Amazon tow hooks

[Bob.]

The Titanic rivets were probably made in China.

Yeck everything is today.

 

[Jedi9]

Yup, built in US doesn't mean chinese castings or steel weren't used. Hopefully everyone knows those wheels on your truck were made in the same country as your phone.

 

[Slutzk]

Yup, built in US doesn't mean chinese castings or steel weren't used. Hopefully everyone knows those wheels on your truck were made in the same country as your phone.

Yeah but no one wants to hear that here.

 

[CHeYeNNe71]

Yup, built in US doesn't mean chinese castings or steel weren't used. Hopefully everyone knows those wheels on your truck were made in the same country as your phone.

It comes down to the specs at which things are made. Chinese knockoffs usually have lower standards/specs. It's your life and your money.

 

[Jedi9]

There is a lot of trash coming from China without doubt. And a lot of US companies use plants in China for product for a couple reasons. The cost of doing business in US has gone up tremendously and a lot of folks are not interested in working anymore. Those products do have specs, and the plants and parts are inspected to insure they stay within spec. But I see a couple of different black markets, One is the knockoffs, I would agree lower specs/standards because the company they stole the technology from doesn't inspect the product or the factories and the ones making them probably don't care. But what I do see a lot of are the same factories that produce the OEM have parts going out the back door with the same spec, material and can be sold for a much lower cost, that's a lot of profit margin for these Chinese companies. I started to list examples but afraid I would be opening a can of worms.

 

[CHeYeNNe71]

There is a lot of trash coming from China without doubt. And a lot of US companies use plants in China for product for a couple reasons. The cost of doing business in US has gone up tremendously and a lot of folks are not interested in working anymore. Those products do have specs, and the plants and parts are inspected to insure they stay within spec. But I see a couple of different black markets, One is the knockoffs, I would agree lower specs/standards because the company they stole the technology from doesn't inspect the product or the factories and the ones making them probably don't care. But what I do see a lot of are the same factories that produce the OEM have parts going out the back door with the same spec, material and can be sold for a much lower cost, that's a lot of profit margin for these Chinese companies. I started to list examples but afraid I would be opening a can of worms.

Agreed, but certain things are not worth them "possibly" being the same as OEM spec. Pick and choose is all I can say.

 

[msnyder1112]

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I got the jdmspeed ones and i thiught the quality was ok. The bushing mount was weird. Then I realized I had 2 drivers side hooks. Returned them and never looked back. Went with RC and the quality is 5x better. Holding up well… they v are v stamped with RC in the front but it’s pretty vague and not easily noticeable.

 

[boogielander]

—-v^-V^—
I got the jdmspeed ones and i thiught the quality was ok. The bushing mount was weird. Then I realized I had 2 drivers side hooks. Returned them and never looked back. Went with RC and the quality is 5x better. Holding up well… they v are v stamped with RC in the front but it’s pretty vague and not easily noticeable.

lol jdmspeed that's some amazon china seller. Anytime you see anything JDMxxxyyyzzz something it's gonna be china.
but the thing is, i vaguely remember someone here (not you lol) was telling me those amazon china ones came from the same factory as the OEs! How can that be with such quality difference! Wouldn't they all have the same quality if they all come from the same factory?

 

[bigdodge]

lol jdmspeed that's some amazon china seller. Anytime you see anything JDMxxxyyyzzz something it's gonna be china.
but the thing is, i vaguely remember someone here (not you lol) was telling me those amazon china ones came from the same factory as the OEs! How can that be with such quality difference! Wouldn't they all have the same quality if they all come from the same factory?

here is my take. when something is on the line being made it has to be to certain specs for OEM, if it does not pass specs it becomes after market.

 

[boogielander]

here is my take. when something is on the line being made it has to be to certain specs for OEM, if it does not pass specs it becomes after market.

yes that's what i thought in the beginning, but then it'd be wild for a mass producer to make things of different spec on the same line. that doesn't really make sense to me.
hence, IF the OE ones are made in china, i think they are from a certain factory that make OE spec things, and all the replicas are made in a different factory.

don't know, don't really care since i'm not one for the replicas/ fake ones especially for something safety related. just find it hilarious people will say anything to justify them being cheap.