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Peabody said:

In reply to Streetwiseguy :

East coaster. Surprised?

I only use them on bodywork/trim and interior panels, usually where you can't see them.

I would know...  

Keith Tanner said:

I mentioned it before and I'll do it again - if you work on cars that are Japanese and (in my experience) anything with Phillips, get some JIS drivers. They're the Japanese variant and they  work so much better when you're working on both imports and domestics as well as anything else made in Japan.

Same deal with Japanese bikes, too. Most of my riding buddies bitch about the lousy Phillips hardware on their bikes, not knowing that they're actually JIS.

I do one better. The first time I work on a bike I take them all off, throw them in the garbage, and replace them with stainless steel socket cap screws. I keep a good selection in 3 - 10 mm just for that