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Originally Posted by Corbic
I've worked in Automotive OEM for 12 years - I'm well aware why a GM OEM Balljoint is $100 vs a DuraCrap for $15 and the differences. What I'm getting at is does Nissan just put a sticker on a Nissan OEM part and charge a mark up?
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If you worked in OEM then you know that after the first 10 years or so (after a car stops production), vendors often renegotiate contracts to produce replacement items.
The Nismo cost reflects the price of ordering ONE tension rod set. It might take an hour of labor for the factory to produce it but the cost to run the tooling is high. I can do an inventory check of Nismo items and 9 out of 10 times parts are always "15-45 days to produce"...
Genuine parts offered by Nissan differ significantly because it's ordered in batches, to keep costs at a pre-negotiated level between Nissan and the vendor that still makes it for them. This "batch" concept is also why Nissan PDC will have leftover inventory of an item after it's flagged as stop production or NLA. "New old stock" is just those large batches ordered that is now dead stock, waiting for enthusiasts to buy.
That's why. I can spend an hour of my time doing a single thing for you but I will charge you $50-100 an hour to do that single job. Hire me full time and it's suddenly much cheaper to pay for my time.
Also, none of what I wrote is talking about aftermarket parts. I'm only talking about Nismo vs OEM Nissan, which is what your post was about.