Racer2B

The saga continues....

http://www.sfifoundation.com/PressRelease04-01-10.pdf

Note that anything produced before 2009 is still going to be Decertified.

AU N EGL

Slalom4me

It would be helpful to consumers if SFI were to publish some official
guidance as to how to identify possible counterfeit SFI Conformance
Labels.

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John Shiels

all they need to do is list all the products / companies that are certified on there own web site.

Slalom4me

>> "determining whether any Impact Racing product bears a
>> counterfeit SFI Conformance Label"

I was referring to guidance to help owners of pre-2009 Impact
Racing products determine whether SFI Conformance labels
present on their equipment are counterfeit or legitimate.

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AU N EGL

Does it strike you guys as kind of strange that all the SFI is concerned about is "counterfeit labels" not if the products these labels are attached to are safe ?

gbvette62

No, not really. They can't say if a part is safe or not, if it hasn't been presented to them for testing and certification. By informing the public that a part has a counterfeit label on it, they're making you aware that the part hasn't been tested and they don't know if it's safe.

Any anger in this situation should be addressed toward the manufacturer, who cares so little about your health and safety, that they would be willing to lie about the safety certification of their products. Not SFI for making you aware that the product has a counterfeit testing label.

AU N EGL

You can by Impact race suits made of the same nomex material WITHOUT the SFI label for $15 less.

the only difference is the SFI label.

drivinhard

If they are willing to skimp and save a buck there (as this is the whole crux of the issue correct?), what else are they willing to skimp on? Maybe nothing...it's just not good PR though. Regardless of if their products are safe or not (they probably are fine) what has this attempt at saving a few dollars cost them in future business?

dfinke23

It should cost them everything. They apparently thought the SFI cert was important enough to their customers that they offer a suit that has the tag, they were just to arrogant to pay for it.
Remember, this is not the first time this has happened with them. They were caught counterfeiting the HANS post anchors and putting the HANS logo on them.
This shows arrogance and a blatant disregard for the work the other parties (HANS/SFI) have done. If Impact had their own product that others infringed on, I'm sure they wouldn't be too happy with someone counterfeiting it.
Considering this has happened more than once, it should be over for them; after all, this is theft.