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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 11:43 PM
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Ebay coils suck

I bought a set of coils off of ebay back in July to replace my stockers while I was doing a tune-up. Well 3 months and 3k miles later and they are starting to fail. Ive been putting the stock ones back on. Just thought I would rant.. Buyer beware!!!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 04:28 AM
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Who was the seller? A lot of guys have had good luck with ebay coils.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2012 | 10:48 AM
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I don't remember the seller right now ( I'll look it up later) but the coils areade by Rika and come in a red box
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 12:46 PM
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good luck here.

replaced mine with e-bay ones over 3 years and still no problems
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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Did you use the Rika brand?
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by teamlx88
Did you use the Rika brand?
this is the link to the coils and seller:

New Global Automotive Ignition Coil Ford Lincoln Mercury DG508 Set of 8 | eBay

Don't know why they are so cheap now over 3 years ago they were just over $100.

maybe someone else can give a second opinion on these

Carlos
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 02:47 PM
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Yeah those are the ones. Hopefully I just got a couple of bad ones
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by carlos1212
Don't know why they are so cheap now over 3 years ago they were just over $100.
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Yeah those are the ones. Hopefully I just got a couple of bad ones
Maybe that's why they're so cheap.
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by teamlx88
Yeah those are the ones. Hopefully I just got a couple of bad ones
what do u mean by rika?

I also forgot to mention I bought a second set 2 months later and still no problems on both sets. came in a white box

maybe quality has gone down
 
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Old Oct 23, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Rika was the brand name on the box. Maybe they were re-packaged lesser quality ones
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 05:29 AM
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I used the Global COPs when I had mine replaced two years ago. I had one go bad at 12k miles, and the rest of the set has 25k on them now. I bought 10 for 89 for just such an occasion. At 1/10th price of Motorcraft at the time, it seems like I am ahead. Someone recently posted about Rockauto having Motorcrafts for 45 which seems like a really good deal.
 
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Old Oct 24, 2012 | 07:38 PM
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I used the Global COPs when I had mine replaced two years ago. I had one go bad at 12k miles, and the rest of the set has 25k on them now. I bought 10 for 89 for just such an occasion. At 1/10th price of Motorcraft at the time, it seems like I am ahead. Someone recently posted about Rockauto having Motorcrafts for 45 which seems like a really good deal.
$45 x 8= 360

Yea, i think ill just stick to eBay ones
 
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45 is still better than 90 which is what they used to be.
 
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