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Old Apr 26, 2015 | 03:22 PM
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best spark plugs ?

What brand and exact model spark plugs is the best to go with?
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 05:34 PM
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Best would be NGK Lazer Platnium or Iridium plugs. Those are the same original plugs that came with the car and is good for 105k miles.
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by aznboi2424
Best would be NGK Lazer Platnium or Iridium plugs. Those are the same original plugs that came with the car and is good for 105k miles.
Lazer is the best tho???? Or equal to iridium?
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Old Apr 27, 2015 | 06:13 PM
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Its either NGK Lazer Iridium or NGK Lazer Platnium.

The Lazer Iridium plugs came on the CL-S manual and they used the Lazer Platnium on everything else. I replaced my platinum plugs with iridium by choice.
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 01:00 PM
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Look in your owners manual. It's listed there.
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 01acls
Look in your owners manual. It's listed there.
That would help... lol...
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 03:33 PM
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ngk for sure
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by bigbread_TypeS
That would help... lol...

LOL. It would help to know the car's year, make, model?
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 01acls
LOL. It would help to know the car's year, make, model?
He posted in the 2G CL section so I assumed that's what he has. Every CL used the same plugs except the manual.
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Old Apr 29, 2015 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by aznboi2424
He posted in the 2G CL section so I assumed that's what he has. Every CL used the same plugs except the manual.
Assumption is the mother of all F'ups.


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Old Apr 30, 2015 | 03:28 PM
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I got PZFR6E-11 for Auto CL-S. From https://acurazine.com/forums/second-...-plugs-773645/ :

Originally Posted by aznboi2424
According to NGK's website, the 01-02 CLS takes lazer Platnium (PZFR6E-11). they can be upgraded to lazer iridium (IZFR6F11).

But the NGK site states that the 03 CLS only takes lazer iridium but has a different part number than the lazer iridiums for the 01-02 CLS (IZFR6K11).

according to acura, all the 01-03 CLS use lazer platnium.

I will be contacting NGK to find out the differences in these part numbers for the lazer iridiums. This information is good for people who plan to change their plugs again near 210k. For the plugs to last that long, you have to use at least lazer platnium if not lazer iridium.
Originally Posted by aznboi2424
according to NGK, "The only difference is that the laser iridium plug used in the 2003
models (IZFR6K11) has a trapezoid cut ground electrode which helps improve ignitability. This plug could also be used in the 2001 models as well."

and while NGK says the 03 plugs are better than the plugs used in 01-02, "The improvement on the ground electrode would not be very noticeable if at all. I’m sure the design was made for a reduction in emissions or fuel economy but we are talking a very small percent improvement. They are virtually identical."

kinda sounds like when acura switched from 5W-30/10W-30 to 5W-20 in the J32A2
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Old Apr 30, 2015 | 03:56 PM
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I think it's a cost thing and a tracking thing. I mean when a company improves on an existing product they need to be able to identify the different parts so they give it a different part number.
Likewise, to save money they don't want to spend their resources producing 2 items that do same thing. So my guess is they will phase out the older product. In the near future when you go to buy the original S type spark plugs, the parts guy will tell you that's supersede by the latest and greatest spark plug, whatever that is at the time.
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