I'm getting ready to replace my plug wires. I looked through the EPS, and it only lists parts to make the wires. Fastlane has Bosch and Beru. Has anyone personally installed either of these, or some they bought from the dealer? How did they fit? Were the lenghths correct? Did they have the little markers on them for the cylinder number?

Thanks,
Bob

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Bob Johnston
03 E55
Comand/Nav/Bluetooth/Ipod added
Black/black
(Oh man, this car is sooooo fast.)

I recently put Kingsborne wires on my 400E. It's sounds like an offbrand but all the fittings are made by Beru which is OEM. They are made in California. Workmanship was excellent, lengths all perfect, wires numbered, etc. As I recall price was a little lower but not a lot. I think a search for Kingsborne would find them. I believe they sell direct and also through dealers.

I put Beru in a previous 88 BMW and ran them for 150,000 miles (4 years). I also put Berus in the 300E. Fitment was fine, but you will have to match them against your old wires to determine which goes where. The lengths will not be identical. It is not too difficult to determine which goes where, though.

this past spring my son and i replaced the original wires with beru wires we got from fastlane. we also did the caps and rotors while we were at it. they seem to be working well - no problems so far.

The M119 motor is a litttle more difficult to install wires on due to the extensive series of channels and guides, etc, as compared to the 6 cyl cars, hence my concern about the lenghths. About 80,000 miles ago, I installed an aftermarket set obtained from Performance Products, and the lenghths were just wrong enough to make the install a pain. Anybody installed Beru or Bosch from Fastlane on a M119?

Bob

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Bob Johnston
03 E55
Comand/Nav/Bluetooth/Ipod added
Black/black
(Oh man, this car is sooooo fast.)

Here's a tip on installing spark plug wires on a 119 - throw away all the little channels, it's the silliest stuff, and let the wire lay whereever they wish. It turns a four hour job into about 30 minutes.