Originally Posted by Xplosiv,May 15 2005, 07:54 AM

make a long story short, I bought the Js final gear, brought it to a shop and the owner there has done quite a bit of 4.44/4.77 installations. So he hold me I got jacked, cause the 4.44 I got from J's is exactly the same as someone who bought from Rick and other sources for half the price.


So I did a search and found these links,
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...ic=182172&st=0

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.ph...T&f=1&t=290808

Also a reputable s2ki member PM'd me and told me he has had them (J's and the Mazda) side by side. There are the same castin marks on the ring gears.

However I am not that shocked, many JDM tuners have been doing the same, they just bought one type of items from a source, and rebrand it then sell it for 3 times the price.

I guess I will be so not JDM for once.

I am not here bashing anyone's business. I just thought the buyers deserve to know the truth before they purchase the J's final gears.

Originally Posted by Xplosiv,May 15 2005, 02:04 PM

Could it be that the J's one was heat treated so there is a difference in color?

Marcus, if you can please find out from AJ.

Originally Posted by bluesaint,May 15 2005, 01:41 PM

marcus, you might want to have AJ contact J's directly to confirm this.
i'm not sure about the 4.4's, but i had the 4.3's side by side with the mazda unit and they color of the metal looked different to me.

Originally Posted by turbo_pwr,May 15 2005, 06:50 PM

if the gears are made by Mazda why would they not be considered JDM?