Forged Performance questions
 

I'm looking for people to advise their experiences at this facility, please. In particular, I'm looking for any kind of over-whelming positive or negative emotions you personally have had in dealing with the employees, and Sharif in particular, in the last few months.

In a nutshell, I'm looking to go here for a tune, nothing more and the word around here the last few times I was searching...admittedly a while back...was that they, and Sharif, were the people to see for work on the 370.

However, this crops up yesterday and it and loads of commentators seem to slam the royal heck out of them, and in particular Sharif, so much so that I'm very much second guessing an arrangement I have with them in the future. They are the closest major shop to me, but I'll go a bit further if I need to.

So...help me out here. Is this the kind of thing that's a fluke, or more common with them, and taking your car there for a tune and/or any work is "DANGER: Enter at your own risk" territory?

Thanks in advance

Read the entire thread. Quite a few people having bad experiences. Stay away if you value your money and your car

http://www.the370z.com/lounge-off-to...one-wrong.html

This is one. There was another GTR, G37, and Lotus that had many issues.

Yup; that's actually a link to the same post linked in my original comment

How can you even remotely consider this shop After that nightmare. If I were that guy I'd be in jail. I'd if burned down the shop if I went through that!

Holy...only bought brake pads from them and that went well but I guess I'm not buying from them again

Parts dept and labor are two different things.

It's easy to sell parts, working on cars are a different story.

I just read that whole thread and they posted a link to a thread on the 350z forums. the dude lost $250,000. wtf......

I say z1 FTW....

Just read that whole thread over there. WOW! 13 pages, and almost 34,000 views in 24 hours. Think someone is in deep dodo!

I was debating Forged vs Z1. Guess its DEFINITELY gonna be Z1 now.

If you were smart z1...

Might as well remove them from the vendor list now..... $250,000 on a GTR hack job.... he couldn't have believed they were really gonna get away with that and that it wasn't gonna he massively publicized across every car forum.

Yea after that story I wouldn't even consider them. When it comes to shops and vendors you dont know, you can only go off of other people's experiences and just after that one story I would steer clear

I've seen several threads like that on my350z over the last couple years... strangely enough they all disappear shortly after with no trace...

I would stay away

I've had good experiences with Forged with parts. They were very responsive to the problems I had with my JRZs and took good care of me.

I've seen some really great work by them on a local Z33 too. Built engine with damn near 900HP IIRC.

As an extremely active sponsor on GT-R life it's quite disheartening to see something like that go down. 90% of that thread consists of people agreeing with the OP (which there is no doubt in my mind why they wouldn't) and the other 10% are those who are kind of just riding the bandwagon. I speak from another vendors point of view, but it's mainly the sour projects and customers that get heard and drown out all the positive reviews, projects, and builds.

OP is looking for feedback on Sharif's tunes, it would be nice if this thread could stay on topic and informative for the the OP and others who may run into this thread. Keep all the FP vs X in the other thread if you feel the need to rant

Thanks Khoi; I just woke up and saw how this was going. I agree completely and I'm not trying to further bash them or compare them to another company. I'm looking for personal experience only.

On a side note: I love AAM and so far do continue to promote you based on my experience and product :)

Pheonix,

YOU brought up and even linked the thread in question and listed it as a reason you were second guessing your future arrangement with them. I would let that be all the proof you need to look elsewhere. Every horror story you have read probably started out with that person thinking "oh, the stuff I read was just a fluke, that won't happen to me" then next thing they know, they're making their own thread. Quality shops have problems yes, but you never hear about it happening over and over with similar circuimstances.

My order for tuning would be Dynosty, Forged, and then Z1. I know several folks who have driven down from the Detroit area to get tuned by Hal @ Dynosty and a couple who used Sharif.

Sharif tuned my 2012 sport/touring Z last fall, and I've had no problems with it. I have the NISMO R-tuned CAI, Z1 HFC, and HKS Hi power Catback. I had it on Roebling Road Raceway last month, and it screamed.

All I can say is the tune worked out for me.

NA tunes are super easy. High end power is a different story.

Sure each shop has its issues but the fact that a shop owner would let his employees treat a customers car like that just goes to show you that they DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE CUSTOMER! Any real shop would stand up to their work and not let a vehicle leave the shop unless the customer was satisfied. Check out the other reviews on them. Sure there's a few good ones for people getting simple rotors and brakes, to wheels being mounted, an exhaust installed, etc, but those are mindless installs that most everyone should be doing themselves.

Major upgrades like turbos kits or engine builds tend to get done at shops because you count on competent technicians to do the install and back up their work and knowledge. Check out more of the bad ones on Forged Performance like the G37 installs gone wrong. Forged LIED to the customer and install the wrong turbos and they used hammers to bash in a down pipe for clearance. Zero respect for the customer.

I wish you guys knew all the other tricks that were going on. The last time I was there I just paid and left and thought nothing of it cause I was treated right. But months later looking at my statement I had tires changed out and was watching him do it. Took 1 1/2 hours and got charged for 3 1/2 hours. I wasn't even there but 2 total. Key word PRINCIPLE. A gangster would of had your legs broke. Sharif wouldn't of done that. But his lead sales manager did. I remember the sales guy asking the tech how long it took but they were being sneaky about. But I paid no attention at the time. Who knows what little scams are pulled daily to bring in thousands.

IF anybody goes to Forged performance after reading that thread. your ******* stupid. the guy spend 250K and thats how he was treated. so again why in the hell should you go there?

give your money to another shop, FP has 250K in the bank

Sounds like maybe a house cleaning is in order. :/

I agree, but the OP was going to get was a tune. That's what I had and had no issues. All the other stuff, is in another area which I would be cautious with regardless of the vendor.

People who are saying they had no issue with Forged performance installing intakes and exhaust, are you guys serious?! i can do that for you and for free..

Dont compare your experience with people who went there for major upgrade.

Forged Performance sucks and i thought Sharif fired that guy who did the bad installation for a g37 coupe with GTM Twin turbo kit (You remember when you said that Sharif dont you?)

GTM was right when they decided stay away from Forged Performance..

This is beyond bizarre !
But there is and there was thread about them before. Why even consider them ?
This is an awesome law sue to your advantage since it seems you have all the evidences.
You're the 3rd incident (that i have read. im sure there is more than that) in their shop with major work to be done, that was shitty. Have you consider contacting "help me Howard"? All jokes aside. Perhaps involving the media in this may help. Just a thought.

Why was "Beware of Forged performance" thread locked ?
What the heck !!!

Cause the guy that started it requested it. Only he and Forged will be able to access it. Lame.

I don't see why you need to get all wound up about it.

Did you not read it was a re-post, and Op saying basically he didn't know?

Hey let's start a thread that Triple and Frost can't access!!!!:icon23::roflpuke2:

Who said I got wound up about it ?
I give 0 facks about it.
Was just curious to know why.
Why you mad about a question ?

I'd also like to request one final time that this thread returns to it's original intention, which is to request personal experience only. I'm not looking for people to tell me I'm stupid to consider them for a tune only. Before this got out, the last I'd heard was that Sharif was the man to see to tune your car. I'm in an area where he's or two of his immediate competitors are the closest tuners to me by SEVERAL hours, and I'm making a lengthy road trip to somebody...and the way I hear it, they've all got skeletons in their closets so I'm taking a risk no matter where I go.

I'm not yet convinced that Sharif isn't the man to see for a simple tune, though I'm not sure I'm willing to consider them when it comes time to do the longer term, more involved build that I have in mind. I can't say.

I will say that I have spoken with Sharif personally and given him an opportunity to explain his and the business' position, which is more than the majority of the people calling for his head have done. If you want to do business with someone whose reputation is under attack, and you have already verbally committed to it, the least you can do is be man enough to give them a chance to keep your business instead of jumping on the bandwagon.

As it stands, I suppose I'm still soliciting opinions, but I will reiterate that I want personal experiences only. Please don't insult me for keeping them under consideration, or others who may be doing the same.

I would like to thank everyone who helpfully contributed thus far. That being said; Triples, please close this thread or put it back in the Vendors area should this derail much further.

And I'd also like to state one final time, your initial post here referenced that thread and created doubt in your mind. In the end it's no one else's choice but yours, but give me a friggin break man, in the link you posted there are at least three other people with bad builds, and many more if you search the internet. Those are all FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES as youve requested. Even if you're not going with a big build, why on earth would you consider giving money to someone who has clearly screwed so many of your fellow car enthusiasts out of a lot of money? Way to allow him to stay in business even longer to do it to some other poor simp. I don't give a **** if it was a one time deal, that type of horrible craftsmanship and follow through doesn't deserve a 2nd chance.

You can lock your own threads.:icon14:

You may have spoke to Sharif but me and several other people have deal with them at their shop,

It would be a good idea for him to close his shop and find another line of work.

I promise you Z1 will get more power out of your Z than anyone. They have been doing a lot of tuning on NA 370's lately and know some things that others don't. They haven't been brought to the threads and it won't. But I guarantee it. Two NA cars putting down 343-350whp. Need I say more.

+1 on z1. Bad *** shop