Counterfeit Oil Filters

[Rocky_imp]

This is a really good thread and thanks to 2017EX for starting it

I recently ordered four oil filters from a reputable Canadian online supplier and I was pleased to see that all are the real thing after reviewing the pictures in the link he provided.

[the Ferret]

so the red in the filter is a dead give away that it's a fake filter?

[GoldOxide_imp]

so the red in the filter is a dead give away that it's a fake filter?

If so, then the "fake" manufacturers did a really lousy job of replicating a known good design.

lol - probably the easiest thing they could have done was to get the colour matched.

[Cormanus]

Welcome oilman.

[oilman_imp]

Welcome oilman.

Thank you

[GoldOxide_imp]

Hey! Welcome to the Forum oilman.

[pekingduck]

Toyo Roki is an OEM Honda supplier, with plants in China, US, and other countries

Wako Filter is an OEM Honda supplier, with a plant in China.

So how do we automatically conclude that any Wako filter made in China is not OEM?

FWIW, here's a pic of my D01 Roki filter, made in US (formerly Filtech).

[Gone in 60]

You know things are getting bad when this happens...

I've had a pair of $30 Ebay lights on my Bonneville for years, and they've worked great. They are Chinese knock-offs of round Denali lights.

I'm fitting out a new trailer for work, and want to put some rear spots on it for backing up at night, so I went on Ebay and ordered what I thought were the same lights I have on my Bonneville. They are poorly made and are lesser quality than my reliable $30 lights.

Which means that I got a bad Chinese knock-off.... of a Chinese knock-off.

[suhawk305]

I just ordered two of these filters from Revzilla. And they are the fake ones. Grrr.

That’s disappointing the Revzilla would stoop that low and sell inferior knock-off products!. I spent a lot of money for gear from Revzilla. I may erase them, and their affiliates, from my computer “bookmarks”. I have two OEM oil filters purchased from Revzilla last year. I checked them and they exactly compare to the D01 Roki filter.

Rick, I assume you are returning the filters? I’m interested to hear their response to your justification for the return.

[Stichill_imp]

I just ordered two of these filters from Revzilla. And they are the fake ones. Grrr.

That’s disappointing the Revzilla would stoop that low and sell inferior knock-off products!. I spent a lot of money for gear from Revzilla. I may erase them, and their affiliates, from my computer “bookmarks”. I have two OEM oil filters purchased from Revzilla last year. I checked them and they exactly compare to the D01 Roki filter.

Rick, I assume you are returning the filters? I’m interested to hear their response to your justification for the return.

That’s disappointing the Revzilla would stoop that low and sell inferior knock-off products!
I suspect some logistical contamination of Revzilla from the Cycle Gear merger. I recently ordered some parts from Revzilla and they arrived very poorly packed in a box that looked like a relic from the 1916 Battle of the Somme.