carl3989

My "Gumby" chrome wheels show the GM parts number and "Made In Taiwan" on the inner side towards the rear of the rim. Does that trouble anyone?

jackjohnson_218

The interior was made in Bangladesh.

BadAV

Every car in the US has lots of parts made outside the US, and has for many years. The parts and manufacturers go through a qualification process so no, it doesn't bother me. Toyota, Honda, and Subaru all make some of the highest US-content vehicles that are built here. Like it or not, it's a Global world today.

AORoads

I'm like that guy who says, "frankly, my dear" and doesn't give a damn. If it's built to a decent spec AND there is QC from GM (which there was back then starting in '08/'09), then it'll be a good wheel. How do I know? I bought OEM gumby wheels from another person who was selling them when I had less than 5K miles on my car. I figured: good look and design---my opinion, one of the very few factory forged wheels, and re-doable to black chrome, which I did. After driving on them for 10s of thousands of miles and hitting some awful spots on roads, I say they're very good wheels, maybe almost as good as some of the aftermarket forged wheels.

Long way of saying, not all wheels are made the same, and not all wheels are QC checked. It isn't necessarily where they are made---it's about the specs, and the checking. These seem to be very good wheels. IMO of course.

pdac

If that concerns you, I strongly suggest you not look too deep into where everything else you own is made.

HBsurfer

TxLefty

I wouldn't worry about Taiwan as these wheels have passed QC as noted above and the Taiwanese seem to be pretty much aboveboard. Slightly off topic, but I wouldn't buy anything from China unless there is no other source. I've seen several instances with non-automotive products where they've put on stamps, forged documents, whatever it takes, to satisfy regulators/purchasers, they don't care. If they will do it with those other products I suspect that they would do the same with wheels.

irok

you do realize Taiwan is in China?

TxLefty

If you ask the Taiwanese you might get a different point of view.

irok

the Taiwanese have no say in the issue

TxLefty

This is probably not the forum section for this discussion, but the Taiwanese do not consider themselves to be a part of the PRC. If you have questions in this regard call their government and ask.