Nice lil Surprise From Rock Auto

[Fzj80 1997]

I bought some Beck Arnley sway bar bushings off rock auto and when I opened the package, the bushings were OEM with Toyota labels. I believe these are for the front. The rear bushings that were bought together were plane jane shrink wrapped with a label that said made in Taiwan.

 

[excessive]

I never would have guessed

 

[Zuberg]

Is it real or counterfeit? The genuine toyota parts I get usually have additional numbers/letters stamped on them in the lower right hand side.

What's the actual part look like??

Not trying to detract btw. I hope it's genuine and you got a sweet deal. With the state of the supply chains these days, I'm always curious though.

 

[SteveH]

Some low-volume importers just stick OEM in the box. Carquest used to sell 2F air filters ($$ from Toyota) for $18, and when you opened the box, it was OEM. This was in the mid-1990s, and of course, now such filters are no longer OEM.

 

[Fzj80 1997]

Looks like this has been covered before. According to one guy in the thread, the upper control arms from Beck Arnley are OEM as well. Wish I would have known when I rebuilt my front end.

Beck-Arnley = Toyota OEM supplier for some suspension components

I'm replacing a bunch of front end components and as part of that ordered a mix of toyota OEM vs. rock auto depending on the item. One item was new sway bar bushings mfg by Beck-Arnley. The bushings arrived in a beck-arnley box, made in japan. Inside the box, the bushing is wrapped in plastic...

forum.ih8mud.com

 

[Zuberg]

Very interesting thread. Thanks for posting it!

 

[nissanh]

The label is authentic. Once rockauto had upper control arms as another brand and a close inspection reveal those are OEM toyota uppers (well.. see post 5) .