I have a 1997 Subaru legacy GT with the 2.5. I bought a set of plug wires off ebay and they aren't like the ones on the car. The plastic shaft is 2-3" too long and 2 of the wires are only about a foot long. I was told there are 3 variations of plug wires on these 97's. Is this one of them?

 

 

Here's a pic of the wires

 

Edited January 7, 201115 yr by destey
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Look like Toyota of Honda wires to me.

 

Do they have a part number on the box they came in?

 

Subaru wires in 97 I think they had 2 different types for coil packs for that year, but they were still mounted in the same place. All 4 wires should be the same or close to the same length. And the spark plug ends should be the same.

 

NGK 97 GT 2.5 wire set at rockauto.com.

That one is for the female end type coil.

The other wire style is for the male end type coil.

But the plug end is the same.

Edited January 6, 201115 yr by Fairtax4me

There are two styles used - one for male plug coil packs and one for female plug coil packs.

 

The wires you received are neither - they don't fit the EJ25D heads (I can tell by the length and by the shape of the well "cover") so they aren't for anything made in '97. Frankly I'm not sure what those would fit since they don't have female coil pack ends which is what all the phase-II engines use.....

 

They don't look like Subaru wires to me.

 

GD

They look like the ones on my Toyota Corolla!

send them back and get a refund.

 

order new ones from http://www.subarugenuineparts.com .

i, and man others, use subaru wires on EJ engines. aftermarkets don't have quite the success rate and are hardly a money saver.

 

should be easy enough to just google the part number on the box and see what your wires are for?

thx guys

Edited January 7, 201115 yr by destey