Have a 2016 Accord and wanted to get the correct spark plugs, GDI. Went to one of those after market OEM parts dealers and couldn’t believe the price…OEM or NGK for $43.67/ea, on “sale” for $32.75/ea. Found them on Amazon for $17.91/ea, but still. Not sure what the recommended change frequency is, but may have to push that out?
Spark Plug Sticker Shock
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Be extremely careful regarding AMAZON, lots of fake NGK plugs. BTW AMAZON stock has lost 20 billion recently. At AAP we stocked a spart plug for he Ford Triton engine IIRC, that cost $22 commercial price, and i believe that CHAMPION made it
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Does the car need it done now? My 14 Accord was done at 100K mi and plugs still looked very good.
Honda is good at stating the actual NGK and Denso spark plug numbers in the owners manual, so there is zero need to buy OEM.
The Denso website has the correct plugs in stock for $16.84 each. https://www.densoproducts.com/denso-3492-dxe22hqr-d11s-iridium-long-life-spark-plug
Denso is a Japanese brand which is the preferred spark plug provider for Toyota and Lexus.
Pic from a 2016 online Honda owners manual:
The Denso website has the correct plugs in stock for $16.84 each. https://www.densoproducts.com/denso-3492-dxe22hqr-d11s-iridium-long-life-spark-plug
Denso is a Japanese brand which is the preferred spark plug provider for Toyota and Lexus.
Pic from a 2016 online Honda owners manual:
NGK DILKAR7H11GS
couldn’t found them on Rock Auto…i see O’Rielly has them for $26.99/ea
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Read the fine details of the part I posted
2016 HONDA ACCORD 2.4L L4 Spark Plug | RockAuto
RockAuto ships auto parts and body parts from over 300 manufacturers to customers' doors worldwide, all at warehouse prices. Easy to use parts catalog.
www.rockauto.com
I changed the plugs on my Fusion at about 75k miles. When I pulled them out, visually there was almost no difference between the ones that came out of the motor and the brand-new ones.
I replaced my daughters in her Corolla when she bought it. It had the original plugs in it yet at about 185k miles! They actually didn't look terrible, probably would have been good for a while yet. IIRC I put NGKs in it.
Interesting, they show as NGK 96964…the DILKAR7H11GS is hidden under an “info” button. Probably why my search didn’t get any hits?
Thanks,
Three cheers for these new plugs but for a long time I haven't been getting the feeling of 'instant improvement' from a plug change.
Buy them from NGK.com
NGK uses a Part # AND a Stock # in listing. In this case RA lists the Stock #. If possible, I like to confirm at the actual parts maker site, here NGK. (site link now added above).
Part # as listed above, stock# also as listed above.
Don't forget 5% RA discount easily found either on bitog promo board or Retailmenot site.
Part # as listed above, stock# also as listed above.
Don't forget 5% RA discount easily found either on bitog promo board or Retailmenot site.
The problem with Rock Auto is they are they are not an authorized retailer of NGK products and they do not stock any themselves they rely on on other peoples warehouse.
I spoke with NGK some time ago and they said the most fakes come from Amazon, ebay and to my surprise Rock. I have no idea how true this is but it is what I was told. They also said AA, AZ, Napa and other chain stores are authorized retailers and actually stock the products.
With so many fakes on the market, buyer beware.
I spoke with NGK some time ago and they said the most fakes come from Amazon, ebay and to my surprise Rock. I have no idea how true this is but it is what I was told. They also said AA, AZ, Napa and other chain stores are authorized retailers and actually stock the products.
With so many fakes on the market, buyer beware.
Bezos isn't worried about it. He went to his lake house (can't remember which one) and turned the couch over. Sure enough, out dropped 20 billion. He's good.
Try their Part # Search in the future. With RA you're best to delete all spaces, dashes, dots etc (none of which was applicable to this part # this time)
If you have an account discount codes are simply available at top of your ACCOUNT ACTIVITY page; you just CLICK the code and it automatically applies to your cart. No need for games or searching the web
There is no indication that buying NGK plugs directly from Amazon (as opposed to a third-party seller) will result in fake plugs. Here is information from NGK to help in identifying genuine products:
www.ngkntk.com
Fake or not?
Beware of fake NGK spark plugs: 5 step guide how to identify fake vs genuine by NGK spark plugs technical experts ✓
www.ngkntk.com
Sounds like Denso or NGK will work…think I’ll wait till 100K miles before replacing.
Thanks,
Thanks,
Go over the plugs from Amazon very closely. They are notorious for selling fake knock-off plugs. I've ordered 2 sets of NGK plugs off Amazon, and both of them were fakes. (You'd think I would've learned the first time.)
Even the RA price is ridiculous.
Even the RA price is ridiculous.
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