Magnecor 85 mm red- owner opinions

[ripp]

Instead of buying very expensive std leads (I just hate the idea of paying renault about 120 for some god damn cables) I was thinking about the magnecor red ones.
heard people say that magnecor (don't know if they were talking about the red or blue ones) don't fit the coil pack as good and don't fill the plug holes as the std ones
So would be helpful to hear some thoughts on the red ones (fitment wise mainly) as the material quality seems to be good
cheers!

 

[MarcB]

I would like to know about the above also.
Been told to stick with Renault OE ones tho.

 

[mark123]

I've had the Magnecor red for years. They don't seal the spark plug hole as well as the std ones.

Only had a problem once, I was driving through massive puddles to entertain the kids and managed to fill one of the plug holes with water and funnily enough got a missfire. So totally my own fault but probably wouldn't have happened with the Renault ones.

Not had any problems with the coil pack.

 

[scottiebhoy]

Ive got these fitted with the RS2 manifold, havent had any problems with them at all.

But as above, they dont sit perfect in the holes and just need to try not to get water in the holes, apart from that been spot on!

 

[devil child]

Same as above post,they dont cover plug holes very well. I have had no problems at all with them and there very well made.

 

[ripp]

thx for the answers I'll try to modify them to fill the plug holes better..

 

[!big ash!]

cant u just put a squeeze of silacone sealer around the top of the lead to seal it from water

 

[j26]

i just got std ones at around £55+vat dont think i heard of ayone paying around £120 for them

 

[mark123]

They were about 120 when I tried from Renault but that was years ago.

 

[ripp]

sealing the plug holes around the leads with hi temp silicone will be ok as preventing moisture from entering? the silicone will peel away if needed so is this wise? wanna do this when the magnecor reds will arrive

 

[shiyan]

You can get OEM HT leads from Wests Renault for around 75 delivered

 

[ripp]

already ordered the mags, add some 20-30 quid to the 75 and you get the price for shipping the std ones from wests to Romania.. paid around 95 for the magnecors

 

[shiyan]

Oh well. 75 pounds was delivered to Belgium.

When installing the leads, be careful not to clamp them under the plenum which destroys them (as I have), make sure they come out from the gap

 

[ripp]

will do

 

[Fred@BTM]

i just got std ones at around £55+vat dont think i heard of ayone paying around £120 for them

£55 for genuine ones, from a renault dealer? doubt it!

 

[ripp]

they're cheaper in the UK for sure but that much cheaper? unfair if it's true..

 

[ripp]

fitted these today after 2 months of waiting for them

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and they're made by Julie
the length of about 2 of them is a bit off but they fit nice and the car runs well

 

[JackJack]

Nice. How come you had to wait so long?

 

[ripp]

looks like the demand for the red ones is low, blue ones were available straight away.
so it took some time for "julie" to make them
at least I had no problems in these 2 months with the old ones

 

[spanishfly]

Do they smell nice?

 

[ripp]

handcrafted by a woman? of course they do

 

[franx]

Oem ones for 71 euros!

Renault dealer in the Lowlands, bought them yesterday (so that's around 55 pounds yep)

 

[ripp]

I payed about 115 euros for the magnecor ones. oem are 1bout 145 euros here (from renault dealer)