AC Delco - China (Page 1/5)
FieroTony MAY 14, 02:25 PM
I ordered 2 AC Delco rotors from Rock Auto about 1½ weeks ago, just showed up today. I wasn't really expecting made in USA but I sure the piss wasn't expecting made in China either.
2.5 MAY 14, 02:31 PM
China or Mexico, I think thats usually where the new stuff comes from. Not sure if its true AC Delco as its own manufacturer from wha I hear doesnt exist anymore. Its said to be lowest bidder parts in an AC Delco box.

"AC-Delco In 1974, in an effort to streamline its operations and marketing, General Motors merged the AC Spark Plug with United Delco, which for years had been selling to the same customers, to create the new AC-Delco.

ACDelco By the mid-1990s there were further changes to the division. In 1994, Delco-Remy, part of the division since 1916, was spun off to private investors and is now known as Remy International, Inc. Also in 1994, GM created Automotive Components Group to run Delco Electronics. ACG was later renamed Delphi and spun off from GM in 1999. GM retained the AC Delco name. 1995 saw a re-branding of AC-Delco. The hyphen was dropped and ACDelco received a new logo and marketing initiative."

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Kitskaboodle MAY 14, 03:29 PM
Yes, I have bought AC Delco parts that are labeled "made in Mexico" too. I have bought Reatta ABS wheel sensors that were marked "Made in Japan". You know, a lot of parts mfgrs are doing this. Speaking of Rockauto, I bought a flywheel (Sachs brand) for only $30 bucks. Sachs is an original supplier for Porsche, Audi, BMW, etc.
$30 bucks? Sweet! Well, until I received it in the mail and expected it to be stamped "Made in Germany" on the back. Nope! It was made in China.

So, they are all doing it....,
Patrick MAY 14, 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by FieroTony:

I wasn't really expecting made in USA but I sure the piss wasn't expecting made in China either.



Have you been living under a rock for the last few years?
Csjag MAY 14, 03:48 PM
On the other hand I bought a Standard brand map sensor a couple of months ago that was stamped made in the USA.
Dennis LaGrua MAY 14, 03:51 PM
All A/C Delco parts are now outsourced. The quality is no better than anything else made by cheap unskilled Chinese labor.

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css9450 MAY 14, 03:51 PM
I don't think you can get Made-in-USA rotors for any vehicle nowadays, regardless of brand name on the box, unless they've been sitting on the shelf for a long time. Its all China now.
Patrick MAY 14, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by Csjag:

I bought a Standard brand map sensor a couple of months ago that was stamped made in the USA.



Must've been NOS. Seriously!
cyrus88 MAY 14, 04:35 PM
I stopped buying anything ACDelco. It seems everything I buy from that brand fails shortly. I bought shocks and they started leaking, spark plugs caused stumbling problems, floor jack that stopped lifting after a few uses, etc.
2.5 MAY 14, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by css9450:

I don't think you can get Made-in-USA rotors for any vehicle nowadays, regardless of brand name on the box, unless they've been sitting on the shelf for a long time. Its all China now.



Found this on another forum:

"My prepping buddy has been trying diligently to find a set of American made brake rotors. Guess what? They don't exist. Nope.

Brembo, Raybestos, SSBC, Baer, nobody casts rotors in the USA anymore. There are only two brake rotor foundries in the world. One in England (I think they make rotors for European rides) and the other is in China.

Every big name brake company as well as dealerships has readily admitted that all castings come from China. The only "American" component of this whole sham is that some of the rotors are "machined" in the US. Some are machined in China and others in Mexico.

Which China makes rotors, you will notice that they are lighter. However, the thickness of the rotors is the same as an OEM, however, the Chinese models make the air-cooling vanes wider and remove more surface material from each side which is what causes the warping and thus causes your brakes to shutter when applied."