New NGK Spark Plugs assembled in Thailand ?

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This is a 1st for me. Just got my order in, & the Spark Plugs are made in Japan, but assembled in Thailand..
Boxes look slightly different, but same everything else.

I tested the Ohm resistance on these & they are between 4K - 6k Ohm. Which is fine.
They are resistor spark plugs.
 

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Better than Chyna
 

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Well china is neighbors to Thailand. But there is a big Fake NGK plugs thing going on.. Just a FYI.
 
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I heard something about that. There was a video on YouTube i watched showing the counterfeits next to NGK.
 

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Yea, seems to be mostly on the iridium plugs.

But can't rule out the regular ones, like I use.
 

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Fake alert!!

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Yea, seems to be mostly on the iridium plugs.

But can't rule out the regular ones, like I use.
Have a think about it
What is a std spark plug worth ?
Down here from 50¢ by the 144 cards to $ 2.50 by single boxes.
Is it worthwhile to fake them ?
Sort of like making counterfit $1 bills that cost $ 3 each to print .
 

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Have a think about it
What is a std spark plug worth ?
Down here from 50¢ by the 144 cards to $ 2.50 by single boxes.
Is it worthwhile to fake them ?
Sort of like making counterfit $1 bills that cost $ 3 each to print .
Yet they still do it. Third countries will try anyway if there is an unit of money to be made. Besides robots work cheap.

Here most of the NGK I have here are either assembled in the USA using Japanese parts and domestic parts or they are made in Japan. I have enough problems with CMR series out Japan so don't need any them fakes.

Besides I make a decent profit even at my low stock level since I use the NGK suggested retail prices.
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The quantity sold last year is incorrect due to a program glitch the programmer made last year which since has been corrected. This seems to be the year I sell a lot of plugs as I seeing more failures at the start of the season.
 

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I just bought a shop pack of BPMR7A. I guess i need to go look at them.
 

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Nikon made their cameras there, hard drives were made there, it is the "Detroit of Asia"(for those of you who own a mercedes, look up where all body panels+ other mercedes parts are made...) All of these plus more are made in Thailand so I don't think they can be that bad.
 
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