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Originally Posted by Laika
TRD = A company that contracts other aftermarket companies to build their parts so they can put their branding on it. For example, if I remember correctly, the TRD springs for the 7th gen Celica were made by Eibach.
Seems perfectly sound to put TRD parts on my BRZ to me  *
*Assuming I want to pay the markup for TRD parts |
Not completely true. There were TRD Japan springs (aka Toyota Technocraft) for the Celica which were different than TRD USA Celica springs. Same is true for their exhausts and parts for other cars such as the MR2 Spyder. Not sure if TRD Japan parts are developed in-house or also outsourced but from my experience I found TRD Japan parts more reliable/developed than TRD USA parts.