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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
I get people asking me about this stuff all the time. The prices seem too good to be true. Up till recently , I have had no experience with any of it .
I just bought a $600.00 Acura Tl with a bad motor, Before I put the new motor in, I figured Id experiment , and purchased what was listed as a complete OE Honda timing kit .
The packaging and labels looked legit , but the boxes, looked , and smelled very Harbor Freight to me . The tensioner , looked nothing like the last OE one I used, and the pulleys that came with the kit had more play in them right out of the wrapper, than the ones I removed with 150k on them . Something just seemed off with the water pump fitment also .
I probably saved $100 over purchasing oe from the dealer, and maybe $50 cheaper than buying a decent quality aftermarket kit. I used to use the aftermarket kits all the time, but in the last year, I have had 2 comebacks , where the hydraulic tensioner that came in the kit failed, so I quit using them all together, and have only been using oem stuff since. They were both on Honda cars
What do you think? China knock offs ? Ive got a few hundred miles on the stuff so far with no troubles, .Im curious to see how well it all holds up .
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I've ordered OE / known good quality aftermarket only to get an imitation Chinese knock-off.
Most blatant was a TYC mirror for a 454SS chev truck- supposed to be metal, Ebay listing had PN for TYC, advertised as TYC, the whole bit.
Got a no-name box with unrelated PN with that style mirror, allright- in plastic.
WHen I called them to complain they said it must've been 'mispackaged'-
--mispackaged with the wrong PN on the side of the box?
The Chinese do that with a lot of auto parts and electronics or describe something as "New" and in the description state the item is used.
See here- look closely at this listing
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Blu-ray-Disc-Drive-Replacement-Lite-On-DG-6M1S-Original-B150-Laser-For-Xbox-One/293247995024?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649