PirateFins

I don't think this is a licenced part from TRD. What do you guy's think?


ebay

Vato Loco

Fake!

CAM 1

Total fake.

kyle_22r

i'd like to see the screwheads that buy that stuff

shazaam

who wants to be the one to forward this TRD

MTNTOY

Notice it says "TRD RACING DEVELOPMENT" not Toyota Racing Development. Nowhere does it say Toyota.

lee

thats so bad.

rixham

But if you notice it does have thr TRD "R". Is that a Toyota trademark? I really don't know. Either way... what a total rip off

96LtdYota

i bought one









j/k

2001Millrunner

i think those guys are asking for a law suit.

runnerof4

i think that says rip off all over it, and the real trd symbols have three lines before it i think not two like on the fake filter

Scofco

No sir, that's the actual logo. I feel sorry for that dude, he's going to get nailed.

ayoung101

looks completely authentic to me. but then again i've only been in the "truck business" for 2 months now. i can't wait to have as much knowledge asyou guys have, to just be able to look at anything and start discussing it. i'm jealous. well, i guess everyone has to start somewhere though.

Scofco

I started this in December ayoung. You aren't alone.

4x4taco

that might be bad but have you ever seen the ebay auctions for muffler bearings or blinker fluid? they're pretty old so i'm sure they aren't posted, but c'mon!! who would believe that?? maybe after a lot of and

kford

Yep, that's exactly what I noticed too. It's probably not fake, it's probably "Timmy's Racing Development," it's just that they're infringing on trademark. As far as the actual quality of the intake, it's probably just as good as any K&N bolt on, but definitely no TOYOTA R.D. licensed product.

foxtrapper

Wouldn't surprise me if it's quite real. The Toyota dealership near me has all sorts of useless "bling" with TRD on it. Mud flaps, floor mats, shift knobs, etc. And I'm pretty sure this air filter unit is hanging on their wall.

The TRD official web page uses TRD Racing Development, not Toyota Racing Development. The logo on the TRD official web page is idential with just the two stripes.

bike4miles

Dang, I just bought one of these and installed it last week. I didn't realize it was a fake. It's still a good filter and I noticed better acceleration but I was totally fooled. I got fooled on ebaby before for some playstation controllers that I thought were real...

RobT2k

I wouldn't feel that bad about it, so its not TRD, so what? Neither is the deckplate mod, and plenty of people do that. If it gives you the same results that's cool. Alot of people on here are running non-factory TRD fender decals from streetgraphics but that is deemed ok. I personally wouldn't pay $30 for the intake thing, but to each his own

X-AWDriver

At least the TRD stickers are a dead on replica plus $20 a pair shipped isn't so silly when the dealer wants $100 a pair and they add the same horsepower as the "fake" ones.