Aisin CVs - Anyone have experience with these?

[Trapper50cal]

It might just be wishful thinking but these seem to have the potential to be good trail spares...
Has anyone here purchased/used these?

At $200 - Is there any reason to go this direction rather than waiting for a sale on the OEM ones?

 

[GTV]

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[ranma21]

Looks like Aisin is making more non OEM aftermarket parts for LC. Hopefully is great quality parts.

 

[Trapper50cal]

Looks like Aisin is making more non OEM aftermarket parts for LC. Hopefully is great quality parts.

If they take their reputation with the Land Cruiser crowd seriously, it would be an amazing vendor asset. Like Koyo and Denso.

 

[Malleus]

For that price, I'd want to see what's under the boots first (and I don't believe the ad copy images). If they're Cardone copies, they're garbage.

Cardone copied Toyota's minivan/light truck design and sell it for "direct replacement" in the 100 series. They are not direct replacements for anything that I'd use.

I have a set I'll give you if you want them; I pulled them off a 2000 LX470 when I planned to reboot them. They're taking up space on my parts shelf.

 

[Trapper50cal]

For that price, I'd want to see what's under the boots first (and I don't believe the ad copy images). If they're Cardone copies, they're garbage.

Cardone copied Toyota's minivan/light truck design and sell it for "direct replacement" in the 100 series. They are not direct replacements for anything that I'd use.

I have a set I'll give you if you want them; I pulled them off a 2000 LX470 when I planned to reboot them. They're taking up space on my parts shelf.

Thanks for the offer. I'm not really in need ATM, I just recognized (obviously) the Aisin name and was hoping they were legit for down the road or as a good option to carry as a spare on longer/harder trail runs. I've got OEM rebuilt by CVJ of Denver on it right now.

 

[andrewderrick]

Certainly interesting

 

[Malleus]

If you're going to use your Land Cruiser like a Camry, they'll be fine.

These are Cardone clones:

..and the price shows it. Note the "Xtreme Duty" rating...

 

[Malleus]

Genuine, wholesale

 

[Trapper50cal]

My expectation would be for them to be less than 10% under OEM quality based on the name. I doubt they would meet that expectation. But I'd love to be pleasantly surprised.

 

[Cruiser Cult]

Be careful with the Amazon purchases. So many counterfeit parts on there. Not saying those are necessarily, but be on guard.

 

[Aracobuilt]

Be careful with the Amazon purchases. So many counterfeit parts on there. Not saying those are necessarily, but be on guard.

Samething with Ebay

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Lot of bold statements from people that didn't even know they existed. It's great to see another option out there on the market from a manufacturer that's had proven aftermarket quality. I use my Land Cruiser like a Camry every day, guess I'm good to go.

 

[Trapper50cal]

Be careful with the Amazon purchases. So many counterfeit parts on there. Not saying those are necessarily, but be on guard.

If it wasn't directly from "The Aisin Store" I'd be more sceptical.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Well, interesting you post that, because doing some brief Googling, found a discussion on a 4Runner forum about Aisin CV's, someone posting ones they found on Amazon. They emailed Aisin directly to ask, got this response:

 

[Trapper50cal]

Well, interesting you post that, because doing some brief Googling, found a discussion on a 4Runner forum about Aisin CV's, someone posting ones they found on Amazon. They emailed Aisin directly to ask, got this response:

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Nice sleuthing! That's very interesting. Sounds like they're trading on their name. How old were the posts?

 

[hoser]

Buyers get that wrong a lot. This link does not mean directly sold from such and such manufacturer. This product is sold by A-Premium. I doubt it is a knock off because it it quite new but anything is possible. I believe this product is manufactured in China. I'd certainly go OE but hopefully this is the better of the aftermarket offerings.

 

[Trapper50cal]

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Buyers get that wrong a lot. This link does not mean directly sold from such and such manufacturer. This product is sold by A-Premium. I doubt it is a knock off because it it quite new but anything is possible. I believe this product is manufactured in China. I'd certainly go OE but hopefully this is the better of the aftermarket offerings.

I assumed that they wouldn't allow anyone other than the genuine establishment to call themselves that. Kinda like the Samsung Store. Now you've got me wondering if it's safe to buy a Samsung 990 EVO 2TB NVMe SSD for my new mac's dock.

Edit: Sold By: ARF Tech....but they have 100% Positive for the last 12 months...BUT it's only 84 ratings.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Posts were a month old. The email reply does say they're a licensed vendor for Aisin. Sounds like they're just selling non-US market parts on Amazon.

 

[hoser]

@Trapper50cal The actual seller is on the right. ARF Tech could be an authorized vendor for Samsung... I don't know but certainly, it is not sold directly from Samsung.

The Amazon seller for the Denso CV's: