Attacked the spark plugs job this afternoon, success! Do the passenger side first, since #4 will take the longest, and practice helps. Driver side took me 10 min from coil off to coil back on. Below I posted a pic of all the tools I used, not shown are 6mm/8mm sockets, and a torx bit to remove the airbox.
Some observations:
- M coil puller WILL NOT destroy the head of the coil, someone must've used a prying method to lift the coil out if this is not the first time your plugs are being changed (incompetent tech?).
- 21mm wrench and M coil puller will lift #4 and #8 coil outl like nothing, remember once you hook the wrench to the puller, DON'T lift from the end of the wrench (toward front of the car), use one hand as a pivot, and lift closest to the coil, or you risk damaging the little head on the coil.
- my torque wrench couldn't fit #4 and #8 plugs, so I just got a feel of the tightness of other cylinders, then tighten it down snugly.
- Pushing #4 coil back down will be a pita, be prepared.
- Mechanic gloves is a MUST.
