KAmotors knockoff?

[maxG]

Anyone else seen this? It looks exactly like the KAMotors CAI. Seems to copy the part description and photos.

https://m.sears.com/blinglights-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-buick-lacrosse/p-SPM1924608914

[freeride53]

#1 - I didn't know Sears had a website ordering service like Walmart, Amazon, etc.

#2 - I didn't know that Sears still existed

#3 - I think KAMotors should lawyer up and go after this vendor/retailer for stealing IP

edit: I hope KA Motors filed some sort of patent on their product(s).

[HCMW Adam]

I read somewhere that amazon removes thousands of knock off vendors per second.


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[chadthestampede]

Those china intakes are all over ebay for like $30.

[dsphil]

It’s mostly a universal cai. Kamotor put together a bracket and put a sticker on it. Many vendors do that before cnc and 3d printers become cheaper and popular.

[Kershaw]

Sears is the original place to order all kinds of crazy shit and have it show up at your house.

[decay]

why does it need 2 heat shields?

[DrJosh]

His intake is just a generic intake with his sticker slapped on it. I have one and the quality is poor.

[lukeADE335i]

I hope KA Motors filed some sort of patent on their product(s).

I doubt it - seeing as it's a pretty generic product; there are stacks of carbon fibre cold air intakes around of similar design. Then there's the cost involved in applying for the patent. Minimum of $3k if you can do most of it yourself + use a reasonable lawyer; can be much more than that if others need to help out with the application, eg. industrial designers etc.

[varg]

#1 - I didn't know Sears had a website ordering service like Walmart, Amazon, etc.

#2 - I didn't know that Sears still existed

#3 - I think KAMotors should lawyer up and go after this vendor/retailer for stealing IP

edit: I hope KA Motors filed some sort of patent on their product(s).

you have got to be kidding

[nando]

who the heck shops at Sears, much less for car parts?

Anyway, he probably doesn't have a leg to stand on for the part itself (it's not like you can patent a CAI), but he could certainly require them to remove that picture if it's his and he can prove it. I've seen vendors using my photos on Ebay before, it's both infuriating and flattering..

[FredK]

Paging ELuk

[ForcedFirebird]

The other seller has an eBay store as well.

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/racing-air-intake-fan.html

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E30-E32-E34-E36-E46-318i-325i-M3-Carbon-Fiber-Cold-Air-Intake/132894914231?hash=item1ef12776b7:g:jxQAAOSwR0dcHDXA:rk:2:pf:0

https://www.ebay.com/i/263593744672?chn=ps

Not sure how easy it would be to patent, KA modifies a pre-made kit to be e30 specific.

[Blake B]

Sears is the original place to order all kinds of crazy shit and have it show up at your house.

This ^^

If you ever get the chance to sift through an old sears catalog, do it, it'll be the greatest 10 mins of your life. Rockets, Arcade Games, Chandeliers, RC Toys, Boats, Car Parts.. I can't even describe it.

[TobyB]

You could even buy a kit to build a full dairy barn...

way more useful than a warm air insucker.

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