Made and assembled of course means two totally different things. When a product is only a assembled in a certain country it will strictly state that on the product but of course many companies blur this line.

I'm not one to think something is no good just cuz it's not from Japan matter of fact I think the best intake manifolds come from hypertune Australia
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OH crap the Prius is made in Indiana. It is a USDM car. It isn't Japanese at all other than the parent company. I can't find a break down of who makes what on it but I doubt it is even 25% Japanese made content.

Are you not familiar with Arc? One of the best-known companies for their Cooling parts and they are still around just not as big. Also I doubt with you being in Oregon people are exactly favoring to put Japanese Parts on their car location makes a big on what you see people using.

I can't really comment on those terrible looking welds on the HKS 86. I don't know if that was done in-house or third party by somebody else or the backstory behind it.

All the Toyota lineup hybrids are made in Japan regardless of model but as far as non hybrid a good amount is made right here in the states

False - the hybrid Camry, Highlander, and Avalon are all built in the states from my research.

Yours is a hybrid? For some reason I thought it was all electric.

Ya it was the Camry I was thinking of in Indiana.

Arc, no not familiar. Outside of additional oil cooling and ducting there are not any cooling parts I have researched or needed. And for oil cooling I have always used Setreb.

Yeah, lots of crappy weather up here so not as much hard parking. Lots of women in sweatshirts too.

Looks like you are correct the Camry was initially built in Japan but now in the US but the Prius itself to this day is still japan-only

This is the most idiotic statement I've heard to date. People who know what they are doing "mod-wise" buy parts based on the value they provide to them (whether that be for street performance, track performance, etc.). Hell, after all my ranting, I've heavily considered the CSG-Spec Tein Flex A's. Granted, I'd be supporting CSG as well, but still a Japanese company. While, I'm obviously always going to look to support a local business if I can, if that product doesn't fit my needs, I'm going to go with the product that will regardless, of who makes it.

What does being from "Oregon" have to do with anything. Oregon is an amazing place. Next you'll say, "Illinois is a stupid fly over state" forgetting that Chicago, a major international business hub, is located in that state.

Your world view is astoundingly naive.

To be fair, as far as the car scene Oregon is pretty bland. So enthusiasts tend to actually be enthusiasts :burnrubber:

Location has a lot to do with many things. Don't try and pretend where you're located doesn't affect what you are exposed to, influence your likes and dislikes and what you're familiar with.

For example seeing a car with stretch tires and stance style you will see in much more major cities and if someone is saying they don't like it I'll often see it's from an area such as Alabama where they never see stuff like that. So naturally especially being different one isn't so keen on it

Oregon sure does like them some Subaru's though. Bloody things are everywhere.

Stretched tires were never "in style"!