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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 02:01 PM
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Default Spoiler Depot ripped me off!! Avoid spoiler depot

Well this thread is long over due, I promised Spoiler Depot I would write this thread in the spring. My spoiler depot review.

So this is 100% my own fault for not listen to ALL of the other guys that had threads about spoiler depot scamming them there were multiple threads on this that I chose to ignore. I thought this is a legit company how could they be crooks.......

I owe spoiler Depot $3xx worth of advetising for the G35 Spoiler that Spoiler Depot owes me.

So I wont even try to remeber time line as it was last winter I ordered the spoiler. They said 2-3weeks and it would ship....at least double that estimate. I opted to get mine paint matched by them.

So after a few phone calls and emails they finally gave me a tracking number of course it was the shipping companys fault it took over 6weeks for me to get the spoiler .
It was during the winter I ordered it around January and I think I got it near the end of Feburary my car was in storage for the winter so I was in no real hurry. When i got the spoiler depot spoiler it looked good condition and I thought the paint matched well. I thought the size looked a little off it seemed to look lower than the pictures I had seen of it .

Fast forward to March the car was out of storage and i was ready to mount the Spoiler Depot Spoiler......
I used to work at a body shop so this should take about 15min or so. I measure out and put a couple tape markers down......It dosent fit WTF so I move it around a bit and try a few angles nope no closer. So maybe I am a little dumb today I call a couple buddies over one of who owns a body shop. He takes one look and says that Spoiler depot spoiler is not made for your car.

Pictures: you can see the countour is not right and the indents on the bottom of the spoiler do not line up with the cars body lines at all.














Spoiler Depot spoiler installed on another car NOT MINE. You can see how the ends of the spoiler base match up with the trunk line where as mine hangs over 2" on either side








Compairing the two uninstalled

G35 spoiler depot spoiler



What I got, you can see it is curved a fair bit more and has a body line on the top






So i was worried because I ordered it painted they wont want to fix thier mistake, but then I think I never had it painted it is 100% thier fault they painted and sent me the wrong spoiler. The box even had one part number crossed out and another wrote on this should be cut and dried they made a mistake.

So i phone them they seem to think it has been along time since they sent it to me, it was a little over a month since it arrived at my house. i explained the car was in storage so this was the first time I tried installing it, I said it is the wrong spoiler weather it is a month or a week. I was never angry with them I just asked how we could make this right I didnt want a refund I wanted the correct spoiler. I gave them both the part numbers off the box and mentioned that seemed odd to me as well that the part number on the box had been crossed out and another wrote on. i assume the orginal number is the spoiler I got and the one that was wrote on after is the G35 part number they wouldnt admit to either number being right or wrong. Basically i dont think they trusted me so they had me send them pictures. I sent pictures and emailed and phoned they never got the pictures so I sent them again all on one email and then again I sent 10 individual numbered emails with one picture each. Still they claimed they never got any emails but the email address was correct because they replied to it previously. Anyway I sent everything again at this point they quit taking my calls or answering my emails.

At this point I sent them a final email informing them them i would make as many threads on as many forums telling my story to get my $3xx worth of advertising for them.

So please do not buy from a dishonest company like spoiler depot. i saw other guys warnings and chose to ignore them i ended up with a spoiler for a car I dont own and i would try to sell it to recoupe some of my money but they wouldnt even tell me what car it does fit!!!

What do you guys think?? Please reply so this thread pops up when Spoiler depot is googled. Also the reason i used the word Spoiler Depot and annoying number of times in this thread so it is at the top when searched. thanks for reading guys.

I think my car looks better without their crap on it anyway.







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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Looks better without the spoiler.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 02:30 PM
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Mastergrade trunk don't be sillay
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by lgear080
Mastergrade trunk don't be sillay
Those are ugly the Strafe one is nice but more Gs have them than have factory spoilers
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 03:10 PM
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Pretty easy to see that the spoiler is way too long.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 03:25 PM
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Google search bump. Good luck.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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Sorry for all your grief.I guess we all have had our experiences and learned from them.
I bought a carbon fiber piece on e-bay-company in Taiwan.Was awful..no way it would fit.No response from them or to replace.My AMEX handled it.
Some cars look better without spoilers.The G is one of them.
Your car looks great!
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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Your car looks super clean without a spoiler, anyways.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:03 PM
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I'm surprised they didn't want to fix the issue, if they are a vendor on driver you might want to involve one of the moderators.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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^ +1
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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Thanks for the support guys. Unfortunatly they are not vendors on driver so no real recourse there. I should have done a charge back on my CC but I think there is a time limit of 90days, by the time I found it didn't fit and then by the time I realized they were blowing me off it was over 90days.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Sylvan Lake V35
Thanks for the support guys. Unfortunatly they are not vendors on driver so no real recourse there. I should have done a charge back on my CC but I think there is a time limit of 90days, by the time I found it didn't fit and then by the time I realized they were blowing me off it was over 90days.
Keep pressing them and maybe try to escalate the issue to a manager.

Sometimes if you're persistent you can persuade them to act.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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Spoiler Depot bump for google.
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 04:50 PM
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Thanks for the fappable pic #2 (your car on the road).
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Old Nov 2, 2011 | 05:48 PM
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the spoiler is whack anyway. looks better with none
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 07:52 AM
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Thanks for the support guys, i am past expecting to get this resolved I accept the fact they screwed me.

At least over here you guys have reading comprehension, over on driver I have a bunch of kids trying to give me life lessons on what I should have did or where I should have bought from. Like I said i simply want to make others aware of the lack of ethics and poor customer service Spoiler Depot has and hopefully make the front page when Spoiler Depot is googled.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 08:05 AM
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F U spoiler depot...
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 08:54 AM
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Douches! I've dealt with Sylvan before and he is level-headed and as patient as they come. I usually dread shipping items internationally especially if they are a bit oversized, but his patience and understanding made me more than willing to sell to him. I wish more buyers were like him! I couldn't imagine how a company couldn't figure out a fair solution to resolve the matter.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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Sorry to hear that man. On the upside, you car looks sick without the spoiler IMO. Looks super clean.
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Old Nov 3, 2011 | 06:01 PM
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damn man, sorry to hear that. However, your G looks really good without a spoiler. Maybe a sign?
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