Just got my Tick MC - I'm pissed
11-06-2009, 04:32 PM
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Just got my Tick MC - I'm pissed So I got my tick in today. Excited.. looks great. I get it in. The bolts are off center and the rubber boot for the MC rubs both it's side and top on my firewall sheet metal. After paying $350 I certainly didn't expect an error like this and I'm not about to break out the grinder after shelling out that kind of dough on a part that should bolt right in. 
Anybody else had an experience like this one?
Anybody else had an experience like this one?
11-06-2009, 04:41 PM
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Well you have the first one that doesn't bolt right in to my knowledge. The rubber boot is nothing more than a dust gaurd anyway...It probably isn't going to hurt if it rubs a little as long as everything else is bolted in without issue or binding.
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11-06-2009, 04:46 PM
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That thing is going to last about 30 minutes of driving. The pics are after it's loosened a little trying to scoot it over with whatever play I have. Not much. It just sucks to wait a week, after I've already been down 3, and this thing fit like this.
11-06-2009, 04:51 PM
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Otherwise if you feel there is a real issue with something other than that boot, you can send it back and I'd be glad to compare your bracket with others and even install it into my own car to compare with the cylinder thats currently in there.
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11-06-2009, 05:00 PM
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It's a hard rub, and it's rubber on a metal edge, that's why I expect it to last about 30 minutes in the car. I just expected after the $350, that it would bolt up square on center and not have an issue like this. The top hits as well. You can plainly see when you're working the clutch, that if the whole thing was a half inch over, the top and right side would be fine.
It's just a dust cover and serves no other purpose. I understand that. It just sucks that I'm going to be down another 5 days or have a not so perfect tick MC after the reluctant decision to spend the money on it in the first place.
Given, it adds that I've already been down a month. It adds that another MC isn't available down at the corner to get this fixed NOW. I think I'm going to go breathe for awhile.
It's just a dust cover and serves no other purpose. I understand that. It just sucks that I'm going to be down another 5 days or have a not so perfect tick MC after the reluctant decision to spend the money on it in the first place.
Given, it adds that I've already been down a month. It adds that another MC isn't available down at the corner to get this fixed NOW. I think I'm going to go breathe for awhile.
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11-06-2009, 05:59 PM
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why dont you slot the holes in the car that way you can get you 1/2 inch or whatever? it'll save you a week & you can have it all done in about 15 minutes. some people are so damn picky & cry as soon as something needs a little tweak. it happens, as every car is a little different with manufacturing tolerances on both the car & aftermarket parts.
11-06-2009, 06:17 PM
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Why should I need to tweak when I up the $ for "the best". I'm sure it works beautifully when it fits right. Like I said.. I'm not cutting additional holes or grinding my firewall. That's just silly.
I understand tolerances, but surely you can tell by the photos, that's beyond any tolerance level.
I understand tolerances, but surely you can tell by the photos, that's beyond any tolerance level.
11-06-2009, 06:19 PM
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you have got to be kidding me about the boot... get a dremal or something like a file and start filing away. and if the bolts dont line up perfectly make it work do u really want to wait and have your car down for a longer time
11-06-2009, 06:21 PM
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I did contact tick. No reason not to start a thread. First a searched for dup issues to see what people did. Nothing came up. Now there's one. It's always good to let people know what they might expect, right?
I'm sure tick will make it right. The biggest reason I'm throwing a tantrum is like I said a few posts up. It's going to cost me 5 days, at best. That and it was a bit shocking to get "the cream" in these MC's and it was so far off on fit.
I'm sure tick will make it right. The biggest reason I'm throwing a tantrum is like I said a few posts up. It's going to cost me 5 days, at best. That and it was a bit shocking to get "the cream" in these MC's and it was so far off on fit.
11-06-2009, 06:23 PM
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I don't wanna hack it up. It's a nice, nice car, and the mods to this point have been done right. Dremeling wouldn't fall into that category.
11-06-2009, 06:28 PM
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yea my car is a nice nice nice car to but who the hell is gona say opening up a hole in a fire wall about a 16th of an inch is gona say hey mann ur car is "hack" cuz u dremaled a hole bigger.....im guessing u never drive your car to because u dont want ur tires to get dirty or have pebbles hit the front of it too..
11-06-2009, 06:47 PM
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yea my car is a nice nice nice car to but who the hell is gona say opening up a hole in a fire wall about a 16th of an inch is gona say hey mann ur car is "hack" cuz u dremaled a hole bigger.....im guessing u never drive your car to because u dont want ur tires to get dirty or have pebbles hit the front of it too..
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Put the stock back in till this gets figured out and there ya go if time is that big of a deal. Its not that tough to swap them.
My ride is a daily driver and was down an extra week recently waiting for clutch parts (not from tick) so i know the feeling. The company tried to work with me and make it right, what more can you ask for? **** happens... well it always seems to happen to me anyway.
My ride is a daily driver and was down an extra week recently waiting for clutch parts (not from tick) so i know the feeling. The company tried to work with me and make it right, what more can you ask for? **** happens... well it always seems to happen to me anyway.
11-06-2009, 07:55 PM
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looks to me how it fits. Yeah the holes might be able to move over a smidge on the mc to make it center up a little better (tick guys if your reading this just send me a $20 check we will call it even
). It still is going to work perfectly and nobody is ever going to see it!!! So if it does get a small hole in the boot (which will be way longer than 30 min) you will never know and it wont matter just put the panel on and go for a drive.