October 15, 20196 yr Hi all I was very happy to find my SKF belt idlers for a good price, and fully expected them to be made elsewhere than in Japan; S.Korea is the acceptable truth. Now I received an Aisin water pump, proudly marked ‘PREMIUM JAPANESE QUALITY’ on the packaging.. Elsewhere on the packaging, however it says ’Made in S. Korea’. The gasket is paper..... I had already bought a metal Subaru one just in case! The Aisin lower front BJs I just received were also packaged similarly, also made in S.Korea. No more Japanese manufacture of these Aisin parts? So our Legacy and Forester are migrating from Japan, bit by bit.... My tough new KYB Outback struts however still subtly announce ‘MADE IN JAPAN’ .... :)
October 15, 20196 yr it may an issue in your market. I just last week purchased an Aisin Water pump/timing belt kit and all pieces were Japanese OE. Paper waterpump gasket is a sure sign of junk though.
October 16, 20196 yr Author 22 hours ago, Rampage said: A KYB rep showed me literature that Nuclear Power Plants use KYB products. Japanese Nuclear power stations? ::nervous::
October 16, 20196 yr Author 21 hours ago, FerGloyale said: it may an issue in your market. I just last week purchased an Aisin Water pump/timing belt kit and all pieces were Japanese OE. Paper waterpump gasket is a sure sign of junk though. It doesn’t worry me about the S.Korea pump manufacture so much as the ‘Japanese Quality’ paper gasket, which is NOT going to come out of its bag.
October 16, 20196 yr Ordered an aisin kit a month ago, everything including the gasket was up to oem spec. The mitsuboshi bbelt was made in thailand.... are they japan or thailand usually?
October 17, 20196 yr Author It would appear to be the norm that OEM aftermarket parts at least are manufactured globally, it makes sense. Without a doubt it still makes sense for a car manufacturer to use domestic manufacture parts if this option is available. After all, the parts industry exists because of car manufacture, and not vice-versa. as dealership parts generally appear to be of (in our case) Japanese origin, this perhaps help them maintain dealership prices and guarantees.
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