Hi Everybody, my brother bought these AJ IVs from Ebay not knowing they were fake shoes (I wish he came to me first) He bought both colors Wht Cement Grey and Black. Since he was so irritated by the fact that they were fake he gave them to me. So I pulled out a pair DS authentic AJ IVs and did a side by side comparison for everyone on NT to reference. I tried the shoes on and they did feel a little different from the authentic ones, but the detail is not bad for fakes and it could and would fake a lot of people. Here are some of the main technical factors that I did notice.
#1 The Box is a lot smaller than the authentic one.
#2 The Jumpman on the top of the box is off centered as well as its not as bright of a red, like its been copied. (Same goes for the label on the side.)
#3. The cement grey is a lot darker than the authentic pair (There are also less black speckles)
#4 The Jumpman logo/Flight on the tongue there is a noticeable difference mainly the red/black pattern that is seen behind the logo.
#5 The Air Jordan wording on the inside of the tongue had a slightly reddish color to it as well. (Pretty close though.....)
#6 This is a dead give away....Ebay sellers never show the inside sole of the shoes...which I found interesting..the authentic pair is Black and the fake pair has a Red insole.
#7 Side by side comparisons of the toes..show that the fake pair is a little wider...but not noticeably much.
#8 Like previously stated...the mesh on the side tends..to be more straight up and down more that slanted with the authentic pair which is not as noticeable as how thick the fake mesh is. The fake mesh is almost 1/8 of an inch vs the authentic pair is 1/16 or double the thickness.
#9 Also previously stated by other Nters that the stitching behind the triangle has more of a rounded appearance vs the fake pair that comes to more of an angle.
#10 The bottom of the shoes are pretty much dead on except the fact that on close examination, the Stars are very different.
#11 The Nike tag is not as red as the authentic one and its much more transparent.
#12 There is spacing between the white pods within the air pockets on the fakes
Well, these are the most significant things that I noticed which the fake pair...I am sure there are more. ...Hope this helps!.....Hummm...now what am I going to do with theses shoes? HAHA...looks like I might wear them around the house etc... to see how they hold up....(I will let everyone know if they fall apart)
ps If you see a 35+ old guy walking around ....with..fake IVs...Stop before laughing...and think....maybe he is doing a comparison on how they hold up. :b
(Dont know what else to do with them...... Until next time, I will put up comparisions with the Black IVs... one thing....the mesh is very shiny on the black pair as compared with the Authentic ones J23"
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