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Old 03-01-2013, 10:00 PM
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mass maintenance

I need to do a lot of maintenance on my car, i need
new plugs
coil
and bearing replaced in my front right wheel

I have not needed to replace any of these yet and now is the time the question is what exactly do i get so i dont end up getting the wrong stuff around my town there is
o'reilly auto parts
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O'Reilly's carries NGK, which are the OEM plugs. For the coils, I would get them from a Mazda dealer or check all the popular rotary sites and see who has the best price on factory coils. Some of those sites may have a better price on the plugs also. I would go ahead and replace the plug wires too, just so you have a fresh start. NGK makes the factory wires also. You don't want aftermarket junk in your ignition system. Atkins Rotary sells an RX-8 tune up kit with plugs, wires of your choice, coils, air filter of your choice, and a factory oil filter. I would stick with the stock air filter, it seems that K&N doesn't filter very well. As for the bearing, either get a Mazda one, or get the best thing the parts store has with the longest warranty. Read all of the stickies, there is a lot of good information on how to maintain your car.
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Originally Posted by owicked
I need to do a lot of maintenance on my car, i need
new plugs
coil
and bearing replaced in my front right wheel

I have not needed to replace any of these yet and now is the time the question is what exactly do i get so i dont end up getting the wrong stuff around my town there is
o'reilly auto parts
advanced and autozone
I just replaced my ignition system and here's my story:
The cheapest place I could find for the correct NGK pugs was Amazon, and they were about ~$18 each.

I got blue NGK wires on sale from autopartswarehouse

I got my coils from advance auto, and they look just like OEM coils and work perfectly fine, just cheaper. I think they are BWD/Intermotor...

I have a K&N drop-in filter. I've always had good results from K&N, regardless of what I've heard people say. Plus, a replacement factory filter is almost as expensive as the K&N, except you don't have to replace the K&N, just clean it.

And I'm with rotaryman on the bearing situation.
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