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My service is due in October I believe this is the one where I need to do the spark plugs, oil change and I think a filter. Ill start making my shopping list and have a crack at it. Just need someone to update the Idrive iv been told someone can do it for me for around £30!
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I thought the cost of this service was the cost of parts. It is a rather easy and straightforward process. Granted there is quite a bit of things that must be removed to get to the spark plugs. I do most of my own service work because this car is not that much harder to work on than a 90's car. I have never been a fan of doing transmission work so when the service for that comes I will gladly pay for that.
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OE Bosch Spark Plugs @ $6.15 each at FCP Euro...
Pure robbery @ $25.79 each from BMW. https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...sch-0242145541
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I'm planning on doing my plugs on my next oil change. I called up 2 local dealers and an indy shop for pricing. $1080 and $1630 were what the dealer quoted. Indy shop was $625.
I also checked prices for some of the services that I need done. Service (Dealer 1, Dealer 2, Indy) Parts cost Oil Change ($200, $180, $150) $91 Brake Flush ($159, $168, $98) $12 Rear Diff ($145, $275, $180) $45 I'll be doing all this work myself Last edited by kyoko; 03-19-2021 at 04:47 PM.. Reason: accidental click |
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So I'll be doing this DIY this weekend. Looking forward to it. I went with the $37 OE Bosch plugs. Don't need the NGK's because I'm only on a CS Tune and the car runs beautifully. Will post some photos to help anyone out.
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The hardest part was spending 1 hour getting the E10 torx screw to come off the bottom of the VRSF charge pipes. Since the VRSF chargepipes are wider than the stock ones, a regular 3/8 E10 socket did not fit.
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So got the job done today and saved a butt load of money. Total damage was $45 with shipping from FCP for the OE Bosch plugs. Took me about 3 hours because I went in and made sure everything was perfect and I also cleaned it up a bit. Job could've been done in 1 1/2 hours if I just went for it. Car started right up and it feels rejuvenated. I've got a cold start delete with the CS tune and I used to get a rough idle and it would stall if I didn't give it enough revs when leaving cold. Now it idles so smoothly and takes off easily cold. I had about 25k on the old plugs. Overall I'm so happy.
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I noticed ECS tuning listed Bosch OE for $21.95 ea. They generally have very competitive pricing so I am bit confused. Are these the same spark plugs? https://www.ecstuning.com/b-bosch-pa...2120039634kt2/ |
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This is the debate I could never get a resolution to. The ECS ones above are Bosch "high power" which is = to the M version of the part number. The FCP ones are not "high power" and are missing the M in the part number.
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"Stock plugs" are BMW brand part numbers, and marked with the slash M. "NGK 1-step colder plugs" are …D8S "NGK 2-step colder flex fuel plugs" are F8S and sold under a BMW part number (don't have handy, sorry). Use Stockers gapped 0.025", but if tuned use NGK D8S gapped 0.021-22". Or Google search BimmerPost + silkskbrrrrwhateverF8S and you'll find it in a post my me or CommanderWiggin.
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Look up your car at FCP Euro and buy BMW or NGK from them. The lifetime replacements far outweigh any other cost saving logic. Just buy 6 of these NGKs below, less than $15 each. Second time you buy them save the old ones to return and get your money back. Pay with PayPal and they refund your shipping too! https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...plug-ngk-96987 Have the gaps set to 0.023" and you're good.
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