I'm so thankful I stumbled across this thread :lol:

I never heard of fortune auto until a few months ago. And then, they came off as not really knowing how to build camber plates...

https://www.hidplanet.com/forums/for...0132#post14601

Last I checked tomei, arc, hks, Apexi etc are Japanese companies and made in japan...

Subtle likes red neck coilovers post

The market has really changed a lot over the years. trying to stay with all quality Japanese parts used to be a thing but instead of pride in the car all people care about is price

Assembled in Japan. God only knows where the components are made. You need to know the difference between made and assembled.

Listen dude. You came with your Prius expecting a fight. You didn't get one and seemed like a decent guy. Now you want to insult everybody that disagrees with your little fantasy world? It will not go well for you.

He clearly needs to understand this.

I’m very concerned regarding the specific sourcing location of my carbon atoms. If those carbon atoms are not sourced from the southern tip of Honshu, they are not JDM in my book.

Well he doesn't understand that JDM means made and sold in Japan for use there. Unless of course he has an imported RHD Prius than 99% of his car is USEM anyway no matter how many Japanese owned companies he bought parts from.

I'm not sure where you are getting an information when a product says Made in Japan that you're implying that it means assembled in Japan

7I did imply on my very first post that I am partial to Japanese brands. Calling a part JDM was probably incorrect being that it is available in the US either officially or through gray Market Avenues the either way know what I was implying

#usdmcarsmatter

It says "Made" in Japan because that was the last country to add value by assembling it. Every single component in it may have (and probably did) come from some other country.
I am "getting this information" from 3 decades in the business.

Out of those companies only Tomei or HKS are very relevant anymore as far as actual performance, and compared to other companies nothing they make I consider of exceptionally high quality vs. brand X. And it's not like I see tons of parts from JDM companies on cars as I walk through the paddock. Usually they are only found on hard parkers.

HKS Quality!! On their own 86 time attack car.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=184

Do you not realize you are just paying extra for a legacy from the early 2000's when all these companies cashed in on the popularity of Fast and the Furious?