WA Spotted & Chit Chat Thread

[1axr]

the last 2 issues 

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Simon, I'd say it's a fair comment that your getting a lot of exposure at the moment, with the magazine coverage of PSC, and the advertising on various forums. Not withstanding the number of photo's of your customers' cars on this forums etc it looks like business is doing great

With that in mind, I was surprised to hear a customer at APC in Wangara on Saturday say they weren't prepared to leave their car at your house. Nothing wrong with working from home; I freelance a fair bit from my workshop though. I didn't take the comment seriously, as I know when you tuned my car back in Feb '05 you mentioned you were having a workshop built somewhere. When we spoke 3-4 months ago you suggested you were having some building works done for the workshop.

How's the workshop progressing?

Mods, please feel free to move this to Extreme's section if appropriate.

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suprising, as I havent had a single customer have issues with leaving a car here to date(Specially since they ownly need be here for a few hours mostly) so if they did have a problem I would say they where never a customer of mine to begin with. My worshop that im currently using is next to my house behind the gates at the side, Ive had 160 square meters of concrete layed and a 64 square meter workshop built (thanks muzza420 and hideous for your help)(Neil for the full electrical instillation)and am about to get around 100 square metres of patio areas put around the workshop aswell.

Most of my customers and close friends know I have a wife with a rare bone disease that has forced her to have 2 hip replacments and knee surgery and ankle surgery(Age now 31) and with 3 young children im needed a fair amount for assistance around the house, Luckily this hasnt seemed to affect business as I cant keep up with my work load.

So yes its going great, business is doing well and so is my family.

http://www.xtremefordtuning.com/images/gallery/P1010246.JPG

http://www.xtremefordtuning.com/images/gallery/P1010247.JPG

Ive attached a couple of pics of the nearly finished workshop, the roller door to the left is the entrance from the house and where im standing is another 2 entrance points for the cars to come in and out, soon to be a hiost on the left.

Its certainly been interesting transforming a house into a house and a place of work but I think its been worth it.

Hope that answers anything you where wondering

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well done simon and good luck to you and your family.

please keep up the good work.

ps. no I'm not after a really big discount. unless your offering.

[Xtreme F6]

thanks guys for your support

[IH8TOADS]

Had an XR8 bonnet fitted to the T yesterday by the "Spoiler Shop". All I can say is the quality is very average There are a couple of ripples that are visable when you get down and have a look. I took it back this morning and the dude said I was being unreasonable and I'm being to fussy

I've shaped and glassed many surfboards over the years and I know what a decent fibreglass finish looks like.... they obviously don't. Once they had my money they didn't want anything to do with it. I rang AWC and they said it should come out perfect. I paid $1250 and I'm going to ring them in the morning and say I want a $700 (which is way too fair on my behalf) refund and my old bonnet put back on asap. If they don't agree I'll consider taking action purely because they specifically told me it would end up perfect. anyone non-fussy people want a cheap bonnet

[Xtreme F6]

mate dont stand for it

[Paradoxx]

Dont put up with any If they dont budge, tell them you will advise all WA owners not to buy their product by word of forums... simple really.

[IH8TOADS]

Their customer service was bad enough. They neglected to tell me not to come in TWICE because the "the painter didnt rock up". Luckily I rang late both arvo's to double check. Just $hits me cos they basically blatently lied about the finish quality. They don't seem to understand that there are alot of public forums around!!! and the Department of Consumer Protection is there for a reason.

[IH8TOADS]

Bugger, I should have gone through AWC. Adam & Mark have been great on giving me advice and their willingness to help. Apparently the SPoiler Shop only gets the bars through AWC not the bonnet. Adam wrote the following:

"All issues you have mentioned from what I have been told would be removed by preping the bonnet properly in the first place."

The spoiler shop guys are misleading.

[Paradoxx]

Make the pr!cks pay

[Ninka]

So the bonnet is not AWC?

Who's is it then?

[IH8TOADS]

Not sure? I have a number at work though which I was given. I was told to ring them

I said whats the point, they are not going to help me. In the end of the day, they should have preped it right. I mean I used to put hi gloss finishes on my boards and my gf could use them to do her make-up