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Old 12-05-2013, 06:16 PM
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I had the opportunity to pick my stuff in person today, meet the owner and get the nickel tour. Who knows, I might have seen them make your bend!

Nice folks. Car guys to boot.
Consider them for your turbo stuff.
Their vbands are nice. The flanges are made in house. Also make nice rolled cone transitions. And the flex couplers look good too.

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Top notch company!! I used them to build the turbo kit for my truck.
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yes. I wasted a lot of money with their bends with my first attempt on my turbo build. I will be going back to Columbia when I redo the build.
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Yep all my stuff came from them.
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I have used them and they do have nice stuff and i will keep using them. But Dam it takes them forever to ship the stuff you order. I'm talking almost two week to get my order & they are on the same coastline as me.
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Great company to use.
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I'll be out there tomorrow . I'll tell them to ship faster.
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I ordered their 3" ss ultimate builder kit on Monday, tracking says it will be here tomorrow. I guess shipping depends on inventory, it's quality parts made in house. Finally a company not willing to use Chinese made junk!
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yep I'll always use them for all my mandrel bend needs. They are on top of everything right down to the availability on their website. If it's listed on their website then they have it in stock and made. If you don't see it on there then they are in the process of making more. Once they're in stock they put the items back up on the website. Good quality products and the fairest prices over a lot of other companies. Fast shipping.
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Originally Posted by MUSTANGBRKR02
Great company to use.
X2 great quality materials.lil bit higher than ebay crap but its worth it for better materials and workmanship
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One thing I may suggest to them is an option for longer legs on the bends. I could have used that.

I picked up the 5" to 4" reducer today. Nice gradual transition


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Been using them for almost 10 years and they have always done a great job.
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Originally Posted by ta02zx10r
If it's listed on their website then they have it in stock and made. If you don't see it on there then they are in the process of making more. Once they're in stock they put the items back up on the website. Good quality products and the fairest prices over a lot of other companies. Fast shipping.
I guess that's what happened with my order ~ I didn't see it on the web site but asked for items not listed on the site when i called them. hum that would explain why the delay, great company anyways and i will keep using them!
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Use them here too. Check out the T4 to 2.5 transitions. Saves so much time.

If they would clean the bending die lube out of the bends it would be a nice touch.
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They also offer B-stock and its cheap and rarely anything wrong with it. Great for test fitting bends so you don't hack up good pieces.
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Great company, used they since they were tiny. Very nice and helpful people. Always good communication when they don't have things I order in stock and usually offer to break the shipments up. Also can't beat their prices!

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Originally Posted by LS1NOVA
Use them here too. Check out the T4 to 2.5 transitions. Saves so much time.

If they would clean the bending die lube out of the bends it would be a nice touch.
I place an order with them about every 2-3 weeks and they are awesome!

About the bending lube, it is a water soluble lube, so hit the bends with a garden hose sprayer and all of it will wash right out and you'll have nice clean parts!!
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Good info! Something that needs to be done unless you want grinding and cutting grit going through your turbine wheel!
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I thought of another way to get cheap bends.... As I look at my pile of F**k ups.....

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I used them to build my exhaust they are good


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