Spark Plug and Wires/Maintenance

[suban00b]

Hey all. Still working on getting my beast into good shape for her 200,000 rollover. Want to change the plugs and wires and have read that OEM wires are the only way to go. Well I would like to get some and am not sure I am looking int he right places. Can anyone post a link to a site where I can buy them at a good price? All I have is this site. Are these OEM and a good price?

 

http://www.subaruparts.com/catalog/?section=914

 

I have also read the NGK plugs are the way of the warrior. Are any of them good? I have seem quite a price range for their various types. What would you suggest? Is this a good one to get?

 

http://www.autozone.com/R,APP53076/vehicleId,1991701/initialAction,partProductDetail/store,2332/partType,00033/shopping/partProductDetail.htm

 

 

What other maintenance should I do? I don't know the complete history of the car but I do know the Water pump and Timing belt have been changed within the last 2 years. I have new Tranny fluid. New tires. Not sure what else I should look into. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[idosubaru]

magnecor are the only suitable alternative wires but probably not wanted for a 200,000+ mile vehicle. magnecor is all i use - on EJ motors. excellent wires and they never need replaced. as for Subaru wires just look for threads on all the online subaru dealers, there's multiple threads about those. subarugenuineparts and liberty subaru are two others.

 

stick with the stock NGK plug. look it up online, owners manual or the parts store will tell you which is stock.

 

there's a lot of possible maintenance items on a 200,000 mile car. definitely inspect axle boots, ball joints and tie rods. at least look for cracks in the boots on all of those. likely one is bad.

 

thermostat, radiator cap and battery cable end links are excellent items to replace.

 

brakes also come to mind. the caliper pins should be cleaned and greased and fluid could probably use replacing.

 

coolant could likely use replacing and possibly flushing the radiator too if you'd like to keep it for some time.