1. OEM is engineered for your truck and made in Japan. Its hard to argue with the quality of Toyota parts.
2. China has done plenty enough to change my life in the past four months. The HF jack stand recall sealed the deal for me and I can't see any reason why I should send my money over there so I will pay a premium to avoid all things from China. This wont be easy for a lot of items in my daily live but when it come to cruiser parts I have this option. No Chinesium allowed on my truck.
Can’t argue with that thought process. I’ve been an OEM guy for as long as I can since for the majority of it, the prices have been nominally higher than decent aftermarket. There are certain pieces that are just considerably more expensive - brake booster, brake lines, suspension bushings - to name a few. For at least the brake booster, you can buy the OE supplier and call it good.
Curious to hear other’s input as well but I’ll probably call local this AM and see what they can put together with factory fittings (similar to what @NLXTACY did for his stainless offering).