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  1. #1 Attention owners of ZZP wires 
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    At ZZPerformance we... | Facebook

    At ZZPerformance we always strive to have the absolute best products combined with the lowest prices to give you a great experience. Despite our best efforts, sometimes we fall short of the quality you've come to expect from ZZP. Looking at customer feedback, we learned that our ZZP Gen 2 brand plug wires were one of these times.
    Originally we had a great product with almost zero failures. The wires increased HP, economy and helped achieve the record HP numbers we are famous for. Those were our Gen 1 wires, only available in red. They were a low resistance wire set with black numbered bands around them. We then changed suppliers and began shipping our Gen 2 sets in red, black, and blue with the plug numbers written in white ink on the wires. These were higher resistance in an effort to be compatible with more ignition sets.
    In time the feedback on these wires began to paint a picture of customers that had better experiences with other wire sets. We investigated the issues and broke down the complaints and concerns. In doing so we grouped the comments in order of highest comments/warranty.
    1. The wires broke
    2. I have misfires
    3. I don't make the HP I should be
    4. The wires are not the correct lengths, specifically front wires are too long

    We addressed each of these issues:

    -Originally we thought customers were pulling on the wire instead of the boot causing them to fail. We tried to correct this by changing the wire clamps to something beefier with 2 jaws instead of 1. In testing we discovered that issues were reduced but not eliminated. We then glued all the boots to the wires and completely eliminated this type of failure.

    -Misfires were result of poor clamping and too high of resistance on many coils, especially older ones. It turns out that each coil has an optimum resistance it works best with. Our original wires were close so we went to a resistance just a littler higher than those.

    -HP drop was a result of high resistance and broken terminals.

    -Wire lengths have been reduced on 1, 3 and 5. Overall fitment is much nicer.

    We are proud of our latest 3rd gen spark plug wire sets and are more confident than ever, that these wires are the best you can buy, producing higher HP and longer life than anything else available. Having said that, we owe the community an apology for not living up to our reputation and we want to make things right. Here is what we are currently doing:
    If you have a set of our wires, we will replace them at no charge with a new set of 3rd gen wires.
    If you are the original purchaser, we'll even pay return shipping. Email customerservice@zzperformance.​com with your original order # and return shipping info. We'll email you a return shipping label (in the US only) and when we receive your wires, we'll ship you a new set (only available in red and black).

    If you have wires on your car and need a set shipped to your first, we have an even better offer. Buy our 3rd through our web site. After you receive them return the old wires with your 2 invoices (old & new wires). ZZP will issue you a coupon code good for the entire purchase price of the original wires AND the price you paid for the new ones. So for example, if you purchased our wires for 89.99 three years ago; send us them back with the invoices and you'll receive a coupon code for $179.98 (89.99+89.99).

    At ZZPerformance, we take our reputation seriously and feel it's important to correct our mistakes. Thank you for your continued support.
    Zooomer, Owner of ZZP.
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    Soo what if we threw them away because they were junk.
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    Give it time, the 3rd gens will have issues too.
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    "At ZZPerformance, we take our reputation seriously"



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    I'm personally enjoying my NGK's.

    But I'm sure they're in need of replacement now.

    No spark plug wire set can handle 3K spark plug changes...
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    zoomer must be ****ting bricks
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    I returned my 'gen 2s' half a year ago, for full refund. Stock wires FTW.
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    at least they are admitting it. Most companies would try to hide this information from their customers.

    Taylor wires from Summit Racing do a pretty damn good job and are fairly cheap for a "large" sized wire.
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    When 90% of the reviews on their wires were 1 star and below...they should have addressed this a long time ago.

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    Only reason they are refunding is because their supplier will have recalled the item. Don't kid yourselves. They don't give a ****.
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    Most people dumped the wires long ago. Even with lifetime warranty..it's like owning a plog. It's gonna crack.
    I drink..so consider that when reading my posts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BillBoost37 View Post
    Most people dumped the wires long ago. Even with lifetime warranty..it's like owning a plog. It's gonna crack.
    I was under the impression stainless plogs weren't as bad.
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    Quote Originally Posted by matt5112 View Post
    I was under the impression stainless plogs weren't as bad.
    As bad being the correct words. SS and steel have both cracked too many times to buy new.
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    This kinda makes me feel better. I been running the set I bought from zzp eBay years ago and never had trouble with the boots or misfires. Then I see everyone else having issues and I can't seem to understand why.
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    They ask you to include your original order number..... but with the new site I don't have any of my old order information on there for me to reference.
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    Didn't save your emails?

    Theres a bit regarding that as well somewhere... I forget the womans name, but she can get that for you.
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    +1 for the new site being useless. All the google search links are dead and all of my order history is gone.
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    I put 100k miles on my OEM wires without issue. I've been running MSD's for the last 41k miles also without issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SJAndrew View Post
    I put 100k miles on my OEM wires without issue. I've been running MSD's for the last 41k miles also without issue.
    This.

    One thing I can NOT complain about on were that I had my MSD's on and off a million times and they never gave me ANY issues.

    Ever.
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    Mine have been doing alright for me so far, and i got them on their black friday deal last year for half off .... so ill take my free full priced set
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