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hi guys

i bought a Z32 AFM off of a user on here some time ago (who i wont mention... yet). ive had it sitting here for some time and on the weekend i decided that it was time to put it in. i did some reading and came across paulr33's website (scroll down to bottom)

http://www.paulr33.c...nfo/snipit.html

i read it and thought nothing else of it.

i bought all my electrical tools home from work today and i was taking photos on how to connect the Z32's plug into the r33's stock wiring harness whilst keeping the original plug connected. i finished all the wiring and i opened the Z32 AFM and noticed this...

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as you can see the mesh is also larger then the stock nissan AFM below

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this got me thinking back to pauls website on wether or not i have a fake Z32 AFM... however the i did notice on paul's website "The main noticable differences are mangled mesh, crooked label and textured plastic vs smooth plastic casing". the one i have sitting here next to me has a smooth plastic casing.

so my question is... is this AFM a fake? im leaning towards that it is...

and for those who are interested in having both stock and Z32 plugs connected to the wiring harness...

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needless to say i left the original AFM connected

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Looks ok to me, though I can't see the detection component very well. Usually the fake ones have a very poor quality ceramic detection component, whereas the genuine ones will have an orange base with a neatly done thermistor in the middle and then the hot wire. Your detection component looks ok from what I can see, so I'd say it's genuine.

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