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OK, i read the letter a few times... maybe I have nothing to do?? Anyway...

The letter MAY be authetic since its posted on J's racing website, but it only shows that PPI (the distributor) is selling authetic items.

Then there is a link that takes you to dealers in North America that deals with PPI... and guess what, AJR is not on there but neither N1, SR, G5, or any big dealers in the greater vancouver area aka lower mainland.

So really, what is all this fuzz about? The Real J's muffler cost 900 bucks and you guys will not buy it, a "fake" one is 200-300 bucks and you guys start yapping that its fake... well can you afford the real thing at the REAL price?? Nothing is perfect.

Those of you who may have bought the fake item, bring it to your shop and see what happens. I got mine from AJR, not that I am bias or anything but Ben himself HATES fake stuff (I was bombarded by him once for having fake visors... He is that SERIOUS). His shop has been in business for around 15-20 years, longer than most other shops COMBINED. I dont think he will want to mess up his reputation over an insignificant item.

By the way, the PRESIDENT LETTER (pdf letter) have no company logo, no company address, and the english is too well written for a japanese company ('knockoff' lol), not to mention the writing style don't match a Japanese business letter... dont ask me why cause I can go forever and I think I am typing oo much here already. The two japanese signiture follow by a japanese last name stamp is easy to imitate too... I've seen it before on magazines and also on the photo hanging on AJR's wall.

Again, I am not here to question the auth of the letter, but its not considered as an official from a Bank's perspective (I used to work for HSBC). A Bank wouldnt take this kind of letter as company proof and approve a loan. There can be many explainations, but like any conspiracy, its easy to make false claim yet really hard to prove conspiracy wrong; for conspiracy doesnt require any prove.

Oh well, what are we trying to prove anyway? Have a little faith in your dealers, and do your homework before buying anything. I don't question Chevron whether I am fueling my car with 94 or its 93.28, so why would a 76mm and a 73mm muffler matter? Make your own J's racing Emblem if that matters, sells for 9.99 on Ebay =P. Yes it would suck if you got misled and buy a fakie at Full price, so DO YOUR RESEARCH AND USE COMMON SENSE. My 5 year old cousin can tell the difference between BANDAI and BANGAI Gundam models if its 20 bucks cheaper~

Oh and one last thing... junktea1, no offense and i know you may be trying to help... but after all this mess and you start offering people to buy the 304R exhaust from you... people may see your motive differently. If AJR is a vendor here and not getting enough business, you should prolly take your sales somewhere else. And IF your stuff fail the quality check, this mess is going back to you. If I were you, I'll keep my head low and hope that your customers have as much faith with you as I do with AJR.

THANKS FOR READING - I just hope that my comment make sense to some people here. I may not necessary be 100% correct, but why all this fuzz after 3 years... maybe someone here needs to meet their sales quota?

PS - I aint a rich brat, I am 30 - I have a Japanese wife, paying my own mortgage and everything else so believe me, I know it sucks if indeed you buy the wrong product.