Hi Guy and Gals, new to this site. I know this has probably been brought up before but i was planning on servicing my ST over easter. Was just wondering what spark plugs people were using and whether it really made a difference ? Whether to use a standard air filter or performance one? How difficult is it to change the fuel filter? and what size spanners/sockets would be needed? Cheers in advance

Welcome buddy, Get a New member thread up in NOOBS and introduce yourself a bit

Welcome aboard. I meant to write a guide for this while I was servicing mine.

I'll flesh this out later however:
NGK Spark Plugs - they spark the cylinders, that's all I can say. They last well beyond the yearly service schedule I have so no problems to report.

I'm using a K&N 57i, but when I was using the standard air filter I noticed little to no difference between the standard air filter and a K&N panel filter, maybe a little more noise.

Fuel filter is a piece of piss, but be prepared to be covered in fuel. It's on the passenger side of the car, underneath, next to the fuel tank just in front of the rear wheel. You'll see it. Unclip the input and output pipes to it from the mounting points (lever it with a screwdriver), unclip and move the handbrake cable out of the way to give yourself room, push in the tab on the connectors and pull them off, plug them in to the new filter, clip it all back up again. No spanners or sockets needed for the fuel filter at all. You'll need a 13mm spanner for the sump plug, the smaller of the two sizes of spark plug socket, and an oil filter removal tool. Oh - and a Torx T40 (I think!) for the air filter housing.

I used Denso Iridium plugs, didnt really notice a difference. Same as Nick with the panel filter.

Ok cheers guys!

The thing with spark plugs is just that, they make a spark. Whether that spark is big, small, blue, purple, green, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference as long as it ignites the fuel/air mix in the chamber. The only difference is how long they continue to provide a spark for, but most will last at least 20k miles anyway.

I use NGK and was pretty good matched with the upgraded leads but my car hadn't been serviced for over a year and it felt much better not sure on the KnN as I got the mountune cias straight away and loved it better feeling allround and made standard exhaust pop too