Good post. +1

 

WOW... This is EPIC FAIL × 2 no matter which way people try to spin it.

 

It takes time to get the pipping to fit. It doesn't always go together the first time. Sometimes you have to take the piping apart and adjust the legnth of the pipes in the couplers. Taking things apart after you just finished assembling them is not easy and certainly won't make you rich if you install kits for a living. Sometimes the easy way out is the way chosen.

I had an intake pipe on the drivers side of my car that Quadcam and I couldn't get to fit inside the wheel well liner. I tried everything. Even took it apart and tried working backwards. I still couldn't get it to fit. When I had my car tuned at Japtix they took a look at it and got it to fit correctly without modifying it. Sometimes it takes a new perspective and approach. Sometiems you have to step back nd think about things especially if it's the first install.

I'm not saying the OP's kit fit correctly or not, but my 350Z kit fit well. But it was a legnthy install. Partly becasue I had aftrmarket engine mounts which lowered the engine 1/2" and the first attempt at the install the steering coupler wouldn't fit on the steering shaft. We had to make shims to lift the engine. The second time around would have been an easier install.

Someone else who installs this kit should either corroborate that the kit doesn't fit well before any assumptions are made.

 

hahaha, exactly! isn't a forum all about giving your .02 cents? Sharif owned up to it when its the last thing he can do to keep himself from looking bad. prior to this it looks like he was avoiding this guys problems, beating around it, pounding pieces, and ghetto rigging stuff in this guys car. i was a huge Forged fan before this, definitely would have gotten my work done there. sad to see these things, but it only takes one HUGE story like this to sway ones attitudes.

 

I've noticed that Sharif keeps touting the hundreds of cars he does every year, including in his first post in this thread. I think it's ill advised and sends the wrong message.

The incidents with these two horribly FUBAR'ed cars have made it painfully obvious that it is time to stop bragging about quantity and start focusing on quality. Volume of builds is not what makes a shop great. Quality and innovation do.

 

i highly doubt you have spend half the money i have spend modifying my car. I understand cost of troubleshooting but costing more than a new install in the first place, so i dont see the price touching reality. I respect peoples opinions on this matter, but I agree with quamen on this one.


^^^ THIS!!!...the bad work is there, no way to talk around it or spin it differently, it is what it is.....its ovbious that rather than pushing a number of builds, quality unique-ness and innovation make much more difference in reputation. Not sure how that equals financially though, but still thats what sets shops apart.

 

Playing the guessing game are we? As if you would have ANY clue how much money I have dumped into my car vs. your car. Why do you think I even posted that? I got invoices to prove it. Stop playing the guessing game like you know everything. So I'm curious, how much total in mods have you done to your car?

 

^ +1

 

Oh, I didn't know quicksilver needed help to type.

 

There is no way around the price GTM charged him to fix it all as there is no way FP can get around this situation. For dat price he couldve almost purchased a brand new g37 and started again on a fresh platform. Not trying to make GTM the bad guy here but the kit aint fit right and that price? Cmon.

 

Where in the world did the idea of a wrong flash come from?

 

Agree 100%
I remember when GTM released their kit, all of a sudden George was claiming other kits had no chance to stand up to track abuse but theirs (not directly, but huge "hints") . Didn't they have sleeve issues on like 7 cars that spoke up back in 07/08 (Alberto, Jerome etc?)

 

If you wouldn't have started talking for quicksilver and butting in the first place we wouldn't be on this side topic now would we. So you can shut up you troll.

Yes, we can get back on topic.

 

^^

yah, and they trashed aps kits after a year of whoring them, conviniently when their kit got released

 

uuuhhh.......first post?


Over the next couple of months, Forged installed the kit, and then ran into a snag that was not their fault. Nissan changed the ECU for the 09 Sedan so that the Uprev Software could not program them like they could the 08 G37 Coupe. So, now began the waiting. Sharif had to wait on Sam to get him the ECU Flash,

 

OMG. i feel terrible for the OP and his troubles, as well as Juan, but lets be real folks, FP is one of the best, if not the best installers and Z shops around. yes, they made a huge mistake by letting things go the way they did but it happens. sharifs eyes cant watch every nut and bolt be turned, its just impossible. it seems like he did what he could to make it right. some people say it doesnt matter if hes done hundreds of installs and what not, but if we made a thread about all of FP customers, and 500 people posted their excellent results, and there were even 25 that werent entirely satisfied or even disgruntled, so be it, you cant please everybody and all jobs cant be perfect. id be willing to bet hes done LOTS of people favors, given tons of free advice and info, and discounts on certain builds but those things get lost in the BS that surfaces in this forum. id bet my left nut that every shop on this forum has done some jacked up stuff or things they werent proud of at one time or another to make things fit and work when things get hectic.

plastic clips missing, really? i couldnt tell you how many of those i lost on my car, and i didnt post about how horrible nissan was as a manufacturer.

again, i feel bad for the guys that dont get FPs best work, but it seems like there are lots of headhunters and potstirrers around here. i wouldnt hesitate to take my car to FP for a build, especially now, this will make FP an even better shop.

 

uuuhhh.....maybe you should read further?

how does Sam having to wait on UPRev equate to that being his fault? no where does it say that the wrong flash was sent. just none at all. hence the 3 month waiting period.

 

uuuuhhh........that was not clear in his post and it is sams fault!If he sold product that was not supported,maybe he should be included in the lawsuit?

would you buy a clutch that had no pressure plate yet?or a burger when the bun was still in development......i think not!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks for trying to defend, deflect, and minimalize the indefensible. While you're betting your left nut, the right one is hanging on for dear life to a fluffed reputation!

 

nah, just living in the real world over here. im not defending them, i stated clear as day that they faqed up. im sure Intense has no unsatisfied customers.