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Thanks flowrider for the link but it seems like they didn't have enough left in stock for me to purchase a set with their 20% discount, so I bought a set off rockauto instead. I'll possibly revisit the thread to post pics of the counterfeit ones after the installation. Sucks that I have to get a new set installed but it is peace of mind.
Not to revive the thread from the dead, but just replaced the ebay set of denso fk20hbr11 with the recommended denso TT. Not sure if they are fake still maybe aside from the fading "denso" text, but it's peace of mind that the new set is legit.
Not in the manual specification but after flowrider recommended I took a look around CL and so far it seems some other members are running them with no issues.
I'm not going to take any risks. I'm getting my OEM recommend and also from the dealers. They are more expensive than eBay but for peace of mind and you only change them every 60,000 miles thats like 7-8 years for me.