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#1 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 07:41 pm

I just bought some Bosch Platinum plugs for my CR-V (2003) at a good price.
($13.58 CD for 4) I know the manual recommends NGK. Is it okay to put the
Bosch Platinum, or will I be disappointed? Also, when should plugs be
changed? (I have 48,000 KMs on it.)

Thank you,

Nino

#2 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 07:46 pm

Nino NoSpam wrote:

> I just bought some Bosch Platinum plugs for my CR-V (2003) at a good price.
> ($13.58 CD for 4) I know the manual recommends NGK. Is it okay to put the
> Bosch Platinum, or will I be disappointed? Also, when should plugs be
> changed? (I have 48,000 KMs on it.)
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nino

Bosch plugs typically don't work as well in Hondas as OEM plugs like NGK.

#3 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 08:57 pm

Nino NoSpam wrote:
>
> I just bought some Bosch Platinum plugs. . . .

<SNIP>
Also, when should plugs be changed?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Nino

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Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda. Canadian
Tire sells NGK.

'Curly'

#4 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 09:15 pm

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
news:449C9BED.34C6E38C@interbaun.com:

>
> Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda.

No kidding. Botched® plugs should be replaced whenever/wherever they're
found.

> Canadian
> Tire sells NGK.

Yeah? In a box, or in a blister card? And do they sell the pre-gapped
platinums? I couldn't find any last time I checked. Hadda buy my
BCPR5EP-11s from NAPA. Almost twenty bucks a plug, they were.

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#5 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 09:19 pm

TeGGeR® wrote:
> "'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
> news:449C9BED.34C6E38C@interbaun.com:
>
>
>
>>Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda.
>
>
>
>
> No kidding. Botched® plugs should be replaced whenever/wherever they're
> found.
>
>
>
>
>>Canadian
>>Tire sells NGK.
>
>
>
>
> Yeah? In a box, or in a blister card? And do they sell the pre-gapped
> platinums? I couldn't find any last time I checked. Hadda buy my
> BCPR5EP-11s from NAPA. Almost twenty bucks a plug, they were.
>
>
forget the platinums man - go for the iridiums...

actually, i use them and they're nice plugs. last forever and always
fire well.

#6 (**permalink**) 23 Jun 2006, 10:16 pm

jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
news:Af6dncYn3e6iPAHZnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:

>>
> forget the platinums man - go for the iridiums...

Maybe next year. Denso iridiums are cadmium-plated to prevent
corrosion-welding of the threads in 100K applications.

--
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#7 (**permalink**) 24 Jun 2006, 12:23 am

"TeGGeR®" wrote:
>
> "'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
> news:449C9BED.34C6E38C@interbaun.com:
> > Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda.
>
> No kidding. Botched® plugs should be replaced whenever/wherever they're
> found.
>
> > Canadian Tire sells NGK.
>
> Yeah? In a box, or in a blister card? And do they sell the pre-gapped
> platinums? I couldn't find any last time I checked. Hadda buy my
> BCPR5EP-11s from NAPA. Almost twenty bucks a plug, they were.
>
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Funny you should ask, I just put them in tonight. I put that copper
paste on the threads too.

Canadian Tire blister-packed NGK Platinums, ZFR5FGP (18-3650-4) I think
they were about $8 per pair. Bought them two months ago. I hope they
were pre-gapped. They LOOKED right :-)

'Curly'

#8 (**permalink**) 24 Jun 2006, 12:25 am

Absolutely! Forget the standard platinums and go for the Iridium. About
$8 a piece at NAPA.

One thing about the NGK-IX. These are not the 105K mile plugs. I think
the change interval is something like 30-50K mile, but I won't use the
plats to the full 105K anyways.

jim beam wrote:
> TeGGeR® wrote:
> > "'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
> > news:449C9BED.34C6E38C@interbaun.com:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > No kidding. Botched® plugs should be replaced whenever/wherever they're
> > found.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Canadian
> >>Tire sells NGK.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yeah? In a box, or in a blister card? And do they sell the pre-gapped
> > platinums? I couldn't find any last time I checked. Hadda buy my
> > BCPR5EP-11s from NAPA. Almost twenty bucks a plug, they were.
> >
> >
> forget the platinums man - go for the iridiums...
>
> actually, i use them and they're nice plugs. last forever and always
> fire well.

#9 (**permalink**) 24 Jun 2006, 12:28 am

The 120K iridiums have thicker center electrodes (.7mm) and platinum
ground pads. I wouldn't run regular iridiums to 120K. Make sure to pick
the right plugs from the catalog.

TeGGeR® wrote:
> jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote in
> news:Af6dncYn3e6iPAHZnZ2dnUVZ_qydnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t:
>
>
> >>
> > forget the platinums man - go for the iridiums...
>
>
> Maybe next year. Denso iridiums are cadmium-plated to prevent
> corrosion-welding of the threads in 100K applications.
>
>
> --
> TeGGeR®
>
> The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
> www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

#10 (**permalink**) 24 Jun 2006, 12:49 am

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:19:43 -0700, jim beam <nospam@example.net> wrote:

>TeGGeR® wrote:
>> "'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in
>> news:449C9BED.34C6E38C@interbaun.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Bosch plugs have to be changed whenever I find them in a Honda.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> No kidding. Botched® plugs should be replaced whenever/wherever they're
>> found.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Canadian
>>>Tire sells NGK.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah? In a box, or in a blister card? And do they sell the pre-gapped
>> platinums? I couldn't find any last time I checked. Hadda buy my
>> BCPR5EP-11s from NAPA. Almost twenty bucks a plug, they were.
>>
>>
>forget the platinums man - go for the iridiums...

>actually, i use them and they're nice plugs. last forever and always
>fire well.

I pulled out a set of bosche platinums after they were in the car for 45K
miles. They looked like they could have gone another 45K miles.

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