We used to put Bosch W7DTC spark plugs in them. No gapping required, smoother idle, and they last 60k miles, maybe more.
You can get NGK or Bosch plugs on rockauto for around $10. Not sure which was OEM, some like NGK for Mercedes in general but Bosch tends to be the OEM maker of plugs for MB.
I recently changed my spark plugs on 2012 Ford Focus. I used Bosch and got a 3 MPG boost.
Since I mounted Bosch 4-prong spark plugs, fuel economy has improved a lot. Gone from 12-13 km/l to nearly 15 km/l.
I have only used Bosch plugs in my cars, and I have not had any issues with them yet.
Just got a Jetta again - 2010 Limited Edition just shy of 100K miles and I've got one problem with it. From a cold start, usually in the morning, the 1st 10-15 seconds run rough before settling down to idle.
I have never seen any real large difference in NGK, Denso, and Champion if the proper heat range/type plug was used.
I'm not a fan of the old platinum Bosch design or regular autolite.
I’m IE stage 1, had the plugs changed to rs7 plugs I had been waiting to Install (they were early versions) not long after, left the shop and had horrendous misfire. Limped back to the shop and got OE plugs back in and it worked fine.
Yeah I own and operate an auto repair facility and refuse to use Bosch plugs because I’ve had a lot of issues with them in the past. Misfires mostly.
I've heard for many decades how bad Bosch spark plugs are and I figured the coils would be just as bad, if not worse.
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