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Out of curiousity, does anyone make modern style high performance plug wires that are made to look like classic factory correct wires?

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Bill
How about posting a few pics of the distributor cap boots, both the 90* and 180*?

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The parting lines on the red end of orig versus repos also runs in opposite directions. The repo ends have writing on them where origs usually dont. There are more details too, like wires being inserted into the wire and bent over before theyre crimped etc. Once you really know the fine details you can tell the differences in 5 seconds.

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I haven't judged in quite a few years but are the judges now pulling plug wires and pulling off the boots during OEM judging ?

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Dist cap 90* repro on the left NOS on right notice the 2Q-70 on the NOS one.

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so paul, why cant the reproduction guys get the details correct if they are taking it off an original set?
it seems that the boots aren't even close to looking correct.
why cant they make them look correct if the patterns are there to reproduce?

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Dist cap 90* repro on the left NOS on right notice the 2Q-70 on the NOS one.

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so paul, why cant the reproduction guys get the details correct if they are taking it off an original set?
it seems that the boots aren't even close to looking correct.
why cant they make them look correct if the patterns are there to reproduce?

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Likely because they cut costs by finding a currently avaliable boot style that is close enough for all but the most detail oriented restorer...

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Dist cap 90* repro on the left NOS on right notice the 2Q-70 on the NOS one.

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so paul, why cant the reproduction guys get the details correct if they are taking it off an original set?
it seems that the boots aren't even close to looking correct.
why cant they make them look correct if the patterns are there to reproduce?

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Likely because they cut costs by finding a currently avaliable boot style that is close enough for all but the most detail oriented restorer...

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Reproductions are designed to fill a market void. And this is just MY opinion .
But in my mind there will be - has to be something to differentiate the originals from reproductions. ( keep sellers honest imo)
2nd - With any reproduction there will be concessions made in regards to some of the smaller details. Think of the costs involved to either tool up for every single piece, or use currently avail smaller pieces. Lets be honest how many here would pay twice( maybe more, maybe less) the price to get an exact duplicate of an original set?

I'm happy with a nice set that looks the part within 90%. Personally,my cars are not garage art/trailer queens. Mine will be driven. So I'm not one of the crowd that needs $400 nos plug wires

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Bill, in due respect,and not bashing-i dont buy that one bit.
are you telling me to duplicate the plug and distributor boots will double the price of those wires, i dont think so, maybe add $20.00 to the set if that.
why take the trouble of reproducing a part only to get it half right. just doesnt make sense.
why are the battery cables and shaker bubble brackets,idle solenoids, wire harnesses, etc.so meticulously detailed correct.
Dave at ECS goes the extra mile in order to make the correct decals, why cant the spark plug wire vender make is correct.
you see almost every restored car out there with these wires on their cars, so its definitely not a quantity needed issue.

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Reproductions are designed to fill a market void. And this is just MY opinion .
But in my mind there will be - has to be something to differentiate the originals from reproductions. ( keep sellers honest imo)
2nd - With any reproduction there will be concessions made in regards to some of the smaller details. Think of the costs involved to either tool up for every single piece, or use currently avail smaller pieces. Lets be honest how many here would pay twice( maybe more, maybe less) the price to get an exact duplicate of an original set?

I'm happy with a nice set that looks the part within 90%. Personally,my cars are not garage art/trailer queens. Mine will be driven. So I'm not one of the crowd that needs $400 nos plug wires

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Bill, in due respect,and not bashing-i dont buy that one bit.
are you telling me to duplicate the plug and distributor boots will double the price of those wires, i dont think so, maybe add $20.00 to the set if that.
why take the trouble of reproducing a part only to get it half right. just doesnt make sense.
why are the battery cables and shaker bubble brackets,idle solenoids, wire harnesses, etc.so meticulously detailed correct.
Dave at ECS goes the extra mile in order to make the correct decals, why cant the spark plug wire vender make is correct.
you see almost every restored car out there with these wires on their cars, so its definitely not a quantity needed issue.

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Think about it this way...So far all they had to do was print logos on a black 7mm wire & install boots that look pretty close... If the exact boots were still being produced they probably would be using them... So to take care of this detail that few really care about they would need to have molds made & do short runs of straight,135 degree, 90 degree plug boots, straight & 90 degree dist. boots, plus red dist boots & coil boots... Costs would go up...At that point how many that would have bought the $100.00 resto wires don't want to pay the extra costs therebe limiting the marketability causing the price to rise to try to recover the costs never mind about making s profit...

There are lots of substandard repo parts that I feel should be done right....At least for me, this isn't one of them... Sheet metal, trim, interior, lots of stuff but plug wires I'd rather have better performing p-arts rather than more correct parts....

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i dont know about you but the 1st thing i look at in an engine bay is the correct air cleaner element and plug wires then i stsrt to look around like the wiper motor,coil markings and h bolts.
im shocked a guy like roger gibson and frank badalson hasnt taken the wires to a new higher level of accuracy like they did on the battery wires.
i think its a no brainer to make these correct. so you have to make a mold for 3 different angles for vthe boots. i dont see a real big problem there.
i personally think FIRECORE could have the race cars,FAST and show cars all in his back pocket with a truly correct set of plug wires. with his quality wire and correct details it would be a homerun.

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I think the reason roger gibson and frank b don't get into this is the same reason they didn't get into the H-wheels. they know there is a market for this stuff but a very small market and they also know its not worth the effort or money to produce parts that only 10 guys like you would ever buy.they also know that 9 out of the 10 would be SHOCKED at the price and on moparts for 2 weeks like the Goodyear red line tires everyone just had to have. iam shocked that a guy like you with all your mopar knowledge and big money hasn't tooled up to produce all this stuff and corner the market?????????

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Regardless of the dia. the Firecore wires have a different sheen and overall look as compared to OEM wires, there's really no way you'd get them to look exact to OEMs regardles of boots or stampings. However, I'd still like to get some Firecores with the factory style stamping because even if not 100% correct, they'd look right to most onlookers keeping a generally correct the factory "look"

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then you could have the stock/show looks AND better performance as well. Those Firecores are a great upgrade for Mopars and with the factory lettering they would be a home run !!