Are these oem spark plugs?

duk · 04-26-2014, 05:14 PM

http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E92-M3-...ion/ES2550769/

vs

2x the money for 'oem' ngk?

http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E92-M3-...ion/ES2207843/

Petros · 04-26-2014, 05:30 PM

Yeah I think so. It's likely the first ones are directly sourced from NGK. The second ones are sourced from a BMW stealership. Since BMW does not have a spark plug factory, what likely happens is that they buy the same plugs from NGK, slap a BMW logo sticker on the box, jack up the price 100%, sell the item to naive consumers, and pad their pockets with the hefty profits.

Unless you care so much about a roundel sticker on the box, buy the first ones instead.

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Petros Banned 62 Rep 1,381 Posts Drives: M3 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Canada iTrader: (1)	Yeah I think so. It's likely the first ones are directly sourced from NGK. The second ones are sourced from a BMW stealership. Since BMW does not have a spark plug factory, what likely happens is that they buy the same plugs from NGK, slap a BMW logo sticker on the box, jack up the price 100%, sell the item to naive consumers, and pad their pockets with the hefty profits. Unless you care so much about a roundel sticker on the box, buy the first ones instead.
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