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Old May 29, 2009 | 06:53 PM
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Default ebay optisparks?
they are like 80 bucks brand new distribuitor with cap and rotor are they a big piece of **** or what? I need a new opti!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw i have a 95 t/a with the vent what do you guys recommend? I plan on having the car another year or so thats about it i'm trying to get into an ls1 i'm tired of doing optisparks!
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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On eBay, do a search for "thepartsladi." Best price around on new GM optisparks.
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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yeah they are like $282 but i heard that they are not really oem because they stopped making them is this true?
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Old May 29, 2009 | 07:20 PM
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I just ordered one from thepartsladi and it was exactley the same as the one that came out of my car and that was the original optispark.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/95-96...Q5fAccessories
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Have you replaced all your other optisparks with these kinds...low dollar non OEM ones? If so, that is more likely than not why you are tired of doing them. You get what you pay for and the partsladi has the OEM replacements at a great price. Anything else is asking for trouble or potentially more work.
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Buy at your own risk. You might end up with this feeling later >>>
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do not buy from allignition, they are crap.
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yah on my formula I did the delco or the oem one or watever it was and like 8 months down the road it went out again.
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I like how they list the GM number, then a little farther down it says:

"Replaces GM #"
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Those are crap my buddy had three of those on his in a year its now getting an oem gm opti! For the price of the three he should have done the gm in the first place somthing to think about.
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alright thanks i think i'll be going with the one from thepartsladi
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