yes those autolites did seem like they didnt want to come out, not too hard, but they were def. rough coming out...I didn't put the autolites in, were there when I got it, along with cheap autozone cap and wires...the ones that say 7mm silicone on them, I replaced a cap and wires with a cheap autozone one on a geo prizm off all things (you think it wouldn't be picky), but that thing didn't last 5,000 miles, car would run like shit, obviously we didn't suspect that because it was new, but when we took it to a garage, they put a OEM style one on, that was like 80 instead of 20, but it lasted.