For awhile I’ve been wondering, how do alot of these cheap, knock-off wheels have JWL and VIA marks? How do they get approved? It turns out, many don’t. What you see here is a fake sticker written in Japanese. When they produce the wheel, they simply incorporate the JWL and VIA logo marks into the mold and add a fake sticker to give it “legitimacy.” I believe this was a Volk knock-off. Sneaky.
Here’s a real sticker approved and received by JAWA. All companies officially registered with JAWA are given a registration number. AME’s happens to be #202. So, from now on, if you see a wheel with the JWL and VIA marks, but you sense something wrong, look for the sticker on the back. It should look just like this and have a number. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen fake copies of this sticker as well. How do we know? Someone complained about a defect and the number on the back indicated that it was an AME wheel. Turns out it wasn’t. The sticker looked real and used our JAWA registration number, but it was in fact, a fake. Super sneaky.
If I can find a listing of JAWA registered companies, I will post it.