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Old 07-06-2009, 09:26 PM
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My distributor cap is cracked. I have heard from several different people now that MSD and Accel Caps are just OEM caps painted to look good, no different than stock. Not sure. Do I spend the extra money on MSD or am I wasteing my money?
Old 07-06-2009, 10:05 PM
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I have the MSD and if you don't have a vented opti it is a good buy because it helps rectify that problem. There's no doubt it's the best quality of all the rotor and cap sets.
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MSD caps are not OEM repainted.
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IIRC the points on the msd cap are made out of a higher quality metal than the oem cap. not sure though i have a the whole msd opti unit so it might just be on mine.
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MSD caps are nice. I wouldn't buy the Accel cap.



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