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    well today i ordered my 10mm topgun leads, anyway i phoned autobarn to ask them they quoted me 170 i was like wtf thats a bit much, so when i went to supercheap they said 130 i told them why so much diffence in price they said apprently theres 10mm topgun preformance leads thats why there more then just the normal 10mm ones

    is this true? and it deff wudnt be worth getn 10mm preformance ones unless heavy modded or forced induction has been done is that correct?

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    anyone heard of this diff 10mm leads i though they just had the one type

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    yeah they were riping you off, i bought my top gun 10 mm leads from my local autobarn for 130
    and my engine is still untouched and i noticed a slight gain = DO IT :

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    yeah i ordered the 130 10mm leads also 3msd coil packs, been told having better coils with the leads will make a diffence

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    yeah then you should get a set of ngk iridium spark plugs ( they supposedly have a much stronger spark but i haven't gotten mine yet so i can't talk from experience)
    then you should notice quite a difference, and it should then be running smoother too

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    i wudnt say iridums man there overkill for spark plugs, i got some ngk plugs from a prefomance shop up here, they do all high power cars with blowers turbos ect and he uses these same plugs for all the cars, he told iridums just may last longer but no way worth the buck, ive alrdy got them ngks in btw

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    not by much mate they all have a firm price which would only be a little less than what you'd be paying, so they would be about the same any where

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    Quote Originally Posted by WogBoyz View Post
    i wudnt say iridums man there overkill for spark plugs, i got some ngk plugs from a prefomance shop up here, they do all high power cars with blowers turbos ect and he uses these same plugs for all the cars, he told iridums just may last longer but no way worth the buck, ive alrdy got them ngks in btw
    ahh cool well i've also recently replaced mine with new ngk's and it's running alot smoother

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    yeah i cant remeber how much mine were, not really expensive but not cheapo a good fair price n i noticed a smoother running aswell, once this coil pack n leads go in, it shd be good

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    yeh, full exhuast, and a pod with them heat shield type enclosures, gunna be getting some plenum spacers and manifold spacers soon too

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    we have set prices at repco. not sure how they price.... guessing how popular the item is. perhaps autobarn and supercheap had to buy them in, hence why so expense.... freight and all that?!
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    yeah well both things i wanted have to get ordered up from somewhere

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