29th April 2007, 02:27 PM
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29th April 2007, 08:28 PM
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Its just a bit missleading for some when they buy a 'japanese' or 'usa' brand believing the quality is superior to what most think is 'chinese crap' only to find out they all the same after all.
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29th April 2007, 10:42 PM
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40 years ago everyone thought these odd little cars and radios (with such unfamiliar names as 'Honda' and 'Sony') coming in from Japan were crap too.
Can you see our kids or grandkids going spastic over tuning their Chinese cars and insisting on genuine Chinese parts, versus that "Nigerian crap" :P I think the most telling thing was when I used to work for The North Face, in San Francisco. We outsourced 90% of manufacturing to China, and only certain, really specialty items were made in-house. I remember a guy bitching about it, remembering the good old days when everything was made in a local factory. My workshop was adjacent to the main sewing room for all US-made product. The room was, to a person, filled with Chinese women, happily chatting along in Chinese. Whether they're paid cheap Chinese wages or high American wages, the stuff's all Chinese made anyways :P
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30th April 2007, 12:18 PM
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Just been on the cat power site and it says that it is a US based company, there doesn’t seem to be much info on how or where the products are made, US or China? Also they don't appear to list any conrods for the RB26 engine, this seems to get more and more confusing? You ordered a set of eagle rods from a company in the US, received cat power rods that are made in china, which where branded with the name of a famous Japanese company?
Nevertheless I think you got a very good buy there for $350, stock conrods in the UK will probably cost twice as much. Very tempted to follow suit and buy these rods myself. || Catpep || |
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1st May 2007, 04:58 AM
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Cal Auto Transpeed filed for Chapter 11 Bankruputcy May 6 ,2006
Bankruptcies.(Data Bank) - Journal, Magazine, Article, Periodical Cal Auto Transpeed Power Engine Parts Inc. Bus type N/A. 345 Cloverleaf Drive Suite C Baldwin Park 91706 Chapter: 11 Assets: $3,841,659 Debts: $2,543,281 Doc# LA06-11665-ER File-Date: 04/27/06 Gary Hollingsworth 626-292-2626 Something I heard before - " Patent and Copyright have no Chinese translation" Anyone else seen an exact Chinese copy of something, down to the logo ? The Chinese are good at copying things, poorly. |
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1st May 2007, 05:18 AM
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Quality varies even within China and we can all spot the difference. China builds the world buys thats the simple fact of the world we are living in today, some countries will increase charges on chinese products and some are just angery on the low prices that come out of China because they can not compete....
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1st May 2007, 11:40 AM
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Hey.... you get sued in USA for serving hot coffe, or not putting on the microwave that you cant dry your cat in there. Would they really try to sell a copied product, totally exactly copied to the logo?? Wouldnt Tomei take legal action against them? Last edited by Asim R32GTR; 1st May 2007 at 11:45 AM. |
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2nd May 2007, 12:19 AM
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Sure . They are in Baldwin Park. Notorious knockoff places in Baldwin Park. There are plenty of places locally that copy products exactly. Something is just really fishy about that whole thing. Supposed to be eagles,in a CAT box, and they are Tomeis? Anyone see the counterfit Apex'i and Tein parts ? How about fake designer products? If I were going to make some fake rods, I would pick some expensive ones. |
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2nd May 2007, 06:40 AM
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From the look,i would say they look the same,but the look has nothing to say 
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2nd May 2007, 12:03 PM
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Perhaps this company is copying Tomei rods????Someone should inform Tomei. This can ruin there reputation if forgery is going on. I seem to remember that a co in China was copying Apexi turbo timers not so long ago.
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2nd May 2007, 06:37 PM
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Everyone is copying everything. Buy quality for your expensive motor or if your safety is concerned.
Ex: http://www.tein.com/counterfeit/warning.html |
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5th May 2007, 07:16 PM
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The finish on the Tomei Rods is also slightly different, the ARP 2000 on your rods has also been stamped in very agriculturally.
Glad i didnt put conterfeit Tomei's in Evo V1's engine   All jokes aside get them balanced if your worried, i'm sure they will be fine (rod bolts not sure) Rob
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