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Sadly, Tomei is the latest manufacturer to have their parts being ripped off.
They released an announcement this week regarding the situation. I will post it below.
As always, when purchasing aftermarket performance parts, make sure you protect yourself by only purchasing through authorized vendors.
TunerLab is an authorized vendor for all the brands we sell, including Tomei. We receive all of our parts directly from the manufacturers themselves, and this guarantees authenticity.
Beware of eBay sellers, and always remember, if the price is too good to be true, then it's not true!!
Also, please do not support any retailers or Chinese manufacturers who copy the design of Japanese manufacturers designs. These cheapskates who steal R&D from Japan are rotting the industry, and all of us will suffer in the end as the top end companies in Japan will fold, leaving us with no good designs and only ill fitting Chinese garbage in the end.
Please read this official announcement from Tomei:
Official release with pictures and comparison of fake Tomei parts, as well as eBay usernames of known fake parts sellers.
TOMEI KNOCKOFF WARNING!!
This will be the 1st announcement of many to come.
In recent years the growing threat of knockoff copies coming from other companies and countries are growing. Regardless of the brand, company and product. Unfortunately Tomei is also a victim of this problem. Our engineers and our company has spent countless numbers of hours and money with the R&D for each and every prodcut we release. Only to see that there is another company selling the exact same coied product later. As you all know, this hurts us but also the industry
Sooner or later if nothing is done then this industry will have a questionable future. So with the first announcement we have put up information of what we have found lurking in he market in other countries of the copied product(s) that is also using our name on them. Most are not but rebranded these days.
They released an announcement this week regarding the situation. I will post it below.
As always, when purchasing aftermarket performance parts, make sure you protect yourself by only purchasing through authorized vendors.
TunerLab is an authorized vendor for all the brands we sell, including Tomei. We receive all of our parts directly from the manufacturers themselves, and this guarantees authenticity.
Beware of eBay sellers, and always remember, if the price is too good to be true, then it's not true!!
Also, please do not support any retailers or Chinese manufacturers who copy the design of Japanese manufacturers designs. These cheapskates who steal R&D from Japan are rotting the industry, and all of us will suffer in the end as the top end companies in Japan will fold, leaving us with no good designs and only ill fitting Chinese garbage in the end.
Please read this official announcement from Tomei:
Official release with pictures and comparison of fake Tomei parts, as well as eBay usernames of known fake parts sellers.
TOMEI KNOCKOFF WARNING!!
This will be the 1st announcement of many to come.
In recent years the growing threat of knockoff copies coming from other companies and countries are growing. Regardless of the brand, company and product. Unfortunately Tomei is also a victim of this problem. Our engineers and our company has spent countless numbers of hours and money with the R&D for each and every prodcut we release. Only to see that there is another company selling the exact same coied product later. As you all know, this hurts us but also the industry
Sooner or later if nothing is done then this industry will have a questionable future. So with the first announcement we have put up information of what we have found lurking in he market in other countries of the copied product(s) that is also using our name on them. Most are not but rebranded these days.
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