AZ06IS350

So yesterday I started a thread about my new LX Mode grille that I had just received and installed. Today I am concerned that it is NOT an original but instead a KNOCKOFF! The box it was sent in was all white with a sticker on it that had a GS label. Inside the box was just the grille and nothing else like installation instructions or anything that had LX Mode on it. Even the invoice that was shipped with the grille did not say LX Mode. It just said "GLIS1001 Billet Grille,C". I don't want to say who the vendor is, but if there is anyone who can make me feel better about this feel free to chime in.

Here's a picture, even though the lighting is not good:

lexboi250

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how much did you pay for it? i think a knock off would be no more than 200 or 300 for this

is2seattle

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Here are the pictures of my box (authentic one)...

AZ06IS350

That's the thing...the vendor sold it as LX Mode, but at $110 off their listed price. If they knew they were selling a knockoff to someone who thought they were getting an original, they could give me a "discount" and actually be making lots more since the knockoff cost them much less to get.

rominl

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i am curious, how was it proven that the l-tuned grilles are lx-mode? having lx-mode written at the back of the grille doesn't mean much though

and as far as i know, yup, it's highly possible there are lx-mode grilles out there for some while already

if the grille is from lx-mode and it was not purchased in a batch, then there should be original box as shown. but i do know that if a vendor bought the grilles in batch, then they might come in a bigger box all packed together, and the vendor just put them in separate boxes to ship out. but still, all the instructions etc... should be available directly from vendor

and to me, i never touch knock offs, never

AZ06IS350

My box looked nothing like that. It was all white with nothing on it but the UPS tag and a very small sticker that had GS 350 and GS 430 on it. I called the vendor on it and they said that LX Mode ships it to them in boxes that are reversed marked: IS grilles in boxes labeled GS and GS grilles in boxes marked IS. This makes no sense to me. They kept saying that LX Mode has their logo on the the bottom inside part of the grille, but a good knockoff manufacturer would have the same thing so that didn't prove anything to me.

is2seattle

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BTW, i forgot to mention... there was the instruction (written in Japanese) in my box

AZ06IS350

I didn't have anything but the grille and a plain white box with an incorrect label. My LX Mode door handles came with the instructions in Japanese and I haven't heard of any knockoffs of these handles so I feel confident these are legit. However, I have heard of LX Mode knockoff grilles for a while now, so I'm on edge about this whole deal.

PNice972

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smells like knock off to me........

mikes rx

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I was basing it off of this thread.......
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...-06-07-gs.html

However, after re-reading it (I hadn't read it since it was originally posted last year), I guess one could say that it wasn't actually proven.

Although, it is interesting that carson never comments EITHER WAY regarding whether or not it's a real LX-Mode .....except that only the real LX-mode was available in gunmetal.

I haven't seen any knock-offs on ebay as far as I remember.....and I would think that ebay would be the one of the first places that they get posted to

edit: nevermind that too......I just found a similar one on ebay

.....I must be off my game tonight

ExTrEmE99

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Btw: the real legit LX-Mode comes in chrome and gunmetal colors only. Check out the box above, there are 2 color selections available.

ISCjonny

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mine came in the same box as the one pictured above.. with japanese intructions..

mikes rx

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BTW, I wouldn't necessarily say that $110 off = illegitimate

By my calculations, that is about 20% off, which IIRC is what I got on my door handles.

mikes rx

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I meant that carson only had the "true" gunmetal for the REAL LX-mode, not the "Carson-tuned" grille. That's why they needed to get different color swatches to paint their grille the gunmetal like the REAL lx-mode.

Not that the chrome wasn't available for the real one.

(I hope that makes sense....and I think that's what carson illuded to)

ExTrEmE99

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I gotcha mikes rx!

Good luck op, subscribed to see if its legit LX-Mode.