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8RZ · 12-23-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Someone made the Scion badges? I can't believe Toyota or Subaru making them. They just wouldn't carry the "fun" cookie cutters, they're much too serious for such frivolity.

The back of all the Scion badges on the 86 are stamped "SUBARU" lol.

Tcoat · 12-23-2016, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Someone made the Scion badges? I can't believe Toyota or Subaru making them. They just wouldn't carry the "fun" cookie cutters, they're much too serious for such frivolity.

Nope still not made by Scion. Toyota and Subaru badges are not made by Toyota or Subaru either though.

JD001 · 12-23-2016, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Nope still not made by Scion. Toyota and Subaru badges are not made by Toyota or Subaru either though.

Tcoat you're on a mission to wreck my Xmas...Who makes our badges???

Tcoat · 12-23-2016, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Tcoat you're on a mission to wreck my Xmas...Who makes our badges???

No idea. Could be a huge well know company or a 3 man casting shop in the jungle somewhere (with a great contract). Odds are it is the same place that makes most of the badges for all the other manufacturers though. The car "manufacturers" are really car assemblers in this day and age. I worked for one place many years ago that made the HVAC motors for cars. We made them for BMW, Ford, GM, Chrysler and VW. The difference between each motor was what number got rubber stamped onto the case. They were literally identical except for some ink. If I took 20 steps out of my office right now I could make a 180 degree sweep with my head and see rotors being made for Toyota, Ford, Chrysler and GM. Some of them on the same lines that run other makes (with minor tooling changes).

krayzie · 12-23-2016, 11:58 AM

The Pioneer amp in the trunk is Made in China and the Fujitsu Ten headunit is Assembled in Mexico.

Tcoat · 12-23-2016, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by krayzie

The Pioneer amp in the trunk is Made in China and the Fujitsu Ten headunit is Assembled in Mexico.

And the parts inside those are made all over the world. Probably just about anyplace but Japan or the US actually.

JD001 · 12-23-2016, 12:38 PM

Reads like we are in the process of debunking the OP's initial statement that 95% of the Twins parts are Japanese. Oh how I wished that my Subaru was all Japanese unlike our white goods manufactured somewhere nondescript.....

krayzie · 12-23-2016, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Reads like we are in the process of debunking the OP's initial statement that 95% of the Twins parts are Japanese. Oh how I wished that my Subaru was all Japanese unlike our white goods manufactured somewhere nondescript.....

I gotta say 95% Japanese is quite impressive considering this car isn't high end by any means. To get anywhere close to that percentage with other complicated Japanese products like Seiko or Sony you got to go pretty high up in their product chain.

Tcoat · 12-23-2016, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by JD001

Reads like we are in the process of debunking the OP's initial statement that 95% of the Twins parts are Japanese. Oh how I wished that my Subaru was all Japanese unlike our white goods manufactured somewhere nondescript.....

I have been in Tier 1 auto parts manufacturing for almost 30 years and have seen huge changes in that period of time. The 2008 recession knocked hell out of many of the big name Japanese manufacturers and many, many components are no longer made where you would expect them to be. With shipping costs dropping all the time and many of the "Third World" countries investing in proper transportation and manufacturing infrastructure I don't think the globalization of manufacturing will slow down in the foreseeable future.

Barefootdan · 12-23-2016, 01:49 PM

We must dig deeper and find out where the material to each component is being mined from!

Tcoat · 12-23-2016, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootdan

We must dig deeper and find out where the material to each component is being mined from!

That is a whole new rabbit hole!

prj3ctm4yh3m · 12-23-2016, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 8RZ

Where's the other 5% made?

tires - michelin
suspension - sachs
PP Brembros - Italy/US (dont think they have a JP foundry)
exhaust - phillipines probably (fujitsubo?)

prj3ctm4yh3m · 12-23-2016, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Barefootdan

We must dig deeper and find out where the material to each component is being mined from!

conflict rare earth.

JD001 · 12-23-2016, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by prj3ctm4yh3m

tires - michelin
suspension - sachs
PP Brembros - Italy/US (dont think they have a JP foundry)
exhaust - phillipines probably (fujitsubo?)

If I want an American car I want it manufactured in America. An Italian car made in Italy, British car manufactured in the UK, German car made in Germany and a French car made in France.

I don't want to buy an Italian car made in Japan!

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