I have a 15 yr old Nissan car whose original water pump started to leak (the bearings inside the WP is starting to fail w/c causes water to trickle).My mechanic told me to get a Japanese made WP and not the Chinese made. For some reason he told me that the Chinese made WP uses poor quality alloys and would only last a year or so.In buying the Japanese made WP; I didn't take the dealer route, knowing full well that they would charge me an "Arm and a Leg". I did a lil' research on the net and found out that Nissan dealers uses and sell Japanese made NPW water pump as a factory replacement parts.So after a lil' more research on auto parts websites that sells this brand; I found out that AutoPartsWAY has the best deal (no sales tax, free shipping, fast shipping, low price) on this NPW Water Pump. The WP arrive in its original NPW packaging box, imprinted with some Japanese characters and "MADE IN JAPAN" in English.I guess I got a genuine part and...