I went to a reputable local performance shop (MC Racing in Merriam Kansas) to get an NX Wet kit I purchased off this forum to put into my 99 C5. The kit has only seen 4 bottles ran through it and was checked out by Arizona Power and Sound before I got the kit and everything looked good. For my cars safety I purchased a nitrous gauge, automatic bottle heater, nitrous controller (upon WOT activation: pulls timing + window switch), purge, and NGK TR6's to ensure all safety measures were met.
On the first dyno pull the shop wanted to purge it and turn on the system but keep the bottle closed to ensure the timing was being pulled and the solenoids were in working order. To my disapointment both of the solenoids stuck open and gas was leaking out of my air bridge. Shortly after (30 seconds) smoke started coming out of the nitrous solenoid and they cut the wires to the noid. They told me that the solenoids were both shot and that I need to get them rebuilt by NX. I am starting to think more and more that the wiring job they did was faulty. I also got illuminated switches for the kit and they were unable to make the lights in them come on. What do you guys think?

 

I think they don't know how to wire the stuff up correctly and are messing up your noids. I would take it else where.

 

From reading my install instructions there is a big note (not an NX System, but from researching different kits the warnings were very similiar):

Nitrous flowing through the solenoid is needed to keep the coil from melting. Short, one second power cycles will not hurt it but more than 5 seconds with no nitrous flowing through it will melt the coil...

I think they bought you a new Nitrous noid at least.

Beer

 

^...what he said! if a shop cant make the "illuminated" swich light up, than they wouldnt be fit to do my oil change.

 

My illuminated switches bareeeely light up. In the bright sunlight, you can't see them illuminate at all.

 

i second takin it somewhere else, after they buy you new 'noids of course

 

Thanks guys I'm going up there first thing this morning. I'll keep you posted

 

Don't go there and bad mouth them. You don't know for certain that its bad wiring. It sure sounds it but keep comments to yourself until you are sure.

just my 2 cents.

 

thats good advice

 

No one likes a punkass 19 year old with an attitude.. and a c5

 

I would agree with Vinny, don't go in there raising hell until you are 100% sure that they are the reason for things not working right. Also, as has already been said, a solenoid with nothing flowing through it will not last long at all. So the test that they were doing doesn't sound too smart IMO. I personally think that they should be responsible for any damages incurred during their testing of the system.