Ok since there are a flood of FAKE STi Duracon gear knobs going
around on eBay lately I thought I'd post this up so memebers won't
be duped into paying more than $20 for a fake when they thought it
was genuine.

Pics stolen from rexnet:

Fake on the left, real on the right: as you can see the shapes are different, fake ones are wider at the top and have a slightly longer leading edge at the bottom.



fake weighs in at 104g:


real weighs in at 103g:


fake on the left, real on the right:


fake ones also have a matte finish compared to the genuines gloss finish resin


Ok so that's the differences which are very minor but they come in
a box exactly the same as a real one and they also have on the box
the correct part number from the real ones.

There are also White STi Duracon fakes, STi definately never made this
gear knob in white!

The fakes still look good and do the same job just don't get ripped by paying
anything more than $20 if your going to get one.

Hope this has helped anyone thinking of getting one and the only
place to get genuine ones are from japanparts and another other
reputable jap parts sites plus the real ones are around $70 so they
aren't exactly expensive.

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