NGK (6290) PFR6H-10 Laser Platinum Spark Plug, Pack of 1

These are OEM for my Saab and Amazon has the best price. I have never tried non-OEM spark plugs to know if using these expensive ones makes a difference.

The plugs look like the ones ordered, and as such should work well in the car. They are what they are. One complaint which others have made is that the packaging lets them bounce around in the too big box with little cushioning. This results in them sometimes coming out of the protective cardboard that is on the threads and (it looks like) result in a bent electrode and closed gap. Not what you want.

BUT... it took took too many calls and shipments to get them to me. Thank goodness I only ordered 4 plugs (Saab 2.3 T Aero - 2005) ... it took 3 deliveries and about a month!!! There is no value in describing details of multiple calls and shipments. Amazon DID try to help..they really did, and in fact managed to get it straightened out eventually including the correct billing. To be fair, this mess did occur over the busy Holiday season.... but still?

It was obviously influenced by a computer, since a human would have (hopefully) inferred that or called to...Read more

These nicer spark plugs are pretty much required in Saabs after 1999. So I just bought what I was told and the car is running fine.

The way they were sent, the plugs were in small boxes somewhat loose inside a bigger box. The smaller boxes all opened and and all the spark plugs were loose when the package arrived. Luckily, I had just bought a gap tool and was able to see the factory gaps were not compromised.