HotRaud90
09-25-2015, 05:35 PM
So this week I ordered a set of OEM Motorcraft COPs from a Ford dealer on ebay. I got the package in today and opened everything up to make sure it was all there. Sure enough, all 8 COPs within Ford/Motorcraft packaging with all the correct part numbers (4L7Z-12029-AB) that I ordered listed on the front of said packaging.
However, when I looked closer, I noticed a different part number stamped onto the top of the physical COPs. It was 4L7E-12A366-AB. Mind you, it was not a sticker, but rather stamped onto the top, which some have indicated as being the real deal.
What freakin gives? Mildly frustrating and worrying. I read a thread from Sparta Performance where Tommy explained that he encountered a similar issue when he ordered the FRPP COPs (what I bought from the Ford dealer) and saw the "Made in China" printed on the packing, as did I, and thought he had fakes. He then stated that his FRPP rep assured him they were the real deal and they are made in China and then stated that the black top COPs with the printed part number are the real deal, but the pink top ones with the sticker are bogus.
I did a search with the alternate part number and came to find that this part number is analogous and related with the 4L7Z-12029-AB part number I see on the front of the packaging.
Anyone else experience this or have advice to give? I'm calling the Ford tomorrow to check on this, but wanted to see if I could get some info before then. I just want to make sure that I'm getting the right part. Hopefully these part numbers are the same part and internals, different numbers.
However, when I looked closer, I noticed a different part number stamped onto the top of the physical COPs. It was 4L7E-12A366-AB. Mind you, it was not a sticker, but rather stamped onto the top, which some have indicated as being the real deal.
What freakin gives? Mildly frustrating and worrying. I read a thread from Sparta Performance where Tommy explained that he encountered a similar issue when he ordered the FRPP COPs (what I bought from the Ford dealer) and saw the "Made in China" printed on the packing, as did I, and thought he had fakes. He then stated that his FRPP rep assured him they were the real deal and they are made in China and then stated that the black top COPs with the printed part number are the real deal, but the pink top ones with the sticker are bogus.
I did a search with the alternate part number and came to find that this part number is analogous and related with the 4L7Z-12029-AB part number I see on the front of the packaging.
Anyone else experience this or have advice to give? I'm calling the Ford tomorrow to check on this, but wanted to see if I could get some info before then. I just want to make sure that I'm getting the right part. Hopefully these part numbers are the same part and internals, different numbers.