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Interesting Read
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 3:38 pm
by JustinMFox
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 4:17 pm
by Dave999
terrible
a real case of how much can we take for little or no work.
and if as said in the post most of their work goes into exports
there must be some very unhappy international customers who of course lost their chance of comeback as soon as the car left US territory.
same for anything you purchase in the US get an engine built or just buy some parts they do not need to take it back refund or correct mistakes (like sending the wrong bit) if the product has left the country
I'd be well Bananarama! off with the bloke who sold it to me mind...he must have been blind or have had a knowledgeable mate come round and say fergodsake get shot of it
Dave
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 4:40 pm
by Dave-R
Yep. It is not until you get towards the end of that thread that you realise just how much of a rip off it was.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 5:10 pm
by Ivor
I only read the description of the repairs to that Charger to realise the entire thing was a rip off.
That's appalling work, which ever way you look at it, it's a lash up.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 5:48 pm
by latil
Horrendous
Didn't BK have one on UK ebay a couple of years back ? Hope no one here bought it.
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 8:04 pm
by Gareth
That's unbelievable
That body shop needs closing down before someone gets killed driving one of their deathtraps.
Here's another epic thread about a dodgy body shop although this time it's just a cosmetic lash up on a fellas Nissan.
http://www.my350z.com/forum/lounge-off- ... uined.html
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 08 10:27 pm
by JustinMFox
It makes me laugh in that Nissan thread where at the beginning the guy pleads with everyone not to threaten the bodyshop owner, but then goes on to completely trash his reputation
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 11:52 am
by Stu
Went to this thread (The GL one) with the intention of quickly scanning it, but MY GOD this is going to take some reading... BK Automotive's first response was ridiculous, just reached the second one now. Hope it reads better.
Conspicous by absence is the seller...
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 12:04 pm
by Dave-R
It gets better.
BK sounds so hard done by yet, like all con-men do. He has lied from day one.
The car was never even blasted like it says on the web site. Just fiberglassed over the holes in the chassis rails and bodge a half inch thick on the bodywork over the existing paint. I doubt cost more than $2000 to turn the car around. It's a blooming disgrace!
The seller sure knew what he was getting rid of. Probably feels real guilty about it but at least he sold it for half what the thing cost him.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 3:02 pm
by Stu
Finished!
Ivor, it get's far worse than that! His reply to the KITT forum made me laugh as well. That is an incredible story, I can't wait to see what the press involvment turns up.
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 4:19 pm
by Dave-R
Some poor French guy paid him $13,000 for a K.I.T.T. conversion and got THIS for his money....
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 4:33 pm
by JustinMFox
Mind you I don't think i'd even pay $13k for a completed KITT conversion
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 4:56 pm
by Stu
Just been reading the Nissan one. He used WOOD to pack out. And woodscrews to fix to body...
On a one year old car, too, he didn't have to repair a thing, just fit the new kit...
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 5:16 pm
by JustinMFox
Yeah, I think the Nissan one is a bit more shocking to be honest, least with the General there's the 39 year old car aspect to it
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 08 5:32 pm
by latil
At least the Nissan was stil safe to drive....
What a bodge job