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Spot the fake
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:28 pm
by captaincabinets
Got pretty excited last night when I found cheap RPF01s on Ebay from a wrecker. However, I soon realised they are fake (well, 99% sure anyway).
Who can tell how I knew?
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:39 pm
by smy0003
The standard marks are wrong. There's three of them when there should only be two.
Good spot.
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 1:52 pm
by captaincabinets
Yep, that's one of the ways. There's another
fairly easy one
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 11:25 pm
by Mr Sexy
Dont they have 2 enkei stickers on each rim?
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:19 am
by Black_Penguin
Spoke thickness? Comparing to photos of real ones and they seem to have slimer spokes.
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:04 am
by smy0003
The face is just 'not quite right' in general. The fakes do stick out.
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Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:27 pm
by greenMachine
AFAIK Enkei do not make centre caps for 15in RPF1s.
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:02 pm
by Okibi
Mr Sexy wrote:Dont they have 2 enkei stickers on each rim?
Thought so (so could never be opposite the valve) and that sticker isn't even lined up in the middle of the gap between the spokes.
Re: Spot the fake
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:04 pm
by hks_kansei
Do they actually say Enkei on the wheel anywhere other than the sticker on the face?
Most wheel manufacturers will either cast their name into the wheel (on the back most often) or will apply a heavy duty sticker to the inside barrel listing manufacturer, specs, etc.
Most Japanese wheel companies tend to use the stickers rather than the stampings.
regardless, that wheel doesnt look right, i'd suspect it's an "Enkei RPF1 style" wheel rather than the real thing.
I presume you paid a fair price and didn't pay top dollar for the real (original) item?