Post by jeep5007 on Jul 16, 2004 3:18:10 GMT -5
Hey Guys,
I have decided to make a new thread for all thoses who need help finding a place to where they can modify there jeeps i.e:
Share your experiance on a place that you know where you can trust them with your car when installing any mods.
Ok so you have the cash, you are not sure what mods you want to do.
If you know what you want to do, where do you go?
Is the guy who is standing on your engine trying to install headers on your car. Does he know what he is doing? Cause every time you ask him what are you doing, he replies yes yes.
YES YES aint enough. I see the guy throwing nuts and bolts all over the place, plus the fact he is standing on my injectors.
I went to a place known as Swaidy garage's and i wanted to install Headers on my Nissan Patrol.
Well little did i know that instead of spending 1500 Dhs for installing the headers i ended up spending twice the amount plus having to go buy all new gaskets and bolts for my nissan as the guy lost all my parts.
original exsut So you see since then i dont trust any one with my car, except the dealers. but even they cant seem to help when it comes to Mod's as they will only install original parts. Trust me i also faced allot of bad experiance with them too.
Ill give you one example:
I bought a jeep cherooke 99 a year ago, imported from the states.
When i last took it for servcie , they told me that my car is sagging and needs its leasfs to be re done to bring it back to normal hight cause if i keep driving it it will damage my rear diff.
So i agreed and asked them how much would it cost?
They said all in all 1200 Dhs including Labour.
I said ok since the car needs it go ahead.
Come collection day the car looked really nice the back was raised and i was happy as it looked like the car has a been lifted.
So i take the car for a spin and realize i strange vibration from the rear and and humming nose like there is someone in the Back and gets louder when i put my foot on the gas.
So i go back and explain my problem.
Keep in mind none of this was there before i fixed the leaf springs.
So they check the car and asked me to keep the car for 2 working days, i was as its not fare as they have already had the car for 3 days and now another 2 days.
So eventually i gave up and gave them the car.
2 days later....
I call back they have a big smile and say the problem is fixed.
I asked what was the problem , they replied Oh it needed brakets for the gear box as the gear box needed to be lowered as the drive shaft was not even.
So i took the car for a quick spin and noticed no more problem.
Anyway when i came to leave they had another bill waiting for me for 1800 Dhs.
I asked why? they said that i needed to pay labour for the time wasted on fixing the problem.
Well let me tell you something , i just paid 1200 for something that you advised, then it wasnt done right.
Now you have the cheek to ask for more money saying that i need to pay for your mistake?
Well to end the story short i ended up paying 1000 Dhs
as i needed the car and had enough of argueing.
So you see not always the right place will fix your car.
So if you have a place that you know and feel they know what they are doing and they can tell you straight away what the problem is.
Share it here so we can get the same experiance and peace of mind that we all want.
Example of places to do the following jobs.
1 - Headers
2 - Lift kits, replacing shocks, fixing Leaf springs ;D.
3 - Diff lock installing
All other major 4x4 issues that we all want to do.
Hope the above does not put you off anything i have said, as i am only sharing my experiance that i had, that ended up me paying allot more for something ;D that i find totally unfare...
Keep jeeping and share your views and lets help each other on finding the right people and the right place.
Maybe we should all invest in opening a garage call:
The right Place for peace of mind. LOL ;D
Over & Out.. ;D
I have decided to make a new thread for all thoses who need help finding a place to where they can modify there jeeps i.e:
Share your experiance on a place that you know where you can trust them with your car when installing any mods.
Ok so you have the cash, you are not sure what mods you want to do.
If you know what you want to do, where do you go?
Is the guy who is standing on your engine trying to install headers on your car. Does he know what he is doing? Cause every time you ask him what are you doing, he replies yes yes.
YES YES aint enough. I see the guy throwing nuts and bolts all over the place, plus the fact he is standing on my injectors.
I went to a place known as Swaidy garage's and i wanted to install Headers on my Nissan Patrol.
Well little did i know that instead of spending 1500 Dhs for installing the headers i ended up spending twice the amount plus having to go buy all new gaskets and bolts for my nissan as the guy lost all my parts.
original exsut So you see since then i dont trust any one with my car, except the dealers. but even they cant seem to help when it comes to Mod's as they will only install original parts. Trust me i also faced allot of bad experiance with them too.
Ill give you one example:
I bought a jeep cherooke 99 a year ago, imported from the states.
When i last took it for servcie , they told me that my car is sagging and needs its leasfs to be re done to bring it back to normal hight cause if i keep driving it it will damage my rear diff.
So i agreed and asked them how much would it cost?
They said all in all 1200 Dhs including Labour.
I said ok since the car needs it go ahead.
Come collection day the car looked really nice the back was raised and i was happy as it looked like the car has a been lifted.
So i take the car for a spin and realize i strange vibration from the rear and and humming nose like there is someone in the Back and gets louder when i put my foot on the gas.
So i go back and explain my problem.
Keep in mind none of this was there before i fixed the leaf springs.
So they check the car and asked me to keep the car for 2 working days, i was as its not fare as they have already had the car for 3 days and now another 2 days.
So eventually i gave up and gave them the car.
2 days later....
I call back they have a big smile and say the problem is fixed.
I asked what was the problem , they replied Oh it needed brakets for the gear box as the gear box needed to be lowered as the drive shaft was not even.
So i took the car for a quick spin and noticed no more problem.
Anyway when i came to leave they had another bill waiting for me for 1800 Dhs.
I asked why? they said that i needed to pay labour for the time wasted on fixing the problem.
Well let me tell you something , i just paid 1200 for something that you advised, then it wasnt done right.
Now you have the cheek to ask for more money saying that i need to pay for your mistake?
Well to end the story short i ended up paying 1000 Dhs
as i needed the car and had enough of argueing.
So you see not always the right place will fix your car.
So if you have a place that you know and feel they know what they are doing and they can tell you straight away what the problem is.
Share it here so we can get the same experiance and peace of mind that we all want.
Example of places to do the following jobs.
1 - Headers
2 - Lift kits, replacing shocks, fixing Leaf springs ;D.
3 - Diff lock installing
All other major 4x4 issues that we all want to do.
Hope the above does not put you off anything i have said, as i am only sharing my experiance that i had, that ended up me paying allot more for something ;D that i find totally unfare...
Keep jeeping and share your views and lets help each other on finding the right people and the right place.
Maybe we should all invest in opening a garage call:
The right Place for peace of mind. LOL ;D
Over & Out.. ;D