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Introduction

The purpose of this article is to list all the supposed manufacturers of aftermarket spare parts which are allegedly OEM equivalents for genuine Suzuki Jimny parts.

The word supposed is highlighted because some of aftermarket manufacturers are nothing more than re-packaging distributors. They source their parts from (usually) who-knows-who and just put them in their own branded packaging. This concept does not have to imply poor quality. Additional notes are present where such "manufacturer" is determined or just suspected.

Many manufacturers have their headquarters in a different country than their production facilities, or even just their web site registered in a different country (thus having that country's web domain suffix), all in order to make the naive visitor believe that each of their employees is a pure-blooded national of that country and that they produce all the products in that country while singing their national anthem and with raw materials excavated from that country's soil.

"OEM equivalent" means that the part adheres to the original design and performance specifications of the genuine spare part.

In other words, this list does not contain specialized manufacturers of tuning / super-performance / modification / upgrade / pimped-up parts which are supposed to modify the vehicle and obviously stray away from original Suzuki design. Examples of such parts would be coil springs and shock absorbers designed for heavy duty all terrain use, LED headlamps, heavy duty CV joints, polyurethane suspension bushes, etc.

Specialized manufacturers and stores of "performance" aftermarket Jimny parts are listed in the wiki article "Specialized aftermarket Jimny parts sources".

"OEM equivalent" characteristic of an aftermarket spare part does not automatically imply that the part is of the same quality as a genuine part. In most cases, quality is inferior, and in many cases it is severely inferior. In some cases quality is comparable to the original. Only in rare cases, it is even better than the original.

List of manufacturers

The list below is sorted alphabetically. The list is missing many manufacturers which should be in it. Add those which are missing!

A

• ABE
  • Brake parts.
• ABS
  • Brake parts.
• Ackoja
• Aisin
  • Suzuki's actual supplier of some mechanical parts.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.
• Akebono
  • Brake parts.
• Ashika
• ATE
  • Primarily brake parts.

B

• Blue Print
  • See "Febi Bilstein" below.
• Bosch
• Brembo
  • High quality brake parts.
• BTA

C

• Champion
  • Filters.
• Corteco
  • Primarily filters.

D

• Delphi
  • Primarily some electrical parts.
• Denso
  • Suzuki's actual supplier of spark plugs and most other electrical parts and Suzuki does not hide it.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.

E

• Exedy
  • They produce both OEM-equivalent clutch kits as well as a heavy-duty (high robustness) kits.

F

• Fag
  • Primarily bearings.
  • See "Schaeffler" below.
• Febest
  • Alternative link
  • They have some sparte parts that no other manufacturer except Suzuki offers.
  • They appear to be producing most or all of their rubber products.
• Febi Bilstein
  • Febi Bilstein bought Blue Print and SWAG and incorporated them as sub-brands next to its own Febi sub-brand.
  • All three brands are now incorporated into the same product catalogue database.
    • Each of the three brands maintains its own product lines, with some products being identical among all three.
• Ferodo
  • High quality brake parts.
• Filtron
  • Filters.
• Flennor
• Fram
  • Filters.
• Frigair
  • Filters.
• FTE
  • Brake parts.

G

• GMB
  • Primarily transmission parts like universal joints, as well as suspension parts.
  • Many aftermarket universal joints of various brands are actually made by GMB.
• GSP

H

• Hella
• Hengst
  • Filters.
• Herth+Buss
  • Various parts. For some parts, they are the only known aftermarket manufacturer.

I

• Ina
  • See "Schaeffler" below.

J

• Japanparts
• JC Premium
• Jurid
  • Brake parts.

K

• Kamoka
• Kavo
• Kawe
• Knecht
  • See "Mahle" below
• Koni
  • Primarily suspension parts.
• Koyo
  • Suzuki's actual supplier of various bearings.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.
• KYB
  • Primarily suspension parts.

L

• Lemförder
• LPR
• Luk
  • Primarily clutches.
  • See "Schaeffler" below.

M

• Magneti Marelli
• Mahle
  • Mahle bought Knecht (or vice versa) and merged the two product lines into one under two brand names.
• MANN
• Mapco
• Meat & Doria
• Metelli
• Metzger
• Meyle
• Moog
  • Primarily suspension parts.
• Monroe
  • Primarily suspension dampers ("shock absorbers")

N

• NGK
  • Suzuki's actual supplier of spark plugs and Suzuki does not hide it.
• Nipparts
• NSK
  • Primarily bearings
  • They might be one of Suzuki's suppliers for certain bearings.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.
• NTN-SNR
  • Primarily bearings.
  • They might be one of Suzuki's suppliers for certain bearings.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.

O

• None known.

P

• Purflux
  • Filters.

Q

• None known.

R

• Ridex
• Ruville
  • See "Schaeffler" below.

S

• Sachs
  • Primarily suspension parts.
• Schaeffler
  • Schaeffler bought Ina, Luk, Fag and Ruville and made all of them its own sub-brands but with kept the brand names and distinct product lines.
• Seiken
  • Brake parts.
• SKF
  • Primarily bearings, but also belts, water pumps, pulleys etc.
• SWAG
  • See "Febi Bilstein" above.

T

• Textar
• Timken
  • Primarily bearings.
• Tokico
  • Suzuki's actual supplier of some brake parts.
    • Their aftermarket production line might not produce the exact same parts with exact same quality control as their OEM-contracted production line.
• Triscan
• TRW
  • Primarily high quality brake parts, but also some suspension, steering and clutch parts as well.

U

• UFI

V

• Vaico
• Valeo

W

• None known.

X

• None known.

Y

• None known.

Z

• Zekkert
• Zimmermann

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Page last edited on 17/01/2021 by user Bosanek