Not sure if this would matter but I did replace the coils with APR ones, from the stock ones, when I redid the valve cover seal. It has an APR stage 1 tune and and APR air intake. It has had both for the last 165,000 miles (currently has 175,000 miles).
I use a BERU ZSE001 Ignition Coil, also in a '72. It's bomb-proof - zero starting issues after a lifetime (3 decades!) of bump-starting.
Only disadvantage is it doesn't like being left in the 'contact' position for long, which is not a problem for me.
2016 1.4 T ran like brand new after changing to the APR coils. You could definitely feel the difference.
I ran Apr coils for a little while. Was instantly more stable after I was running rough. I think it’s worth it even without a tune, and it’s more headroom to keep a tune stable as well. I didn’t notice power gains only that the rpm needle was sharper at being steady.
Conselho: coloque bobinas originais Beru ou então Magneti Marelli. As demais bobinas pra K4M não são boas de acordo com todos os membros do Clube da Megane que precisaram fazer troca delas!
Those parts prices are way overpriced, those same Beru coils and ngk plugs are under 240 on fcpeuro.
Aftermarkets (especially APR/MST) are reported to fail often, like *very* often.
Those coil packs are junk.
I had these APR blue coils on for about 35-40k miles and they ran okayish. At idle my car ran a little rough and have tried different plugs with no change, then one day cylinder 2 started slowly losing power on the highway then just completely fell off the face of the earth when i pulled off. Let car take a break and went back to normal then exact same happened again. Speculated it was coils so swapped to oem and car has been running great 10k miles later. Overall like i said do not recommend whatever pixie dust is in these oem packs is just too good
APR’s snake oil, don’t do anything other than aesthetic. Also don’t fix whats not broken, OEM is far superior
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In March 2026 on PartReview, ignition coil BERU were overall better than APR.
Ignition coil APR and BERU were equally popular according to data in March 2026.
By vote balance, ignition coil BERU surpassed APR:
By number of reviews, ignition coil APR surpassed BERU:
In March 2026, according to PartReview, ignition coil BERU led more car-specific ratings than APR:
BERU are chosen by owners of cars such as: Volkswagen Beetle, and others.
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