well i knocked the baffling out of it last night and problly last time i got to that shop.....only thing is the next closest shop is a good 30 miles when this ones 5....wasnt really their fault seeing as their just a dealer and it was a manufactured problem i didnt wanna spend the money on shipping and have to wait for a new one so he offered me half the price for a new one which i thought was kinda shitty so i went home grabbed a hammer and a pipe and proceded to knock the baffling out. i got it on there last night, no more rattle, soulnds good. f@#% it. as for the issue of it being fake or not....its stamped idk what else to tell ya i guess if u think its fake then w/e and if it is fake it works helly good sounds good and they did a damn good job of making it with material and the stamp looks on point!