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Originally Posted by brndck
right, but NISSAN went through A FACTORY, who made nissan fenders FOR NISSAN, so that NISSAN could put them in a NISSAN box, and sell them TO YOU, FROM NISSAN.
no?
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if you take out the "aftermarket" and "with nissan approval" part of your post, then it is more accurate.
nothing Nissan sells is made by any entity owned or operated by Nissan. they are all via contract manufacturing. the only time it can be actually made by Nissan is when they stamp the sheet metal at the factory to save on manufacturing costs.
its why people refer to Nissan parts as genuine OEM, OEM, OEM replacement, OEM aftermarket, or everything else (performance replacement, etc). even when parts are from the same factory it still needs to be separated, since non-genuine parts won't have Nissan stamping or logos. a few things such as the Hitachi IACV I sold last year for KA24E was without Nissan hamburger logo because Hitachi could not sell it as genuine Nissan and had no rights to sell it, even though the part was the same as genuine Nissan parts.
The first 2 tiers are very important, these details matter. just look at spark plugs for, say, a Camry.
genuine OEM Toyota
OEM Denso (actual part/manufacturer as genuine)
OEM replacement (plenty of makers)
OEM aftermarket (anything that fits)
performance replacement (racing plugs from NGK, for example)
racing aftermarket (HKS iridium plugs, same as their NGK counterparts minus the name)