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[JUSTCRUZN]

Its stainless and I must admit they looked after me on price(I won't say cos he told me that they are charging me half they normally would) but if u saw what I saw in those pipes when I took them off you would think it was the first time they worked with steel pipes. I'll post a photo and you can judge for yourselves

Rob, I was dealing with Jim mainly cos he's the only one that answers the phone there.

Although they did install the RPW front pipes and catback I had and supplied and fitted a metallic cat brand cat converter, which I'm happy with and sounds awesome.

cheaper then $600-$650ish?? cause thats how much my stainless cost and all the welding was done with tig! and he polished it all up for me and installed cooler! thats from throttle body to cooler and then cooler to 'Y' piece.

also if the welding looks like bird shit, thens its probs been done with a mig using stainless wire and argon gas! which is OK for exhausts cause u cant really see the welds but not for cooler piping, cause it will stick out like dogs balls on a canary!

 

[bogan bob]

grrrr

how can steve book in new work when he's had my car for 2 months :cursing:

Hopefully he can clean it up properly for you though Mat. Id be pushing AAA to pay the bill too - even after they have a go at cleaning up the mess themselves. If they are offering to have a look, they must know they are a bit guilty....

 

[Inspite]

My mate is having work done on his Evo at Steve's tomorrow.

He booked it in 2 weeks ago.

I get the impression you need to be reminding Steve on a regular basis.

 

[ECfiveA]

Michael lets just say its a quarter of that price and it was for the replacement of the 3 flexible hoses.
the one on the left is passable

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all of the small specks are metal

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Hi-Flow Weld

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[Guest]

WOAH! :O

 

[ECfiveA]

How do you think I felt when I pulled it off the car and was full of metal particles

 

[Nitephyre]

How the hell is there RUST in those?

 

[ECfiveA]

stainless steel my arse

 

[JUSTCRUZN]

How the hell is there RUST in those?

They could of used mildsteel wire instead of stainless steel wire in the mig!

 

[bogan bob]

WOW! looks like they rushed things a bit!

Who the hell in their right mind would be a) happy with that welding effort and b) confident enough to put that on a customers car!?!?!?!?!?! Unbeleivable

 

[Slinz]

Haha that is pretty astoundingly poor, looks like it came out of year 9 metal-tech class.

 

[ECfiveA]

well I showed them their handy work today and they were very apologetic and tried to give excuses and said because the bits of metal are so small it shouldn't affect the motor. They gave an indication that they will cover steve's work but didn't exactly say so and to keep them informed

 

[bogan bob]

Haha that is pretty astoundingly poor, looks like it came out of year 9 metal-tech class.

HEY! my candle holder welds were heaps better than that effort above!!


glad to hear they they should be coming to the party to sort it out Mat

 

[ttgvr4]

Just wondering how long it will take to have a major service done minus the spark plugs, mine got booked in on sat morning at SKR, no big deal just wondering. How long have others waited?? cheers

 

[mallen]

Hi There,

I had my Alternator replaced at:

Modbury Battery and Electrical
7 Jennifer Avenue
Ridgehaven SA 5097
(08) 8264 3799

Price: $697.00 all up

Part: $459.00 (Jaylec)
Labour: 2.5 hours @ $70
+ GST

Overall they did a great job and were really friendly and helpful. I did give them a copy of Jasons thread here
so they had a step by step guide.
I will complain about something though, they did initially tell me that the price of the part was going to be $400, so I was a bit dirty about it as they talked me out of getting just the bearing fixed as that's all was wrong with it, to replacing the whole thing.
Anyway it's done now and by the looks I got away with it cheaper than most who have posted on the forum.

Hope this helps...

Matt

 

[Jonson]

Just wondering how long it will take to have a major service done minus the spark plugs, mine got booked in on sat morning at SKR, no big deal just wondering. How long have others waited?? cheers

Just under a day. Or a bit over a day with all oils.

 

[bogan bob]

Jeez he's still taking work on



Good to see you still got your leggie Matt, thought you sold up ages ago

 

[ttgvr4]

Can anyone tell me how much it cost to have a major service done? Had timming belt, water pump, cam seals, crank seal, o2 sensor, thermostat, tensioners, brakes bleed, oil, oil filter and fuel filter. Supplied parts except fluids, plugs were done one month ago. Any idea how much$$$ cheers

 

[Guest]

ring a workshop?

 

[ttgvr4]

Just wondering if anyone had similar install so i know what to expect to pay thats all.