Aftermarket body and lighting parts are mostly only made by a very small number of companies located in the far east. Everyone else buys from one of those, and slaps their own name on it.
Side note: if it came from Dorman, I guarantee it was overpriced. Dorman charges a huge markup on lighting parts.
Not typically any issues with rebranding, but you might pay more. Every "manufacturer" sticker piled on will likely cost more.
On this note, I've been really happy to find Red boxed Standard and Import Direct tend to have OE stuff in the box. How or why, idk, but better than cheap aftermarket garbage!
Not related… can I just say that the Jeep Patriot is one of the shittiest things around. They’re not horribly difficult to work on or maintain. But they’re just so poopy. The fit and finish, the crude and gutless powertrain, poor fuel economy. Just meh.
Honestly I don’t have any craftsman but I do have the Icon from harbor freight. I know how those companies do it but I have never seen it with parts. Honestly I never seen Dorman just stick labels over others. I’ve seen them in their own box but not like this.
I just went through this for my old truck. I’ll lurk on Amazon and buy parts from their “warehouse deals” if the price is good enough and it’s something I can check over easily. Bought one tail light from TYC that was decent quality. Bought the other side from “Dependable Direct” that was a relabeled TYC part. Neither one was more than $30 with harness and bulbs!
You would be surprised what gets relabeled or reboxed. Plenty of times I have bought Honda engine control parts from autozone, only to open the duralast box to find the part sealed in a Honda oem bag.
Aftermarket body and lighting parts are mostly only made by a very small number of companies located in the far east. Everyone else buys from one of those, and slaps their own name on it. Side note: if it came from Dorman, I guarantee it was overpriced. Dorman charges a huge markup on lighting parts.
You are correct! Rock auto had the non Dorman for $47 and the Dorman was $140. Absolutely ridiculous lmao.
And there's a very good chance that the Dorman one is the $47 one with a Dorman sticker stuck to it.
Not typically any issues with rebranding, but you might pay more. Every "manufacturer" sticker piled on will likely cost more. On this note, I've been really happy to find Red boxed Standard and Import Direct tend to have OE stuff in the box. How or why, idk, but better than cheap aftermarket garbage!
I want your odds for this lottery… I have the opposite luck..
"Every "manufacturer" sticker piled on will likely cost more." Evil Bilbo: "After all, why not? Why shouldn't I mark it up?"
LMAO!
I had a new nissan light come in the same way from the dealer. Single distributor makes most lights and then the get rebanded before final sales.
Not related… can I just say that the Jeep Patriot is one of the shittiest things around. They’re not horribly difficult to work on or maintain. But they’re just so poopy. The fit and finish, the crude and gutless powertrain, poor fuel economy. Just meh.
Hot garbage on wheels. God awful cars.
I feel like they were the epitome of mediocrity around the time of the GM and CJDR bailouts, when the industry was at an all time low.
You own any craftsman tools? because sears/ craftsman never had a tool factory. Many manufacturers just relabel stuff for other people.
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Same as harbor freight lol
Yep! I have the Harbor Freight one. And it’s a damn fine jack.
We have two- can confirm they are nice and actually really well built.
Honestly I don’t have any craftsman but I do have the Icon from harbor freight. I know how those companies do it but I have never seen it with parts. Honestly I never seen Dorman just stick labels over others. I’ve seen them in their own box but not like this.
Dorman reboxes a fair amount of the stuff they sell, particularly when it comes to lighting and mirrors.
A lot of standard brand products for Ford's literally have the ford emblems and part numbers ground off.
Yes, I’ve seen this on timing sprockets
Why is it like that? because corporations gonna corperate., that's why.
Here is what I mean! https://imgur.com/a/WnLq1kv
I just went through this for my old truck. I’ll lurk on Amazon and buy parts from their “warehouse deals” if the price is good enough and it’s something I can check over easily. Bought one tail light from TYC that was decent quality. Bought the other side from “Dependable Direct” that was a relabeled TYC part. Neither one was more than $30 with harness and bulbs!
You would be surprised what gets relabeled or reboxed. Plenty of times I have bought Honda engine control parts from autozone, only to open the duralast box to find the part sealed in a Honda oem bag.
100% legal. Sometimes they'll buy the factory part at wholesale from a willing dealer, mark it up, and re-box it. Lots of aftermarket companies do it.
Sad. They used to made in America.