Ignition Coils

[hmd5859]

O.K. so I know replacing the coils themselves are a piece of cake. My question is do any of you guys know where to pick up some good OEM quality coils from? Mine are doing O.K. but I cant help but to think with 120K on the vehicle, my time is coming soon. So being that I am stationed out here in Germany where parts are pretty much either a pain in the rear to get, or the price is just insane, I would lean forward and begin doing my research and purchase so I can swap them out before my next deployment coming soon. Whenever I get close to deployment time, I do a massive maintenance on my vehicles to leave the wife good to go for my time away. Experience has taught me that all will be fine while your home, but the second you are away the wife almost always run in to some sort of vehicle problems. Us in the military have learned that lesson the hard way so 90% of us spend big buck prior to leaving in the hopes that we can avoid these issues while away. Any help would be very much appreciated.

[jarizzo]

Originally Posted by hmd5859

O.K. so I know replacing the coils themselves are a piece of cake. My question is do any of you guys know where to pick up some good OEM quality coils from? Mine are doing O.K. but I cant help but to think with 120K on the vehicle, my time is coming soon. So being that I am stationed out here in Germany where parts are pretty much either a pain in the rear to get, or the price is just insane, I would lean forward and begin doing my research and purchase so I can swap them out before my next deployment coming soon. Whenever I get close to deployment time, I do a massive maintenance on my vehicles to leave the wife good to go for my time away. Experience has taught me that all will be fine while your home, but the second you are away the wife almost always run in to some sort of vehicle problems. Us in the military have learned that lesson the hard way so 90% of us spend big buck prior to leaving in the hopes that we can avoid these issues while away. Any help would be very much appreciated.

First off, thank you for your service.

I'm not 100% clear on your current status. Are you in Germany now or will be soon? If you're home in the USA for now, I would check out RockAuto Auto Parts for the coils. They list 2 for a 2006 Pilot EX. Since you will need 6 of them, you'd spend about $335 delivered for the cheaper of the two and a little more than $400 for the higher priced ones. I don't know about quality. The cheaper one is Airtex/Wells and the expensive one is Standard Motor Products.

In all honesty, though, I don't think you should worry about it. These coils should be lifetime devices. I don't think they're any more likely to fail at 120k miles than at 12k. Since they are so easy to change and that would be much cheaper than replacing them all now, I would save the money. More likely to fail are things like suspension components, the alternator, timing belt, tensioner, oxygen sensors, etc. Parts that move or get really hot. Coils are pretty reliable. That's just my opinion, and since you get what you pay for, keep in mind that this advice is free.

[whizmo]

I'd replace belts, hoses, plugs, etc. at this kind of mileage, but coils? I think this is over-worrying it. Notwithstanding some mfgs who screw up the design (e.g., VW), they just don't fail much on modern cars.

- Mark

[hondacuraplanet]

I would agree, but if you do decide to buy them, we do ship USPS to APO/FPO

[rocky]

Cross check part numbers with other Honda V6's available in your Country. Willing to bet you'll find what you need.

Plan B is Tim @hondaacuraplanet.