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Re: b1 vs b2 plug wear
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/11/2012

If there was platinum on those plugs it's long gone. Once it is gone the wear is accelerated.

I'd guess the ones on the right had platinum on the center electrode at one time. The center (copper) electrodes wear faster than the "grounded" (steel) electrodes... Login to read more.