Tysons1986 New Member 16 Member For: 12y 3m Gender: Male Location: Echuca Posted 26/10/13 02:03 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:03 AM Hey ladsjust thought id share my story of reaching 300 with you allit all started this time last year,I brought a xr6t 2005 BA 6sp manual from melbourne. was looking for a long time before it came up. it was toatally standard except for upgraded brakes and in great shape. I travelled down to the south eastern suburbs and took it home that day (I live on the border in echuca)car was fine,and drove great for a couple months. then started breaking down in anything above 3rd gear and ran extremly rough. after some research and a friend that works for fords advice it seemed like the valve springs were soft,that was fine as I thought when I order a few bolt on parts ill get the springs done before a tune. so I ordered a heap of gear back in december last year.HD valve springsunder battery cold air intakeintercooler and pipingvenom 5" catDeka 60lb injectorsEarls oil filterWalbro 340 intank fuel pumpFlash tuner X3Now this is where things started going bad,by feb the parts hadnt arrived and there was something going wrong with the car,first of all the car was being funny because of the soft springs but also started cutting boost off like a switch at about 3000rpm. so I took it to a guy in echuca where he diagnosed it and it was overboosting,badly. which I thought was strange as it was still stock. on further investigating the turbo front housing had been replaced with something larger. no worrys I thought,ill just wait for my parts then get the tuner to work his magic.by march I called the place where I ordered the stuff and they said I hadnt paid for it so its not sent. I payed for it the day I ordered dumb arse. anyway they said sorry and sent the parts. finally by may the parts had arrived or so I thought,a big box came and inside was the pump,cooler,flash box and cat. that's it. no injectors,no springs. so I called the guy and said what the hell? and he said its ok we sent them seperate,ok I thought that's ok. anyway a month goes by...no parts. I call again,where are they? oh we sent them already,well they havent arrived. ok we will send another set. I was starting to get annoyed at this stage. another month goes by and the springs show up. no injectors. another phone call and they said bad luck we sent them twice. I was pissed off. I went and brought injectors seperatly and fit everything bar them.I work over in WA on 4 weeks on 1 week off. so doing all this sh*t was quite a mission especcially living in echuca. I called pit lane and booked it in start of september. I dropped the car off and asked if it was ok to leave for a month. yup they said no problem,more than happy too which was awesome. anyways I get a phone call couple weeks later from Bell at pit lane when they said the X3 flash box was locked to another car...wtf!! it came in a box and everything! so I wrote an email to the guy I brought all this crap from, and basically he said bad luck. mick at pit lane had a second hand one which I purchased from him. I was furious at the supplyer,id payed for injectors and a new flash box and one didnt show up an one was locked out! now I have a completly useless flash box sitting in the boot. I <3 Bananas!now I flew home on thurs night,stayed the night in melb then got to pit lane to pick the car up friday morning. it had made 303rwkw @13psi and 585nm.just one lil hiccup was couple of the impellor blades on the turbo are bent which shouldnt be a major concern,it sounds like a jet! if you have seen that burnout video of toxic it sounds just like that. I talked a while with mick and Bel about the flash box and service I had received. not good.now on a positive note almost a year after ordering parts I have the car at home and is awesome. couldnt be happier with the serivice from pit lane, very friendly and extremly good to have my car garaged there for what ended up being 6 weeks. couldnt recommend them more.And that's my story, please dont ask who the supplyer of the parts was as I wont tell you. but I will tell you I would never eva deal with them again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 30d Gender: Male Posted 26/10/13 02:11 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:11 AM Nothing but the best customer service at pitlane. Sucks about your experience With the parts supplier. Should name them so other stay away. I find it bullsh*t that they sent a replacement quickly, makes you think did they even send it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 26/10/13 02:13 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:13 AM Why would you not tell who the supplier is... Name and shame so others don't make the same mistake, or maybe this business will shape up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 26/10/13 02:18 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:18 AM I think we all know who the supplier is man. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tysons1986 New Member 16 Member For: 12y 3m Gender: Male Location: Echuca Posted 26/10/13 02:23 AM Author Share Posted 26/10/13 02:23 AM I would just feel bad mentioning names,they do deserve it though. lets just say im not the first to have a rough experiance judging by other comments I have seen on here. altho none quite as bad as mine. the flash box is the thing that pisses me off the most. there not cheap and the box just doesnt lock its self out to another car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tysons1986 New Member 16 Member For: 12y 3m Gender: Male Location: Echuca Posted 26/10/13 02:25 AM Author Share Posted 26/10/13 02:25 AM but whats done is done, not much point sooking about it.its just everytime I see that useless flash box I wanna snap it over my knee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzMahoony Hench, but no longer shredded or tanned. Member 3,343 Member For: 17y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Canning Vale, W.A Posted 26/10/13 02:39 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:39 AM Happened to me although nowhere near as bad, hearing your story makes me feel a little better about my f*ck around. As henz said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 26/10/13 02:44 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 02:44 AM The flash box should be doused in petrol, set alight, and thrown at the supplier though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Donating Members 8,610 Member For: 18y 3m 30d Gender: Male Posted 26/10/13 03:16 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 03:16 AM Is there any chance of contacting sct or herrod regarding it to bar the supplier from future sales? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 26/10/13 03:19 AM Share Posted 26/10/13 03:19 AM How does this guy's business survive with such shonky service? Glad everything worked out in the end with the car though. You definitely picked the right tuner with Mick at Pitlane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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