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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

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.

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'

"'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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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.

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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"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'

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.

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/

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.