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Wanting some opinions from people. I was inspecting my spark plug wires on the coil end of the wire (will inspect the spark plug end as soon as my boot remover tool comes in mail) and I found that 2 of the posts had a bunch of corrosion. I took all boots off, dieletric greased & cleaned them all, and reinstalled the boots. I found that one of the boots was loose and upon internal inspection of all the boots found that the wire/crimp was corroded as well and a small piece of rusted metal came off the crimp/boot.
So I'm thinking about taking off the boots of the two damaged wires and replacing the ends with a new crimp. To do this, I would need to buy replacement boots and the small cheap crimp tool, total is around $25 just for 2 boots, 2 terminal crimps & the crimp tool. The entire wire kit would be $74. And the stock ACDelco wires are $27. Not to mention that before ordering any of these I would inspect the spark plug ends of each wires to see how they are holding up and the cost of replacing that end is $11 per 2 boots & crimps.
I'm looking for opinions/help. After inspecting the spark plug ends should I...
A) Replace the ends of any plugs that are damaged ~$25-$35
B) If the cost of replacing ends is close to or even half the cost of new wire set, just buy a new wire set ~$74
C) Go back to ACDelco wires which are fairly cheap ~$27
So the main question becomes cost. But also, what is the main benefit of the MSD wires (aka, are they worth paying the extra amount or should I just go back to the stock ones cause they are cheaper?). Thanks for any help.
So I'm thinking about taking off the boots of the two damaged wires and replacing the ends with a new crimp. To do this, I would need to buy replacement boots and the small cheap crimp tool, total is around $25 just for 2 boots, 2 terminal crimps & the crimp tool. The entire wire kit would be $74. And the stock ACDelco wires are $27. Not to mention that before ordering any of these I would inspect the spark plug ends of each wires to see how they are holding up and the cost of replacing that end is $11 per 2 boots & crimps.
I'm looking for opinions/help. After inspecting the spark plug ends should I...
A) Replace the ends of any plugs that are damaged ~$25-$35
B) If the cost of replacing ends is close to or even half the cost of new wire set, just buy a new wire set ~$74
C) Go back to ACDelco wires which are fairly cheap ~$27
So the main question becomes cost. But also, what is the main benefit of the MSD wires (aka, are they worth paying the extra amount or should I just go back to the stock ones cause they are cheaper?). Thanks for any help.
