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Old 10-31-2013, 11:30 PM
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Sorry to hear that man, but he has a bad rep!
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Yup! I was just letting everyone know lol!
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Originally Posted by 06tx4.8
another ARD saga..........people should do a lot of research before trusting that douche nozzle with their hard earned money.
Lol true that! Like I said I bought it from a guy who had the car built by Owen. I'm not from the Houston area and I had no idea! I was just gonna throw this out there as a warning to anyone on here thinking about using him! How do you miss putting in the head gaskets right?, they're labeled!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by BigBronco
Why in the hell..... do people keep using this guy?!?!?!??!?!?
ARD been f#*king people over since the early 2000's

I do miss taking their money out at Rankin
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Only Owens I trust is my sausage.
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
Says his last activity is 2011 so I would be surprised to see him send any PMs.
Oh he reads... just doesn't log on.

I had to sell my car to get the ARD funk off of it. His infamous Stage III trans build blew up right after I sold it. Shouldn't have had to do the trans build at all if it would have been tuned right in the first place.

"Most" of the 5th Gen folks are aware. The Camaro club dumped them and went with LMR.
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Originally Posted by mlee
Oh he reads... just doesn't log on. I had to sell my car to get the ARD funk off of it. His infamous Stage III trans build blew up right after I sold it. Shouldn't have had to do the trans build at all if it would have been tuned right in the first place. "Most" of the 5th Gen folks are aware. The Camaro club dumped them and went with LMR.
Very true. He reads. He finally called me and threatened to sue me. Idc if he reads this, I'll pay him whatever he wants but I'll still warn people. And obviously I'm not the only one he has screwed. So go ahead! My name is Deuce Bigalow and I live in LA. Find me if ya can!
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Lol, he called? Saw a trailer with ARD at the track a couple weeks ago, but didn't see him. Wasn't looking either. Seen so many 3rd and 4th gens he cut the rear up accessing the fuel pump and them using duct tape to hold the sheet metal he pried up back down. Really professional.
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Yup lol I haven't done business with him but I know I never will. Nor will my friends.
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Originally Posted by drillbabydrill
Very true. He reads. He finally called me and threatened to sue me. Idc if he reads this, I'll pay him whatever he wants but I'll still warn people. And obviously I'm not the only one he has screwed. So go ahead! My name is Deuce Bigalow and I live in LA. Find me if ya can!
really he threats to sue.....what a bitch lol.. i mean really? who does that instead of saying like oh **** i apologize or something..only people who have jacked up alot of customers cars makes that the first thing they say lol..Because they are used to being pointed out for doing so lol..
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Originally Posted by ZONES89RS
Lol, he called? Saw a trailer with ARD at the track a couple weeks ago, but didn't see him. Wasn't looking either. Seen so many 3rd and 4th gens he cut the rear up accessing the fuel pump and them using duct tape to hold the sheet metal he pried up back down. Really professional.
Funniest part is its 2013 and you can still type in google "ARD Fuel pump access door"and see all the good stuff



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Originally Posted by slow02gt
really he threats to sue.....what a bitch lol.. i mean really? who does that instead of saying like oh **** i apologize or something..only people who have jacked up alot of customers cars makes that the first thing they say lol..Because they are used to being pointed out for doing so lol..
Yea I figured rather than threaten he should be on here trying to defend his name and business but obviously he knows he's wrong. Me warning people on here about his bad business is not anywhere near grounds enough to sue, we can thank our founding fathers for that right.
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What a bitch.

I was standing at the starting line on the track when one of their 5th gen blew at Sealy. Would have killed the driver if not for his cage.
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That's terrible! I would take him my golf cart to work on but then again he would probably put the battery cables back on backwards.
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FYI for all members!!!

Mlee is also a mod on camaro5 forum.
If he doesn't like your posts on there or what you say he will delete your posts. And then he will ban you from the forum. Many many members have found this out the hard way.
He pushes the Htown Camaro club. The wife and I went to a meeting and then a street meet and the members all looked down on us. Made us feel like we were not good enough for them. To snobbish for us.
He pushes LMR but he won't even use them. The officers in the htown camaro club don't even use LMR. Maybe it's because Former ARD mechanics work there.

The mechanics who use to work at ARD now work at LMR. The ones that did a majority of the work on the ARD cars.
Just a FYI for everyone about Mlee,ARD,LMR. Glad I don't live in Houston anymore.

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Huh? That was a bit confusing. Jay never did anything that Owen didn't tell him to do. He will tell you himself and he is glad he is done with that guy.
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Yes I just joined the forum. Didn't know that there was a post limit on credibility. Like others on here I am just giving my opinion.
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I'm not going to make the same response in two threads. The fact you posted the same info here and then started a thread on it, clearly tells me you feel very strongly about your .02.
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Originally Posted by Turbo_Stang
Funniest part is its 2013 and you can still type in google "ARD Fuel pump access door"and see all the good stuff





I'm no gear head but why so many fuel lines?


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