Forged Performance messes up GTR

[enkei2k]

This is going Viral...Forged Performance very well known shop in the south. Only reason I'm posting this is because apparently it made it to reddit and probably only moments away from getting on Jalopnik

Forged Performance: The Truth ! - Vendor Reviews - GT-R Life

Here are the cliff notes for anyone who doesn’t want to read the entire detailed experience”

• 22 month project
• Over $250,000 spent at Forged Performance
• Countless lies and broken promises
• 300 whp below goal
• Engine failure before delivery
• Transmission failure shortly after delivery
• 2nd Engine failure upon teardown
• Hacked up turbo kit
• Overcharged for the performed work
• Horrible craftsmanship
• Shoddy work
• FP refused to compensate for the troubles or refund

PS edit - not my car at all LOL

[khai01]

get a good lawyer man.
It's. America

[khai01]

Get a good lawyer
U may get some back
They want to play ball

[S14kouki_10]

Thats not the op's car.

That totally sucks, just read the whole thread. As of lately I hate dealing with shops.

[dudermagee]

I'm guessing this is the car
Forged Performance: HKS GT800 Turbo Kit Install - 6speedonline.com Forums

[dudermagee]

And its not the first time
Forged Performance - My Story - MY350Z.COM Forums

[jamg]

I went through the whole thread.

sucks for that guy... $250k is a UGR lambo. AMS and Switzer packages are even less...

i see the owner of Forged once a month, at one of the early morning caffeine and octane meets.

he personally drives a 2013 GTR, that's FAST as FUK. i've never see a car pick up so much speed down the street.

[ShadowDrifter]

I have personally had work done at Forged I drove 18hrs to have work done and all but this shit is UNREAL Personally I would park my car outside there place and protest them and there shop till I got a FULL refound. Then protest to have them shut down. All I will say is pictures speek for themselves. I have people anymore they are all about in/out in/out. What happened to taking your time and some pride in your work. Fucking assholes I hope you get shut down. Oh ya you can tell hes lying too with the post he put up too.

[OrangeVirus1]

dude 250k$.. whoever owns that GTR went full retard.


250k$ could get you a car that would drop panties from miles away

[jamg]

Originally Posted by OrangeVirus1

dude 250k$.. whoever owns that GTR went full retard.


250k$ could get you a car that would drop panties from miles away

owner of the shop replied.

$250k over the span of a couple of years, and other car builds. not just on this GTR.

[OrangeVirus1]

Originally Posted by jamg

owner of the shop replied.

$250k over the span of a couple of years, and other car builds. not just on this GTR.

ahh. well then what was the point of pointing out 250k?

[240KA]

does that "boxter" guy ever say what he does for a living? i didnt read the entire thread.

[801nismo104]

holy hell! what a nightmare

[jamg]

Originally Posted by 240KA

does that "boxter" guy ever say what he does for a living? i didnt read the entire thread.

no

obviously something good enough to where he's able to afford 100k cars and drop another 80k in modding them.

[SLiDe_WaYz]

If I spent 250K with a shop or company over the course of 2 years, whether it be on one car or multiple cars, and I'm missing another 30,000 in old parts. Someone is getting sued and I'm going after there entire business.

That thread would be plastered on every major modified car forum, id even try to get that shit posted on the news. A quarter mil is not a laughing matter. Not only is he out 250K, he has to pay a additional 50K+ to get the car where it should have been 2 years ago.

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[silnv]

WOW, just read through it. This is why I am always scared to let other people do work on my cars.

[OrangeVirus1]

What I don't get... is why the fuck it is so difficult for FP to "bolt" stuff on? I read that other story, the GTM kit on the G37..

How is it so fucking difficult to put a Kit on a car, that so much shit went wrong.
Are there workers blind folded? are they Monkeys?

I mean I have seen better work from a one armed man with no fingers.....

If it was my shop, and I was the owner, I would personally inspect each and every car before they are given back to their owners. it shouldn't take more than 30-45 minutes to inspect everything if you move diligently.

That shop disgusts me, I could do better work out of my garage with hand tools and a car jack.

[SLiDe_WaYz]

Originally Posted by OrangeVirus1

What I don't get... is why the fuck it is so difficult for FP to "bolt" stuff on? I read that other story, the GTM kit on the G37..

How is it so fucking difficult to put a Kit on a car, that so much shit went wrong.
Are there workers blind folded? are they Monkeys?

I mean I have seen better work from a one armed man with no fingers.....

If it was my shop, and I was the owner, I would personally inspect each and every car before they are given back to their owners. it shouldn't take more than 30-45 minutes to inspect everything if you move diligently.

That shop disgusts me, I could do better work out of my garage with hand tools and a car jack.

I mean I can see modification being needed on the JUN kit yes. But to put washers on bolts in order for things to clear, using $3 worm clamps in couplers that are even put on crooked, and then fucking up his entire drive train. I can weld better than that in my garage with my tiny little Lincoln welder.

The worm clamps is what gets me. He's spending more money at your shop than people make in a year and your using autozone clamps.

I'm almost certain any high end Japanese manufacturer at least sends you T bolt clamps or V Bands especially something like JUN. I know my inter cooler kit, along with a few other parts I had came with T bolts out the box. That just disturbs me. Then to charge the guy 10 man hours to modify his kit and all you did was throw on washers to space it out?

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[OrangeVirus1]

Originally Posted by SLiDe_WaYz

I mean I can see modification being needed on the JUN kit yes. But to put washers on bolts in order for things to clear, using $3 worm clamps in couplers that are even put on crooked, and then fucking up his entire drive train. I can weld better than that in my garage with my tiny little Lincoln welder.

The worm clamps is what gets me. He's spending more money at your shop than people make in a year and your using autozone clamps.

I'm almost certain any high end Japanese manufacturer at least sends you T bolt clamps or V Bands especially something like JUN. I know my inter cooler kit, along with a few other parts I had came with T bolts out the box. That just disturbs me. Then to charge the guy 10 man hours to modify his kit and all you did was throw on washers to space it out?

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no you are forgetting some stuff, the 10 hours are "justifyable" in Forge's eye's because there was some hammering of the exhaust required, a spacer in the exhaust put in, Hammering the downpipe, Oh grinding away the dudes steering column.. that's safe.

And It looks like the fuel "upgrade" was welding on bigger bungs at the end of the rail and nothing else. And it's a sad state in a shop's life when you can Honestly say Chinese ebay parts have better welds than that shit.

If you read the G37 build by forge, it's just as bad.

If it was my car, and the shop Chopped up my front bumper, and didn't even put in a tranny cooler, that is grounds for a lawsuit by itself. I'm sure that Front bumper is expensive as hell.

I read all pages on both hack-job builds, and all I can say is Forge needs to be permanently shut down, or moved to China.

[SLiDe_WaYz]

And Even after all that hacking and grinding the 02 sensor is sitting 5mm away from the driveshaft and his plugs are ziptied together. And then the sleeves in the block are all mismatched as fuck... how the hell can you not see that before assembling the motor!?

I really don't understand wtf that Sharif guy was/is thinking.

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[OrangeVirus1]

Originally Posted by SLiDe_WaYz

And Even after all that hacking and grinding the 02 sensor is sitting 5mm away from the driveshaft and his plugs are ziptied together. And then the sleeves in the block are all mismatched as fuck... how the hell can you not see that before assembling the motor!?

I really don't understand wtf that Sharif guy was/is thinking.

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Just read his replies, it's obvious that he doesn't do any of the work. He hires some random ass tech with probably 2 months experience working on lawn mower's, and when shit goes bad they get fired.

[Om1kron]

just finished reading the thread... they fucked up pretty bad.

[dudermagee]

Originally Posted by 240KA

does that "boxter" guy ever say what he does for a living? i didnt read the entire thread.

Somewheres in that thread they mention a pro football player. In the first 12 pages or so.

[stacksondeck]

Bury this fucking business.


They would have never found Sharif's body had that been my s13, much less a GTR.

[Gizmo_S13]

How stupid do you have to be to let someone lead you on for 22 months? That Guy is a idiot and I hope he learned a lesson. Build your own car.

[EvilRB]

wow, I could, do and have done better work than that and I still don't have the balls to charge for work like that...
He should be ashamed to even look the owner in the eye much less give him back the car that way...

[SimpleS14]

This is some shocking news to hear. I always thought FP was a legit company. I haven't read the full thread yet, but has to be some explanation behind this.

Originally Posted by Gizmo_S13

How stupid do you have to be to let someone lead you on for 22 months? That Guy is a idiot and I hope he learned a lesson. Build your own car.

Allegedly the guy is a pro footballer. There are a few of them that drop off cars at shops like this for months. Also wouldn't expect him to have the time or will to build it himself.

[exitspeed]

Wow those pics are hard to look at.

If you ever watch any of the videos out there made at Nissan about the incredible engineering and meticulous assembly that car goes through those pics are enough to make your skin crawl. Such a shame to destroy an amazing car that only a select number of Nissan employees are even allows to build or work on. And these fucking hacks get a hold of it. Ouch.

[xoxide]

Originally Posted by OrangeVirus1

That shop disgusts me, I could do better work out of my garage with hand tools and a car jack.

Is that so?

OrangeVirus1 Turbo 2.5 Build thread! - 2010-13 Mazda 3/Mazdaspeed 3 Forums

[jamg]

Originally Posted by dudermagee

Somewheres in that thread they mention a pro football player. In the first 12 pages or so.

That was another guy, who had his car messed up by forged. his name is brandon.