im tellin you man, its the real thing, u can go check any other gtx on the net and see that the badges are fine, as for that plak ill check and let u guys kno, and if its not the real deal, which i find it hard to be, i've been, or should i say my father was had back in 99, also that exhaust is not stock, so ur right on that.....http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN
also take a look at this gtx which happens to look exactly like mine, and dont tell me this one aint legit either