I am certainly NOT showstoppersUSA. I was the one selling under showstoppersUSA, but it is owned by Chuck and Rocky Hernandez. They are in Socal, I am in Minnesota. I was a remote salesman for them. I left shortly after **** hit the fan and went to work for Mastergrade full-time.

I'm glad you got your TT and ended up happy.

 

So wait you used to work for showstoppers, and now you work full time for mastergrade? Or you work for neither now?
If your working for mastergrade full time then your not doing a good sales pitch

So Chuck owns showstoppers. He is the guy that contacted me on ebay. I guess he is not to be trusted then?

 

Exactly, I began working for Showstoppers back in 2003-2004. I actually found Mastergrade (then not known as Mastergrade) selling parts on Ebay. I teamed up with Boomer to re-open the company as Mastergrade in 2006-07. I personally funded the TS rear diffuser, TS front diffuser, 350z widebody kit, and G35 MG2 trunk projects along with their website. That is why their websie (www.MastergradeMotorsport.com) nolonger exists.

I left showstoppers after the fiasco on this site and began working with Mastegrade full-time in late 2008. I left SS because I was not getting paid for the amount of work they were having me do and the uncontrolable lies that were being fed to me by Chuck. I left Mastergrade in September of this year. As hard as I worked to correct all the things Boomer screwed up, it was overwhelming. I was getting lied to, just like everyone else, about ship dates,orders being taken, and where the money was going. Once I realized Boomer is never going to change his ways and will always continue to sink that company into furter and further debt I had to get out.

Boomer can't even have the business in his name because he aready had a bankruptcy in 2005. We couldn't get a credit card processing company to accept us because of Boomers terrible credit history.

I can tell you I've known Boomer for 5+ years now, he has a severe gambling and drug problem and was the cause of the downfall of Mastergrade. I have an automotive engineering degree and I have such a sour taste in my mouth from both these companies that I'm out of the scene all together and have zero plans of ever getting back into it.

 

if it helps, i just received a ts rear diffuser this morning. ordered it from autoinfantry. came with no issues. it did however ship almost a week after they said it would but for a good reason. The part they received from boomer had a big scratch through the clear, so they brought it to a body shop, fixed it, then sent it out. Just got done inspecting it about 10 minutes ago and am now on my way to go drop it off at the shop where my car is. again, hope this helps your decision. also, autoinfantry was $99 cheaper then driveline.

 

THANKS ^^^ Hope you like it!!

We have a slight advantage over some dealers/vendors, we are somewhat close to boomers shop and we go there if we order a part and watch him make and finish the piece. If were not happy we don't take it and we let the customer know. We give him a deposit and the rest when hes done. Sometimes we have problems with him not even showing up at the shop at all. So far things have gone better this way but I still warn customers when ordering that they may not get the part for awhile after they order.

He does go by MG Motoring or something like that now, just a heads up.

 

Peter and the guys at A.I. are good. They personally know Boomer so they do watch over him like a hawk. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable giving money to a company (Mastergrade) who steals and lies to numerous other forum members and still have members sittin here without their goods or money.

But thats just me.

I knew that idiot was going to change his name. I'm sure he'll change it again after he ruins the 'MG Motoring" name.

 

Well, i ordered my diffuser from driveline, as they had them in stock ready to ship, and they actually offered me the best price of all the distributors.

 

PM'd ya

 

All I can say is best of luck. I'll be looking for your "I got ripped off" thread in the near future.

 

what a lovely guy!

 

Yea he never replied my calles and I even got his cell and he blew me off. I only got attention when I was paying and shafted once I paid.

IDK about KCG but they posted the diffuser in the 370z section.

 

Here is is:
https://my350z.com/forum/370z-exteri...ml#post7963930

 

What fiasco are you refering to???? Was it me blasting the forums?

Sorry if it was, I know my biz was not your fault and it was them so I am sorry if I caused you and troubles.

 

Yep, it was your complaint that eventually got Showstoppers kicked off the site...well, that and Chuck threatening IBAdrian with physical harm.

Believe me, there were ALOT more issues going on behind the scenes that nobody knew about. I forked out over $2,000 of my own cash to pay back damage claims that weren't even ordered through me, but was trying to make everyone on my forums happy. I never got a dime back. I was continually lied to about instock items, ship dates, and when I was going to get my money back. In the end, I realized they took advantage of me being an out of state salesman and haven't talked to them since.

 

I hope you got it for $600 picked up or less. I can tell you now every single distributor gets the same pricing. The TS rear diffuser goes for $500 wholesale. I saw driveline quoted you $700 you pay your own shipping, I sure hope you got a better deal then that !

 

I got mine from Jim for a great price right before the blow up, also got it in about 1 week. Hope everything works out for you guys.

 

First of all, how am i supposed to pick it up when i'm in Spain?
Second, how the hell would you know what driveline offered me?
Third, what is it with you and trying to make me feel bad about the purchase i made?

 

dont worry. thats not the pricing, i have a copy of the pricing sheet to verify so whatever you paid doesnt matter, as long as you are completely satisfied with your product and happy with the transaction

 

Driveline posted the price for you in their classified thread...
"can you please pm me the price without shipping"
"The price will be $700.00 if picked up."


Of course the distribuors are going to rebutle this, but I'm the one who came up with the dealer price guide. I'm the one who set the MSRP, Map, wholesale prices, I'm the one who put it all in a PDF file and sent them out to all the distributors. Anyone who says I'm lying is just in it for themselves....period.

Regardless of where you ordered it from, I'm still betting you will be dissatisifed when it comes in.

 

Anyone who wants a copy of the price guide is more then welcome to PM me. This will show you the ridiculous mark-up these distributors are putting on a shoddy product. I use to sell them for $600 or less picked up or $675 shipped.....Ask anyone.