather buy wine than give my money to the tax man, right?

 

I just ordered a set of kingsborne because of all the positive press they get here on F-chat!!

 

What are the paper gaskets and foam end blocks that are needed?

 

How much are they?

 

You need new paper gaskets for the metal covers you remove to get at the wires and spark plugs. At the rear most ends of the cam covers, you have foam blocks that the wires run through...they also should be replaced. All of this ensures a water tight seal, to prevent misfiring from water intrusion. These parts are not particulary expensive from Daniel at Ricambi America...give him a call.