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[vauxsull]

What is the recommended lead set to use for the V6 without buying dealer leads?  And what price and where would I need to go for them please guys?

[Webby the Bear]

I fitted these bad boys mate 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Vauxhall_Omega_2.5_2000/p/car-parts/engine-parts/ignition1/ignition-lead/?409725370&1&9326d10a3a47c52208cc47032b1cbbf40b6fafbe&000198

[vauxsull]

Cheer's for that... Cheaper than I expected so I shall order them tomorrow. 

[vauxsull]

Reading the " how to" on changing the leads is worrying to say the least.. Maybe a garage job me thinks

[T.m.f]

Remove 1 lead at time and replace,
also remove scuttle as it makes it a bit easier

[tunnie]

Be methodical, write down or draw the dis pack and the leads that go to each pot. Cross them off one by one, as you remove/replace them. 

[Mr Gav]

I fitted these bad boys mate 

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Vauxhall_Omega_2.5_2000/p/car-parts/engine-parts/ignition1/ignition-lead/?409725370&1&9326d10a3a47c52208cc47032b1cbbf40b6fafbe&000198

Those are the ones I bought too

[vauxsull]

Too many pipes n stuff to take off .. I can just see my fat sausage fingers busting something... I can do many jobs on these ole buses nut when I comes to fiddley things with pipes and electrical connections etc it worries me.. 😁

[jimbo125]

Not difficult DIS pack well labelled and as Tmf states one lead at atime

[Webby the Bear]

I use tipped to mark stuff. Mark your lead ends through 1-6 and you shouldn't get lost

[Webby the Bear]

*tippex

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Unless you've already ordered, I spent ages researching leads, not quite being able to run to £100-ish BERU (which are the same as GM ones), and found Bosch Vectra V6 ones fit. They're not the identical lengths, some longer, some shorter, but they all will fit. And Vectra V6 ones tend to be cheaper, too 

I paid £40 for Bosch ones, and done 6k so far with the reliability you'd expect 

[vauxsull]

Already got the leads now.. Just waiting for the right moment to pop them in.

[vauxsull]

 " cambiare" is the manufacturer of them too... Parts desk bloke says they're good...  But I suppose he would wouldn't he?

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Two schools of thought on HTs...

1. Get BERU (or a similarly good make, be that Bosch, or the excellent quality ones Keith ABS sells, etc) - they're a fair old pain to fit, pay a bit more and they'll last 10+ years

2. Get whatever you can find, at whatever cost, cheap as you like, and treat them as a service item, so once every year or two. They may last as long as the quality leads your mate fitted, or they may start causing misfiring issues in 6 months. In the lap of the Gods.

Neither's right or wrong, whatever you want on your car. If you're keeping the car 6 months, seems mad to fit expensive leads. That said, you can do both - I paid ECP prices but for Bosch. Depends what you can find at the time