Fake Textralia?
Fake Textralia?
I saw this on LS1tech and thought I would pass the info along to fbody.com incase anyone has bought or is buying a Textralia clutch
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Jeff, who was formerly involved with Textralia is selling "knock off" clutches on EBay or from the site www.textralia.com. To contact Textralia visit www.textralia.com.au
I wanted to post this sticky to warn anyone who may be unaware that these EBAY clutches are not "Textralia", and it would be advisable to only purchase legitimate products from legitimate Textralia distributors.
A list of distributors can be found at:
http://www.textralia.com.au/distributors.cfm
Australia:
Marranos Enhancement
LS1 Edit
GM Motorsport
WA Performance
Harrop
Sams Performance
United States:
BYUNSPEED
A&A Corvette Performance
East Coast Supercharging
Lingenfelter
Norris Motorsports
LG Motorsports
Gen3 Motorsports
Victory Racing Engines
Rapid Motorsports
SDPC 2000
If you feel you may have been sold what ammount to possibly stolen property, or at worst a cheap knockoff, I encorage you to contact Pete with Textralia admin@textralia.com.au to verify you have purchased a legitimate clutch. The last thing Textralia wants to happen is for someone to be sold a product which would not live up to its high standards, or worse be sub par and lead to some sort of failure.
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Jeff, who was formerly involved with Textralia is selling "knock off" clutches on EBay or from the site www.textralia.com. To contact Textralia visit www.textralia.com.au
I wanted to post this sticky to warn anyone who may be unaware that these EBAY clutches are not "Textralia", and it would be advisable to only purchase legitimate products from legitimate Textralia distributors.
A list of distributors can be found at:
http://www.textralia.com.au/distributors.cfm
Australia:
Marranos Enhancement
LS1 Edit
GM Motorsport
WA Performance
Harrop
Sams Performance
United States:
BYUNSPEED
A&A Corvette Performance
East Coast Supercharging
Lingenfelter
Norris Motorsports
LG Motorsports
Gen3 Motorsports
Victory Racing Engines
Rapid Motorsports
SDPC 2000
If you feel you may have been sold what ammount to possibly stolen property, or at worst a cheap knockoff, I encorage you to contact Pete with Textralia admin@textralia.com.au to verify you have purchased a legitimate clutch. The last thing Textralia wants to happen is for someone to be sold a product which would not live up to its high standards, or worse be sub par and lead to some sort of failure.
Maybe they're a "jobber" who buys and resells the clutches through one of the above WD's? Who was it?
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Some shops buy off our major distributors, and resell our units. It does not make them a fake. If you have any questions about a unit, you can send us an email. Send emails to admin@textralia.com.au
Our clutches ship in a wooden crate with our logo branded on the box, and it should have a visible serial number on the actual clutch. If you contact us with that serial number we can always verify that clutch for you.
Our clutches ship in a wooden crate with our logo branded on the box, and it should have a visible serial number on the actual clutch. If you contact us with that serial number we can always verify that clutch for you.
Originally Posted by Textralia
Some shops buy off our major distributors, and resell our units. It does not make them a fake. If you have any questions about a unit, you can send us an email. Send emails to admin@textralia.com.au
Our clutches ship in a wooden crate with our logo branded on the box, and it should have a visible serial number on the actual clutch. If you contact us with that serial number we can always verify that clutch for you.
Our clutches ship in a wooden crate with our logo branded on the box, and it should have a visible serial number on the actual clutch. If you contact us with that serial number we can always verify that clutch for you.
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Originally Posted by 5w20
Well i bought mine off ws6store.com and the wooden crate DID NOT have the logo. Also on another note i opted for the slave and i thought i was getting a GM unit but ended up getting a cheap-o from O'Reilly. I didn't notice any serial numbers on anything, just the little marking for the balancing. I asked this because my buddy got his from Byunspeed.com and his DID have a serial number of some sort and the textralia marking on the wooden box.
Also, the slave cylinders are GM products bought direct from a local GM dealership. I dont know where you got the idea that it was from O'reilly's??
Josh
WS6store.com
Originally Posted by WS6store.com
I can assure you we are an authorized Textralia Dealer. They havent updated their website yet, but we have been selling them since January. You can verify this with Textralia.
Also, the slave cylinders are GM products bought direct from a local GM dealership. I dont know where you got the idea that it was from O'reilly's??
Josh
WS6store.com
Also, the slave cylinders are GM products bought direct from a local GM dealership. I dont know where you got the idea that it was from O'reilly's??
Josh
WS6store.com
Originally Posted by 5w20
No GM part number on it like the one that my buddy bought from a GM dealer. Went to O'reillys before he bought it and they didnt have an AC Delco one so he asked to look at the one that they had in stock, which happened to be the cheapest one ~$75, and it looked EXACTLY like the one i was sent.
I guess it is possible that they could carry a few different brands, but I always get the one that says "durived from EOM part" it has the same markings as all the ones I got from the dealer.
Originally Posted by 5w20
No GM part number on it like the one that my buddy bought from a GM dealer. Went to O'reillys before he bought it and they didnt have an AC Delco one so he asked to look at the one that they had in stock, which happened to be the cheapest one ~$75, and it looked EXACTLY like the one i was sent.
Josh
