On Wed, 25 Dec 2013 11:14:13 -0600, Leon wrote:

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On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 23:13:54 -0600, Leon wrote:

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On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 03:56:25 -0600, Leon wrote:

"Lew Hodgett" wrote:
I have a 1999 Toyota Tacoma P/U truck with 128,000 miles on it.

Today it started running "Rough" so stopped by my mechanic to
have it checked out.

Turns out that a spark plug wire had shorted out.

An after market set of four (4) wires were $48 while wires from Toyota
were $83.

Looks like a straight forward decision, after market parts are the
way to go, but there is one more piece of information that is needed
to
be known.

The original wires lasted 90,000 miles with no problems when they
were changed out with an after market set of wires which only lasted
38,000 before failure.

Based on that information, the Toyota set of wires for $83 looks like
the best deal, and they were installed.

Time will tell if I made the correct decision.

Lew

There is a reason that Toyota is one of the most reliable brand vehicles on
the planet. Toyota does not use after market parts to manufacture their
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
vehicles. I think you made the right decision Lew. Other brand vehicles,
^^^^^^^^
maybe not.

Huh?

1) The parts an OEM uses to manufacture their cars are, by definition,
NOT "after market".

OEM was never previously mentioned, until you must mentioned.
OEM and after market are NOT necessarily the same. OEM parts are
manufactured to a specific standard. Not all after market parts are.

What confused me was, "Toyota does not use after market parts to
manufacture their vehicles."

How can they? ...by the definition of the terms.

stuff resulting from the above misunderstanding, snipped

LOL
Many manufacturers use basically "generic" or "off the shelf"
components which are THE SAME as what is sold as aftermarket parts -
parts made by Dana, or TRW, or some other company - too their spec -
and sold to the "aftermarket" off the same line.

In Japan you can likely buy "nippondenso" plug wires from the
aftermarket as well. Here in North America you generally can not - and
even some of the "dealer supplied" replacement parts are not,
technically, OEM - as they are from a different supplier than the
parts originally installed at the factory (and generally "locally
sourced")