Bought NGK 3657 plugs from Amazon, fulfilled by [FONT="]Great Auto Shop ("...a full-line distributor of O.E.M. and top brand aftermarket auto parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories serving both professional & do-it-yourself customers. We provide high quality auto parts and top notch service in our fast growing online business.[/FONT][FONT="]With thousands of products in stock, including brakes, chasis parts, electrical, bearings, emissions, filters, gaskets, hydraulics, heatings and A/C parts, ignition, rack & pinion steering, exhaust systems, belts, hoses, shocks & struts, timing parts, fuel pumps, spark plugs, u-joints, thermostats and much more, you can be sure that Great Auto Shop can help you find the part you need and ship it to you quickly.")...
Anyway, opened up and checked the gaps....way off (.03 typically, but varied). Back in the box and off to Autozone....purchased same product (Autozone purchased plugs were gapped correctly). Took home to to compare.
Packaging very similar (small variances). Plugs had a few differences (ink shade, markings on metal parts, the small "cone-shaped" electrode was bigger/fatter on the fake, and the electrode "arm" on the fake had a bit of a bend to it whereas the real ones were curved).
Very possible that they were both NGK, but I doubt it.
If nothing else, check your gaps and never trust![/FONT]
Anyway, opened up and checked the gaps....way off (.03 typically, but varied). Back in the box and off to Autozone....purchased same product (Autozone purchased plugs were gapped correctly). Took home to to compare.
Packaging very similar (small variances). Plugs had a few differences (ink shade, markings on metal parts, the small "cone-shaped" electrode was bigger/fatter on the fake, and the electrode "arm" on the fake had a bit of a bend to it whereas the real ones were curved).
Very possible that they were both NGK, but I doubt it.
If nothing else, check your gaps and never trust![/FONT]
but I digress.
