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What's the best way to tell if an opti is a real GM opti? I found one at a great price and he believes it's a never ran GM opti, but I want to be sure before I buy it. Here are pictures of the Opti in question (I left the pictures as links because they are pretty big):
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1803/opti.jpg
http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5918/opti1.jpg

I know the color looks like a GM opti, but there are companies selling fake Opti's with GM colors, such as this:

97badass

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looks identical to the one on my car, and as far as i know mine is original....

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But so does the cheap knock-off, unless you see something I don't.

97badass

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the pinkish color swirls in the yellow. mine has it too. other then that... look for the part number

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Can't find one, which seemed odd to me but definitely not enough to make me think it's not a GM one.

rat93

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i got sent a gm unit instead of the intended msd distributor recently. it looked identical to that, but no way to be sure

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No part numbers on it?

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So I ended up buying it anyway. $45 shipped for what seems to be a never ran GM opti - I couldn't pass that up.

madhatter

Take it apart and see if it has the Mitsu optical sensor.

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I'll do it once I get it, already made the deal.

BTC

I've heard that the driveshaft in the unvented knockoffs isn't removable. Whether or not that's true, I have no idea. If it is, the one you bought would be the real deal. The opti in those link looks like it's been mounted, in my opinion.

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Yeah, he said it was mounted just never ran. It's been sitting for awhile so it's a bit dirty. I'm about to do my cam swap so I figured I'd put in this one while I have the stock (130k) one out.