Has anyone had a good experience with aftermarket dist. cap, rotor, coil, etc?
What is your mileage on said parts?

Bought Bremi cap and rotor. Rotor failed after 18 months so re-installed the original, 17-year-old one. Now go MB cap and rotor and am happy.

I have Beru silicon HT leads and Beru plugs and these seem alright.

Mine is the M104 engine and it's a hot and hostile environment there. Ignition parts need to be of high quality to survive.

RayH

I think you would be served best by OEM replacements. I do know that the Beru wires are very good. They seem to be recommended and preferred over the Bosch. I haven't had mine for long but they are holding up just fine. For the cap and rotor I have Bosch and they too are holding up fine.

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1989 300CE

Going OEM seems to be the commonly held viewpoint. It would be nice, though, to find an aftermarket product that holds up as well as the Bosch cap and rotor. I have Beru plug wires that are still in great shape, but everything else must be changed out. Too old.
What is everyone using for plugs?

Does Beru make cap and rotor sets? I have never looked into it. Sometimes it is better to stick with OEM and by that I mean using the part manufacturer that was used when the car was assembled. A lot of offshore brands are hit and miss. I know many people recommend the non-resistor plugs. I had platinum resistors NGKs when I got my car and I got rid of them on the advice of only using non-resistor plugs. The car ran the same with a set of old stock NGKs I found online. The dealers only had the resistor type and all the original plug part numbers have been superceeded with new ones.

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1989 300CE

If you shop around, the OEM stuff can be had for great prices.

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I'm in France so I can't comment on your location.

I have Beru HT leads. They seem good.

I have MB cap and rotor but Beru does supply these parts and they are cheaper here than MB (as are Bosch). What do other people think of Beru caps and rotors?

Regarding plugs, I now spend between 1.5 and 2.5 Euro for a plug. Non-resistor, non-exotic, just copper. Beru, Bosch, NGK although I've never used NGK.

Any other comments?

RayH

Neither k*******n.com or b**u.com have cap/rotor options. As these are the only place to get retail Beru, I would say you can't get them in the USA.

I always found scraping the crud off the cap electrodes worked fine. Nothing magical about a new one. I did that for years with great results. My car doesn't have such a primative thing any more of course...

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1998 C230 330,000 miles (currently dead of second failed EIS, yours will fail too, turning you into the dealer's personal human cash machine)
1988 F150 144,000 miles (leaks all the colors of the rainbow)
Previous stars: 1981 Brava 210,000 miles, 1978 128 150,000 miles, 1977 B200 Van 175,000 miles, 1972 Vega (great, if rusty, car), 1972 Celica, 1986.5 Supra