Forged Performance - My Story

Chris@FsP

Don't let any of this sway you from going FI, if that is what you really want to do. There are MANY more success stories than there are failures.

cowzrul

New G37 = $40k
Turbo install x 2 = $46k
Getting flamed on internet forum = Priceless!

I don't care how you slice it and dice it, this is sad for both parties.

puckshaw

Thanks for posting up the story. The pictures speak for themselves. No excuse for a shop to let this happen to a customer's car. Very disappointing. I hope the case goes in your favor

By the way, the tags for this thread are hilarious

Zsteve

man Im probably never going to hear the end of this but, I just noticed the tags at the bottom, so how do you tag something? Motel 6 didnt enlight me enough to know how to do this, just about the law.

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2theextreme

Click "Edit Tags" and have fun! There's a letter limit and I think you can only add a max of two per thread.

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Vegitto-kun

...it says "edit tags" to the right of it.

Dr.Awkward

Be careful, I sent my Pearl White 370z off to a reputable shop and it came back looking like this!!!

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vipor

It's all jagged. How'd they pull that off?

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vipor

2x30

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Oil Cooler (DIY) | Custom Headlights | GTSPEC Braces | F.I. Long Tube Headers

RCZ

IMO, I dont care if there are 20 happy customers for each time something like the OP described happens. If it happens once, that's one too many times already.

Why do I feel like there is blame on both sides. A kit that didnt fit and a company that didnt care about making it fit....

Zsteve

And in the end the customer got screwed, I can see a customer willing to work with a company when things go bad to try to get it installed which will run the cost up but man, these last 2 guys have paid waaaaay more than they should have for the final product. And without their car for months is crazy. In the end the companies need to understand the customer is their only reason for being there and need to own up on their mistakes and pay for them. If a shop tells a customer they can install this at this price, then no matter what its their responsibility to do it just like that once they start the job. If something needs to be done extra, they need to know before the job starts. I mean once your car is apart and you have paid $12K of course you will do things you wouldnt have done before they took your car apart and I think this company knows this and does this on purpose. I hope the OP does go to court and gets his due.

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OMG37

I know Sam well enough and have seen several kits put together correctly to tell you that 9 times out of 10 the fitment issue is because the installer just plain didn't follow instructions.

How can a novice put a GTM TT kit together in his garage without problems, but a "pro" shop can't? Anyone who says there's a fitment issue, my first question would be did you follow the instructions, did you put the right part on the right side....my next question would be...did you call Sam and ask, if you couldn't figure it out yourself. If the answer was no to both of those questions...then I'd blame the installer!

Some shops just think they know everything and don't bother reading instructions or asking questions because they think they've done it X number of times and always have the right answer. That's not always the case.

RCZ, I've seen enough posts from you to know how biased you are. This type of thread is not a good thing for either company but come on dude! Did you see the pictures of Juan's car? DP's? There's no way in hell an intelligent person like yourself is going to give Shariff credit when his rebuttle to all the pictures showing how beat up that car was, was because due to "fitment issues". LOL

The guy is making a DVD video for crying out loud...I guess we'll be able to uncover all these mysterious fitment issues and see how GTM sneaks around them when you watch the video!

frost

Although it seems unpopular, I compliment the OP for giving us this information and am a little disheartened he's getting ragged on.

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370Zsteve

Speaking of the OP, anybody seen him? How about Juan? And now others show up, all sporting those sexy G37 coupes. WTF.

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cubarican84

The pictures speak for themselves. A proffesional shop doing that kind of work is just sickening!! The quality of work shows what a low down and dirty company Forged is. The only thing Forged could have done to make things right was to buy this man a new car after hey hacked/butchered his car and figured he was too dumb to notice. I mean installing the wrong turbos!!??? Unexceptable. That is not proffesional. I will never do business with Forged based off the pictures alone. And DP i hoped you learned your lesson and dont get played like a cheap trick again. Because you did in this situation. Dont get hustled.