Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

dixon cider

LOL. Gotta get the car back, but it has been there since Oct. Hopefully soon though. Will have pics by this weekend. If the vvel tuning and the GT-R manifold are done, I will be adding those to it, so it should be a pretty badazz Z.

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Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

dixon cider

Headed to GTM in the morning!!! Updates soon!!!

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Isamu

DOOD! better get mad pics!!!

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dixon cider

Man, I don't know where to start. I did get pics, but honestly, today was somewhat of a disappointment. I am not going to put the blame on GTM, so please do not judge them based on what I am about to post. I told them they had until end of April or start of May. With that being said, NOTHING has been done to the car except for the headlights by MRWorks. They looked fantastic (when I saw the right headlight), until I saw the left headlight. It has quite a bit of condensation in it, meaning it didn't seal properly. To Marcos credit, he said send them back and they will take care of it.

There were a few other issues, maybe some mis-understandings, I don't know what else to call them, but I was at the point of selling the Z and buying a Z06. It was rather disheartening. I left rather aggravated at the whole situation. I stewed on it over lunch and called Sam to pull the plug on the car. As was expected, he was quite upset, as I was THE TEST CAR for the Stage 2. I was to be the stock test and move into the other phases (CBE, headers etc.). I decided to drive back to GTM after lunch and pulled Sam aside. We talked for about 45 minutes. If I pulled the car, it would have set the Stage 2 back indefinitely, as he had no other bone stock Z for the test.

Again, this is NOT, I repeat NOT in any way a reflection on Sam, GTM, Marco/Ryan, or MRWorks. I just let all of the little things get in the way of the finish line and the headlights were kind of the final straw.

I have decided to not sell the Z for the Z06 and will allow the car to stay with Sam and finish the testing so not to delay anyone else with this SC. Sam is definitely short staffed, but has the best intentions with the Z community. So while I was hoping to have pictures of something cool, the only thing I really got was the condensation within the headlight itself.

So, I will be coming back to GTM in May for hopefully the last time to go over the finished product.

Until then, stay tuned.

Wayne

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Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

b1adesofcha0s

Damn that sucks man. I hope everything gets finished on time and done properly by May. The least they could have done was told you over the phone so you didn't have to make the whole trip over there for nothing.

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dixon cider

I'm sure it will work out. Sam and I have come to an understanding and he will do it right, not rushed. That is what I liked and why it's still there. That was the mis-communication part. It's ok, I got to bring my middle son to hang for a day in this beautiful weather. He enjoyed it. Besides, me being a pilot, it didn't cost us anything except food. Airfare, hotel and rental car were free.

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Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

b1adesofcha0s

That's nice, at least it worked out for you in one way or another

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dixon cider

Of course!!

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Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

Sibze

Props for caring about other people but at some point your going to have to think about yourself!

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RIP Tony.

dixon cider

Thanks man. Yeah, if I pulled the car, it would have majorly SCREWED everyone else. I didn't want to do that. We will see how this plays out.

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"Remember, when all else fails, don't forget to tongue punch the brown starfish"-dixon
Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

b1adesofcha0s

If that happened to me, I would have been so pissed. Not because it wasn't done, but for making me go all that way for nothing when he could have just called and made everything fine. I would definitely have demanded at least something in return (pay for the flight and other costs or reduce the cost for the work) or I would have pulled the plug, but that's just me.

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dixon cider

I didn't pay for the trip, and we did come to an "agreement", so it was worth leaving it. Not going to discuss the exact details, but it wasn't for nothing.

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"Remember, when all else fails, don't forget to tongue punch the brown starfish"-dixon
Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

b1adesofcha0s

Glad to hear that

I'm thinking that they might want to hire some new people though, it would help a lot.

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dixon cider

true dat!!!

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"Remember, when all else fails, don't forget to tongue punch the brown starfish"-dixon
Dixon Cider's Roadster Build

b1adesofcha0s

You should make that part of your agreement

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