STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Put my car in to a so called tuner to get some bit,s and pieces done,as im a bit lazy,and i thought this was the easy option to get car on the road (3dr cosworth ) one of the jobs was to fit a rear strut brace,that i had bought from danny b ,the 3 point one's,well guess how much time the garage invoiced me for fitting said item ?


guess guy's stu

Lee_R21Turbo

iTrader: (1)

£200!

Lowson

2-3 hours maybe?

mechanic28

iTrader: (5)

250ish

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

£30/ half hour

woodz77

cant be more than an hour ............. can it ......

mk2rstaff

would take a fair while that i would imagine, from a garage that is as th engine would have to come out too just to bump up the labour charge lol

bud-weis

These are the ones that bolt into the boot floor aren't they? as well as the struts?

welded or bolted?

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Lee you tosser,well i fitted on to my mates saff a couple of months ago,and took 20 to 30 mins, got my invoice and it,s for 260 minuites, must be some slowtech's working with for this guy ,

cheeRS stu

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Bud bolted in

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Also on invoice

weld in lambda boss 60 min

fit afr guage 180 mins

now i thought they were both included in same job

cheeRS stu

cossie4i+

iTrader: (15)

Them times are just taking the pi$$

Steve.

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Question guy's do you want to see rest of invoice

cheeRS stu

Dan

Where did the car go!?

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Mmmmmmmmm Somebody Who Talks The Talk

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

But i think he must have slept we a pro

brizie

Only place i can think of near yourself is sitech? surely not them is it?

BigChuck

spill the beans, who was it??

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

times as invoiced

Found the job lists -
Wire up and fix twin fans 20mins
Flush cooling system and refill 30mins
Change oil and filter 20mins
Fit door cards (RH will not fit)130mins (only asked to fit o/s rest all ready fitted ?)
Repair split cooling hose 30mins
Fit new sparkplugs 10mins
Fit L8 130mins
Convert TB for Anti Lag 180mins (msd take £45 ish )
Engine will not switch off 240mins (couldnt find fault )
Fit new TPS 20mins
Weld on lambda boss fitting 60mins
Mount rad and intercooler 140mins
Fix and adjust exhaust 240mins
Change lower arms and ball joints 150mins
Check and adjust wheel base 50mins
Front toe 30mins
Weld and fix driver seat mounts 200mins
Roll cage fitting 240mins
Repair floor around roll cage 120mins
Repair floor around chassis number 180mins
bleed brakes (3 times) 180mins
Fit rear strut brace 260mins
Fit front strut brace 90mins
Turbo heatshield to fit 180mins
Fit amal valve
Fit dump valve blank
Fit line lock 180mins
Fit innovate AFR guage 180mins
Wrap exhaust 90 mins
Test fuel pump wiring 15mins
Fit tailgate lock 10mins
Test wiring of ABS system 60mins
Fit new ABS block 90mins
Fit new ABS pump 60mins
Change steering wheel
10L of fuel
1 pick up
1 delivary

NEIL A

iTrader: (6)

Take it it was some place local Stu ? that narrows it down to Sitech, RJM or Falkland that i can think of that do fords ?

Dan

So what was the final bill and where did you go with the car!?

rapidcossie

sounds like an expensive bill on labour alone.

hope it wasnt TDI

rsnissan

iTrader: (9)

you MUST have been stuck for time if you didnt want to do some of them jobs

dunno what the going rate is for labor/time as I never use a garage

brizie

Was i correct then stucos?

NEIL A

iTrader: (6)

Turbo heatshield to fit 180mins

Dan

BigChuck

you better take the lube with you when you go to pay the bill, it sounds like your going to get shafted.

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Neil it was a 4x4 going on a 2WD but even so,welding is realy bad,will post pic,s up tomorrow,makes it worse that i can do it all my self,but this guy talked the talk and led me to believe in him,and offered me a very good discounted labour rate,that pissed off,i started stripping car today,see flint gray saff in picture post

cheeRS stu

dojj

iTrader: (3)

put up the itemised list first

then, when we've digested what they may or may not have tried to extort from you, you can put p a name and shame list

at least is osmeone from said compnay is reading they can do a damage limitation job, assuming they are reading?

edited to say "oops, a bit late

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

I done mine in 20 mins.

BigChuck

it wasn't ace performance was it?

brizie

Nope

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

nope.

Rhys

Thats shocking

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Customer relations back up are poor,

Damage limitation ,mmmmmm well sure the tax man ,local council and trading standards would stop that happening

also quoted my mate £250 to set boost,check afr and egt on his t34 cossie

cheeRS stu

STUCOS

iTrader: (8)

Brizie you got a land line number

cheeRS

jolly

an hour to weld that lambda boss, fuckin mad, its 10 mins pal even tig welding it, do these fuckers wear black and white striped jumpers? even dick turpin wore a fucking mask, mate i hop you diddnt pay these mothers!!!!!

Martin-Hadland

iTrader: (2)

Posts like this annoy me greatly! By NOT posting the name of the company you have cast a shadow over all the local tuners... Name and shame or leave alone!!

dumped

I would have charged an hour for billing

JHS

iTrader: (1)

These are just be taking the piss...

Fit door cards (RH will not fit)130mins (only asked to fit o/s rest all ready fitted ?)
Repair split cooling hose 30mins
Fit L8 130mins
Fix and adjust exhaust 240mins
bleed brakes (3 times) 180mins
Fit rear strut brace 260mins
Turbo heatshield to fit 180mins

4 hours fix/adjust exhaust, did they make a new one?
More than 2 hours to fit a doorcard
Why did they need to bleed the brakes 3 times? Amateurs?
And so on...