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Spark plug BRISK or OEM Volkswagen
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Stock is generally fine, however if your tracking or going through multiple heat cycles on your drives id recommend er12s from brisk. I run them and they havent skipped at beat. Intervals are shorter for changes.
Pros: havent skipped at beat
Cons: shorter change intervals
Part number: ER12S
I’ve had an APR stage 1 ECU tune on my 2017 GTI since 2020 with zero issues. I don’t track it. Just change plugs every 20k miles and have VW use OEM plugs.
Pros: zero issues
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 32186 km
I changed the spark plugs in my nieces 2.5L VW Jetta because it was idling at 1300rpm. Rock solid idle at 700rpm afterwards. Easy way to save some gas.
Pros: rock solid idle
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
Changing the spark plugs, spark plug wires, ignition coil and the coolant temperature sensor fixed the cold start issue.
Pros: fixed the cold start
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Jetta
I use brisk standard temperature. Work great
Pros: work great
These are OEM plugs without the VW branding so cheaper, I run these in my stage 1 Mk7 GTi and they are good just need to gap them down quite a bit as out the box they are I think .32? I change them every 15,000km or every 2nd oil change
Pros: good, cheaper than OEM
Cons: need to gap them down
Vehicle:
Volkswagen Golf
Mileage: 15000 km
I switched to brisk just because of the high amount of ngk knock offs and they are supposed to last a bit longer and or have less wear than the ngk I'm a step colder rr4ys they have been great.
Pros: great, supposed to last longer
Cons: high amount of knock offs
I recently took my stage 2 43K mile b8.5 s4 apart and did the PCV, water pump, thermostat, new 2 step colder brisk spark plugs gapped to .25. I took the spark plugs out and noticed heavy carbon and the ground electrode was white, even on all plugs . (20 miles on plugs)
Cons: heavy carbon, white electrode
Vehicle:
Audi S4
Mileage: 69202 km
I just run oem plugs gapped to . 024 as recommended by eqt who I'm tuned by. No knock, I had brisks and Ruths before, my car didn't really like brisks and Ruths just made it misfire closer to the 5k change out.
Pros: no knock
Cons: caused misfire
Mileage: 5000 km
Hope you screwed them in with the correct torque, unlike my VW dealer. They started to unscrew themselves and causing instant misfire and rpm drops to 200 and engine shutoff.
Cons: misfire, rpm drops
Vehicle:
Volkswagen
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Which spark plug to choose — BRISK or OEM Volkswagen?
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Which spark plug are better — OEM Volkswagen or BRISK?
In March 2026 on PartReview, spark plug BRISK were overall better than OEM Volkswagen.
- BRISK received a PR Score of 78 out of 100, and OEM Volkswagen scored 82 points.
- BRISK ranked 4 in the overall ranking, and OEM Volkswagen ranked 5.
- The average rating is higher for BRISK (4) than for OEM Volkswagen (3.9).
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Spark plug BRISK have better feature ratings than OEM Volkswagen:
- Idle - owners believe, that this property for OEM Volkswagen is better than BRISK.
- Acceleration - drivers claim, that this property for OEM Volkswagen is outperforms BRISK.
- Starting - reviews suggest, that this property for OEM Volkswagen is preferred to BRISK.
Which spark plug are more popular — BRISK or OEM Volkswagen?
In March 2026 on PartReview, spark plug BRISK were overall more popular than OEM Volkswagen.
By vote balance, spark plug BRISK surpassed OEM Volkswagen:
- For BRISK, the ratio of positive (111) to negative (30) votes is 81 vote.
- For OEM Volkswagen, the ratio of positive (73) to negative (16) votes is 57 votes.
By number of reviews, spark plug BRISK surpassed OEM Volkswagen:
- For spark plug BRISK there are 43 reviews: 29 positive, 12 neutral, 2 negative.
- For spark plug OEM Volkswagen there are 29 reviews: 23 positive, 2 neutral, 4 negative.
Which spark plug do car owners prefer — BRISK or OEM Volkswagen?
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