Everyone Who has used Advanced Racing Dynamics POST LET EVERYONE KNOW
08-15-2012, 03:52 PM
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Everyone Who has used Advanced Racing Dynamics POST LET EVERYONE KNOW Ok, so I don't know how many of you have ever brought your car someplace that did a very bad job on your car but I’m sure you would have wished someone had told you before you brought your car there right?
First let me just say that this is not a plug for another shop or a personal issue, this is exactly what happened to me.
Here is just a short summary of what happed to me, and I have all the supporting documentation.
I brought my car there to have the driveline upgraded and replaced. Originally it was only supposed to cost 3000 dollars, in the end I spend 13,000+++ dollars. How is this possible you ask? Good question
I was supposed to take a couple of months, they needed to pull the driveline and replace it with a unit I supplied from another car. It was in perfect condition, ARD just needed to install components which I supplied brand new. Injectors, turbo, fuel rail, clutch etc.. Nothing cheap or used, brand new.
Ok so 2 months turns into 6 months, then 8 months. At this point I’m wanting my car back finished or not. Always it's "hey this part needs to be replaced", again and again and all of the parts are brand new!! I keep getting replacement parts and the dealers are asking whats going on? They have never had this part fail ever!! We are talking about injectors, clutches, fuel regulators. I will spare you the details, let's just say ARD and I spoke often - and each time one item or so would be completed.
So finally I get the call "The car is done". So I drive the car and it goes right back to ARD. Died right there on the test drive had to be towed, did not run right to begin with! Then a succession of problems everything from missing bolts to it wouldn't idle. Day after day it comes home then goes back.
Finally the engine goes and the culprit? The clutch was disk installed backwards and burned up the thrust bearings. (yes it's an import) How do I know? People who used to work there apologized to me and told me not to let Owen charge me for the damage.
So then what? I buy a new brand new bottom end, finally start to drive it and it blows a rod. Less than 500 break in miles never raced or driven hard.
Now a well known and reputable shop gets the car and goes through everything. I don’t even have the time or patience to list all of the items here they found. Everything that was done was done half assed. Three months later the car is picked up and I have pictures of everything they did.
Three really great ones I would like to share, fuel pump wires were pinched and shorted IN THE FUEL TANK (I’m sure that was completely safe no issue there) The turbo return line was stainless braided line- BUT HEY JUST CAUSE IT'S RUBBER ON THE INSIDE DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE USED AGAINST THE HEADER!!! So what if it LEAKS OIL ON THE HEADER (I’m sure that's fine no fire hazard there) Or maybe the rubber intercooler connectors that burned through since they were on the headers as well should have been "Built better”. I could continue but I think everyone gets the picture--- Now it's up to you would you want your friends to take your car there? I wouldn’t---
First let me just say that this is not a plug for another shop or a personal issue, this is exactly what happened to me.
Here is just a short summary of what happed to me, and I have all the supporting documentation.
I brought my car there to have the driveline upgraded and replaced. Originally it was only supposed to cost 3000 dollars, in the end I spend 13,000+++ dollars. How is this possible you ask? Good question
I was supposed to take a couple of months, they needed to pull the driveline and replace it with a unit I supplied from another car. It was in perfect condition, ARD just needed to install components which I supplied brand new. Injectors, turbo, fuel rail, clutch etc.. Nothing cheap or used, brand new.
Ok so 2 months turns into 6 months, then 8 months. At this point I’m wanting my car back finished or not. Always it's "hey this part needs to be replaced", again and again and all of the parts are brand new!! I keep getting replacement parts and the dealers are asking whats going on? They have never had this part fail ever!! We are talking about injectors, clutches, fuel regulators. I will spare you the details, let's just say ARD and I spoke often - and each time one item or so would be completed.
So finally I get the call "The car is done". So I drive the car and it goes right back to ARD. Died right there on the test drive had to be towed, did not run right to begin with! Then a succession of problems everything from missing bolts to it wouldn't idle. Day after day it comes home then goes back.
Finally the engine goes and the culprit? The clutch was disk installed backwards and burned up the thrust bearings. (yes it's an import) How do I know? People who used to work there apologized to me and told me not to let Owen charge me for the damage.
So then what? I buy a new brand new bottom end, finally start to drive it and it blows a rod. Less than 500 break in miles never raced or driven hard.
Now a well known and reputable shop gets the car and goes through everything. I don’t even have the time or patience to list all of the items here they found. Everything that was done was done half assed. Three months later the car is picked up and I have pictures of everything they did.
Three really great ones I would like to share, fuel pump wires were pinched and shorted IN THE FUEL TANK (I’m sure that was completely safe no issue there) The turbo return line was stainless braided line- BUT HEY JUST CAUSE IT'S RUBBER ON THE INSIDE DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE USED AGAINST THE HEADER!!! So what if it LEAKS OIL ON THE HEADER (I’m sure that's fine no fire hazard there) Or maybe the rubber intercooler connectors that burned through since they were on the headers as well should have been "Built better”. I could continue but I think everyone gets the picture--- Now it's up to you would you want your friends to take your car there? I wouldn’t---
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the 5th gen guys love that place, personally i've heard enough bad things to stay away and i tell people not to go there but they don't always listen. he(owen) tried bad mouthing a big name shop in houston saying they blow cars up and i laughed, he must've been mad because one of his cars he built got its *** drug by one of that shops customer cars. owen is a tool and thinks to highly of himself.
