Fake Takata Racing Harness On Ebay

[sly32]

hey guys,

did a search and couldnt find a topic on this anywhere,

i thought i would give u a heads up about fake takata racing harnesses on ebay, we have just bought a harness and it turned out to be fake so we are reporting it to ebay,

ways you can tell if its fake, 7 cross stitches instead of 4, takata corporation on the belt, im pretty sure well at least with late model 1's that it will only have TAKATA no corporation after/under it, the release button, on the fake it will have 3 allen key bolts, real 1 is smooth with no bolts, most fakes will expire in 2010 aswell,

Fake Harness pics = http://www.onthelimit.co.nz/images/TAKATA-1.jpg

Real harness below,

sorry if this has been posted but better safe then sorry,

JV

[ITZTRU]

damn did u come across the warning after you purchased the harness?

[sly32]

haha yeah after we bought it, i was like f*k, $300 for a fake, and really im not putting in my car, with something so important im not risking it, anyways thought i would let every1 know if they didnt already, save some1 like me buying another 1,

[someonestolecc]

Dodgy. Bummer man $300

[m3gtr]

Rippped off...not good.

Hes right you know.

Bit of trivia... Takata were the first in the world to introduce the 5 point harness to racing in 1965...

Too many crew flying through windscreens and whatnot in that day...

[m3gtr]

The other thing too...

Why would anyone fake a harness...??? wtf?

And corporation does not appear on their legit gear...

[smok74]

There is only one guy selling them on Ebay, 'driftinsider' is the name of the seller, he reckons he got his stock from UP GARAGE in Japan and theyre genuine. If theyre fake and not old stock made before the TAKATA range update in early 2006, then theyre pretty good fake copies.

TAKATA had a product update in 2006 and how do we know that these so-called fakes arent left overs that seem to be expiring soon so theyre getting rid of them cheap ?

Im not sure myself so Ive reported it to Ebay as well. Im claimin it under 'Item recieved is different to one shown in listing' as the one he sent me has 'Corporation' under it and the one in the listing's pic with the naked girl hasnt.

[SLY33]

The harness in the "fake harness link" does look pretty good considering how fake items are usually very easy to identify, simply from looking cheap and nasty.

so what your saying is that onthelimit.co.nz are selling these 'fakes' also?

[xanavinismo]

BE AWARE! www.Performance-wise.com sells fake Takata Harnesses!!! They advertise for $340 +postage and so I bought one from them and it arrived yesterday and when I opened it up I thought it didnt look right, so I done a search on these forums and checked on yahoo and sure enough I have all of the tell tale signs of a fake!!!

• Seven stitching instead of four
  
• "Takata Corporation" instead of only "TAKATA"
  
• Expires in 2010
  
• Has the three small black allen key bolts on the release
  

So everyone/anyone, DO NOT buy the Takata Harnesses from www.Performance-wise.com!!! They are fake and come from Hong Kong!

I have already emailed Paul from performance-wise but no reply! Surprise, surprise!!!

Cheers,

[mxfly]

The other thing too...

Why would anyone fake a harness...??? wtf?

If there's a dollar to be made, the Chinese will do it. No, make that 10 cents.

[R33Gangstar]

maaan, ebay has become a f*#king open door for all fake poorly made shit, i feel you pain bro, i really do, sooner or later ebay will burn you.

[mattlikewhoa]

Ebay is not good for anything anymore...You can't sell stuff without some tosser scammer trying to buy goods with stolen info, and buying is not any better with knockoff parts flooding the market place...Thanks for the info!

[Duncan]

BE AWARE! www.Performance-wise.com sells fake Takata Harnesses!!! They advertise for $340 +postage and so I bought one from them and it arrived yesterday and when I opened it up I thought it didnt look right, so I done a search on these forums and checked on yahoo and sure enough I have all of the tell tale signs of a fake!!!

• Seven stitching instead of four
  
• "Takata Corporation" instead of only "TAKATA"
  
• Expires in 2010
  
• Has the three small black allen key bolts on the release
  

So everyone/anyone, DO NOT buy the Takata Harnesses from www.Performance-wise.com!!! They are fake and come from Hong Kong!

I have already emailed Paul from performance-wise but no reply! Surprise, surprise!!!

Cheers,

I know Performance-wise's response, and your agreement were lost in the forum crash....so to clarify when you bought it to their attention you received a full refund. I think its very possible for a trader to not be aware one of the products they were supplied is false, and all they could ever do is put it right when it is brought to their attention.

[08r3308]

i think jdm yard sells genuine ones , they worth a try

cheers

[AAIP]

hey guys,

did a search and couldnt find a topic on this anywhere,

i thought i would give u a heads up about fake takata racing harnesses on ebay, we have just bought a harness and it turned out to be fake so we are reporting it to ebay,

ways you can tell if its fake, 7 cross stitches instead of 4, takata corporation on the belt, im pretty sure well at least with late model 1's that it will only have TAKATA no corporation after/under it, the release button, on the fake it will have 3 allen key bolts, real 1 is smooth with no bolts, most fakes will expire in 2010 aswell,

Fake Harness pics = http://www.onthelimit.co.nz/images/TAKATA-1.jpg

Real harness below,

sorry if this has been posted but better safe then sorry,

JV

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