Originally Posted by IndyHobbies.com

One thing I learned last month was that Japanese phillips screws (like what comes with most of our cars) are different than our standard. They have was is called JIS screws or "Japanese Industrial Standard." That why we often strip them out using our standard Stanley or Craftsman phillips screwdrivers. I learned this from a motorcycle mechanic.

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-JIS-4-JI...crewdriver+set

What you need is a set of JIS screwdrivers like the above link.

Or, the screwdriver that you can buy from Team Associated, for example, is a JIS. You've probably seen it at the hobbyshop for like $12, and thought, "are they joking?" But, that's why its there. I finally bought one. Haven't stripped a phillips screw since.

Here's the Associated one:

http://www.teamassociated.com/parts/details/1553/