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Yes, mitsu prob buys from the lowest bidder... The lowest bidder to meet their specs. So the question is what those specs are. The next question is what specs the aftermarket comunity demands and are they the same as oem.

Using the lowest bidder isn't bad. Neither is using Chinese suppliers. Its all about what specs you demand. (I own a Chinese made katana, hand forged to top notch specs. Its absolutely top notch)

Like imagine the lowest bidder to supply engines for a Bentley. The cheapest option for world class. Make sense.


You got it. "Most" of the aftermarket has no access to the OEM Engineering documents as these are confidential, therefore they guess - and certainly don't have the opportunity to participate with the OEM to test and validate the components.

I put "most" in quotes because some aftermarket suppliers are also the OE component manufacture.

The lowest price OE component manufacture probably doesn't even compete with an aftermarket component suppler, so these guys can be cheap.

For sure an apples to basketballs comparison.

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