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[S14DB]

Still think you would have been better off buying a shell and paying a someone you had more control over to do the swap and have a real body shop do the paint.


I can ether see this thread go in two directions. You sue the place to get your money back or a $12k S13. Or you create a review thread of the place.

If you just want a Pity Party I can just lock this now.

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by 240sxsilvia2

wow that was quick..
like i said I didn't have time to put car together wanted it done in 2 months woulda taken me 8 months plus wanted sooner than later without the headaches (motorswap, paint)
I can do all the other basic stuff no proplem
plus I could finance car get everything all at once
But now I agree w/ u I really wished i done it myself so I would know more about whats goin on which is why I said from now on I do as much as I can by myself no need to be insulting

Check this out

Originally Posted by S14DB

Still think you would have been better off buying a shell and paying a someone you had more control over to do the swap and have a real body shop do the paint.


I can ether see this thread go in two directions. You sue the place to get your money back or a $12k S13. Or you create a review thread of the place.

If you just want a Pity Party I can just lock this now.

...That is basically what I said last night, adding the fact that you also chose to allow yourself to be ripped off for the dough by NOT getting it done somewhere closer, so you could at least drop by and stand over them and have more of a hand in your work if you weren't able to do it all yourself.

[AbsoluteZero]

Originally Posted by S13SilviaGirl

Is it Proto motorsports out of Riverside, CA?

That wouldn't surprise me... their cars are crap!

[DJ_Sunrise]

since people have different standards of what "fair, good, etc" is.. i never take anyones word for anything. oh that shops great? ok. i let it go in one ear and out the other. heres the way i was taught to see it.. along with the technicians i work with, who btw have built some sick supra, mister twos, and celicas.. "why would you pay some jackass to work on your car? they're just human beings like you. if they can do the work, why cant you? what do they have, that you dont? they had to start somewhere, so did you. so, put the car on stands, and go to work." a few years ago i didnt even totally know what an oil change consisted of. at some point, none of us did. at some point, you knew nothin about nothin. start somewhere tho. you'll gain experience reading through forums, and doing shit yourself. my advice is find an fsm.. thats what anyone who will do work on your car does, cept for the 240 shops and all. if they can read a book, then i surely hope you can too
oh yea.. what scares me about doing my own work on my car (in the end i do it myself anyway) is the fear of something going wrong, and me not having a car for the next day. smartest move you can make is buying a beater, so that when you are working on your car, you dont have to worry about something bad popping up and not having the car the next day. is it just me or does something go wrong EVERYTIME.. honest to good... the only time ive never had something jump in my face was my sway bars and exhaust manifold.. lol. FSM + beater = the win
-Bart

[240sxsilvia2]

Still think you would have been better off buying a shell and paying a someone you had more control over to do the swap and have a real body shop do the paint.


I can ether see this thread go in two directions. You sue the place to get your money back or a $12k S13. Or you create a review thread of the place.

If you just want a Pity Party I can just lock this now.

Yea I know that now I'm sayin last year that was my reasoning
No pity party pls just want to share my horrible experience
alright got the car back looks and sounds great so far..
Paint fixed
new BOV, pipes, intake filter
clutch fixed
handling better than i remember
rust not bad at all in trunk just surface
so far i'm happy will do review after couple o weeks

[azndoc]

^^^ well glad to hear that your some what a little more satisfy with the current condition perhaps. But take this as a lesson learned perhaps. GL with the future of the car.

[speedgod^s13]

Originally Posted by 240sxsilvia2

Yea I know that now I'm sayin last year that was my reasoning
No pity party pls just want to share my horrible experience
alright got the car back looks and sounds great so far..
Paint fixed
new BOV, pipes, intake filter
clutch fixed
handling better than i remember
rust not bad at all in trunk just surface
so far i'm happy will do review after couple o weeks

I'd still be pissed. Even though they fixed, SOME of the problems, you still paid 12k for a rusted s13. Did they ever fix your seat, or you still riding roller coaster, style?

I can kind of relate to your story, although I didn't spend nearly as much as you did. When I first got my s13, I didn't know jack about 240's, let alone swapping an sr. I blew my sohc, and picked up a redtop. Since it was my daily, I couldn't have it down for that long. Some guy on a local forum, pm'ed me, telling me that he could swap the motor for 750. Not too bad, I thought. Being the idiot that I am, I agreed. He had a turbo set-up, that was on a KA, so he asked me, if I wanted to buy a front mount, and dp. I said sure, why not, since it was pretty cheap. I got the car back, a week later, expecting the worse. Turns out, the dp, was homemade, and the welding was horrible. Front mount, wasn't in that good condition, either, but it does the job, and it was a big spearco. The swap, was actually pretty clean, and the car still runs fine, to this day. Will I ever take a chance like that again? Not in this lifetime. The hard part for me, is the fact that most of my friends, are into Honda's. So, when I need info, I look here, of google. Having friends, that are into the same cars as you, is a really big help, which I don't have. But, I do try to learn on my own, and I have, although I wish more of my friends, had 240's.

[Jon Michael]

So...what was the shop??? If this really was as big a hassle as it sounds, you should tell us so you can maybe save someone the same problems as you had. Also, you can always file a report with the Better Business Bureau.

[420sx]

Originally Posted by speedgod^s13

I'd still be pissed. Even though they fixed, SOME of the problems, you still paid 12k for a rusted s13. Did they ever fix your seat, or you still riding roller coaster, style?

I can kind of relate to your story, although I didn't spend nearly as much as you did. When I first got my s13, I didn't know jack about 240's, let alone swapping an sr. I blew my sohc, and picked up a redtop. Since it was my daily, I couldn't have it down for that long. Some guy on a local forum, pm'ed me, telling me that he could swap the motor for 750. Not too bad, I thought. Being the idiot that I am, I agreed. He had a turbo set-up, that was on a KA, so he asked me, if I wanted to buy a front mount, and dp. I said sure, why not, since it was pretty cheap. I got the car back, a week later, expecting the worse. Turns out, the dp, was homemade, and the welding was horrible. Front mount, wasn't in that good condition, either, but it does the job, and it was a big spearco. The swap, was actually pretty clean, and the car still runs fine, to this day. Will I ever take a chance like that again? Not in this lifetime. The hard part for me, is the fact that most of my friends, are into Honda's. So, when I need info, I look here, of google. Having friends, that are into the same cars as you, is a really big help, which I don't have. But, I do try to learn on my own, and I have, although I wish more of my friends, had 240's.

from what i understand you need new friends. theres a few members on here from hawaii

[speedgod^s13]

Originally Posted by 420sx

from what i understand you need new friends. theres a few members on here from hawaii

My friends are cool, but yeah, having new friends who are into drifting would be cool too. My very first car was a Honda, but when I got my 240 a few years ago, I never looked back. I'm sure, that when I get my license back, and I drive my car again, i'll meet up with some folks. The scene is pretty bad in Hawaii, because our only racetrack, closed down. Hopefully, another track reopens.

[kawika219]

Originally Posted by speedgod^s13

My friends are cool, but yeah, having new friends who are into drifting would be cool too. My very first car was a Honda, but when I got my 240 a few years ago, I never looked back. I'm sure, that when I get my license back, and I drive my car again, i'll meet up with some folks. The scene is pretty bad in Hawaii, because our only racetrack, closed down. Hopefully, another track reopens.

who did your swap??? and are you the dude with the gray coupe???

as far as taking cars to shops, most people in hawaii work on their own cars but take it to shops to get it tuned. I understand that some people just dont have time, but id rather do things for myself and with friends so i know what would go wrong with the car.

[GoodOl'S13]

so who ripped you off? this is pointless without the shops name

[speedgod^s13]

Originally Posted by kawika219

who did your swap??? and are you the dude with the gray coupe???

as far as taking cars to shops, most people in hawaii work on their own cars but take it to shops to get it tuned. I understand that some people just dont have time, but id rather do things for myself and with friends so i know what would go wrong with the car.

I'm the guy with the faded red fastback, with the camo action primer hatch.