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New Tires/Wheels and Plugs = Lower Mileage?

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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 03:12 PM
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Default RE: New Tires/Wheels and Plugs = Lower Mileage?

what about iridiums? thats what im runnen with some NGK wires...
 
Old Mar 28, 2007 | 07:39 AM
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Default RE: New Tires/Wheels and Plugs = Lower Mileage?

It says right in the manual, NGK standards, no Iridium, Platinum, etc..
 
Old Mar 28, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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hum... ive never heard that! why does it hurt anything...
 
Old Mar 28, 2007 | 01:56 PM
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Default RE: New Tires/Wheels and Plugs = Lower Mileage?

ORIGINAL: Forty04

It says right in the manual, NGK standards, no Iridium, Platinum, etc..
+1

depending on the size of the rims/tires/overall wheels it will affect your gas mileage, sometimes for the better and (obviously) sometimes for the wrose. Get some new stock NGK plugs and wires and you should be fine as those go, just gap them correcly.

What size tires are you using?
 
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