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How the hell do you distinguish between genuine and fake Nismo Duracon shift knob? Was about to buy one for $35 total on EBay (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT) thought it was wholesale price. Luckily e-mailed the guy 2x beforehand.

yes, 99% real, high quality, Picture in kind.

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Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 10:09:04 +0800

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Sounds like a crock of shit.

The guy can hardly put together a coherent email in English, what's the chances of him selling a genuine product? 99 times out of 100, eBay stuff is fake, unless it carries the price tag of a genuine item.

Also look at his eBay page too, he can hardly construct a sentence in English:

Improve shift-feeling and quick shifting with the use of moment of inertia.

Step clutch pedal quickly until you get used to the shift-feeling.

Support shifting smoothly to reduce burden to transmission.

Reduce any extra force of driving operation.

The gear shift of your vehicle must be rotation type, and its diameter should be

FIT FOR ALL MODEL

What the f**k does all that mean? lol

[EDIT] By the looks of the close-up pictures, it looks fake! Check out the Nismo logo on the first pic! looks horrid!

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try www.perfectrun.jp

great prices on a lot of stuff

Not too bad bro, $84.56 delivered to VIC Melbourne (7-10 days).

jcp_direct from Japan on EBay 1313 star rating 100% positive feedback, $81.88 delivered (5-7 days).

Should be a good reference to people also interested :ninja:

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Not too bad bro, $84.56 delivered to VIC Melbourne (7-10 days).

jcp_direct from Japan on EBay 1313 star rating 100% positive feedback, $81.88 delivered (5-7 days).

Should be a good reference to people also interested :P

Sent you pm

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Sounds like a crock of shit.

The guy can hardly put together a coherent email in English, what's the chances of him selling a genuine product? 99 times out of 100, eBay stuff is fake, unless it carries the price tag of a genuine item.

Also look at his eBay page too, he can hardly construct a sentence in English:

What the f**k does all that mean? lol

[EDIT] By the looks of the close-up pictures, it looks fake! Check out the Nismo logo on the first pic! looks horrid!

It looks like a bable-fish translation. But to be fair some of the Japanese English in some of the genuine HKS/Nismo etc stuff i have is pretty bad.

I bought an OEM R32/33 GTR/GTSt gear knob out of japan. The package calls it a "Knob Control"

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Look closely under the Nissan logo.

Personally.. the Duracon looks horrid. Hence why i bought the OEM,

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It looks like a bable-fish translation. But to be fair some of the Japanese English in some of the genuine HKS/Nismo etc stuff i have is pretty bad.

I bought an OEM R32/33 GTR/GTSt gear knob out of japan. The package calls it a "Knob Control"

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Look closely under the Nissan logo.

Personally.. the Duracon looks horrid. Hence why i bought the OEM,

Thanks. I reckon they look awesome, especially with the Nismo logo to add some 'genuineness'. Not only that but they look damn comfortable to grip (not mentioning you're gonna use this multiple times everytime your drive). Also how much did you get that one for if you don't mind me asking?

And LOL @ the 'Jap-lish' comments.

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Yeah i agree with that. They are quite comfortable! I had it in mine for a year or so before realizing i didnt like the look of it anymore :(

I got the Duracon from Nengun for $55AU delivered to NZ.

And the OEM item was from RHDJapan, $90NZD delivered to NZ

PS: The sticker doesnt stick to anything...

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God dammit that sticker lol :P

How the hell did you get it for $55 delivered from Nengun??? they sell it at $64 and charge roughly $20 for shipping... says black shift knobs are discontinued on the site, and on RHD Japand it says white shift knobs are discontinued...just my luck.

Surely this resin type knob will shave off 100g of car weight if it doesn't do anythign else...:P

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Lucky i guess :P Its still in my "My orders".

And its actually not as light as you'd imagine from memory. No lighter than factory anyway i dont think.

The thing that bothered me the most was that it doesnt screw down far anough, and theres a gap between the gear lever boot..

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