lazy/crappy local shops vent !!
 

The last peice of my IC piping that is still PVC got messed up, so I took it out of the car and took the entire piece to 4 four IV different shops.
I basiclly need a a 14'' piece of 2 1/4'' pipe with a 90* bend at the bottom and a metal BOV flange welded to the pipe and they had the current peice as a templet !!!

Shop #1 tells me it is impossible to weld the BOV flange to a pipe and tells me its he can't do it !!

Shop#2 Didn't even look at it and says he's pipe bender is broke and he can't do anything for me.

Shop#3 Is a welding shop and tells me he needs the pipe, since he doesn't have any and the pipe I bring him needs to be 6Ft. long and he'll ONLY charge me $50 !!!

Shop #4 says, "Well, I can do it, but I really don't have time and I'm sure someone else can do it cheaper".

WTF !!! This is bullshit !!! Its a ------- straight pipe with one bend and a ------- flange welded on the side !! My Grandmother could do that ---- !!

These retards need to get cable so they can watch monster gararge or something !!!

I can build a complete turbo system using junkyad parts, JB weld, fiberglass, and zipties, but these fucks can't bend a pipe and weld it... Sad..

That's my vent...

Anyone else have any simular problems ?? National fabricators needed !!!! Screw PCs, air craft, or science jobs !!! We need people that can weld and use a freaking pipe bender !!!

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Just mail it to me I'm now open for buisness, Whitey Fabrication

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Seriously?

What are your shop rates Whitey? ;D

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whatever he tells you at 20% for the kyle tax.

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seems like people are venting alot latley :-X

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They're just blowing you off. I can't say if they're assholes or what, but sometimes it's just not worth it to do small stuff for people. EXAMPLE:

A guy emails me and wants an oil line kit with custom this, at this length, for some turbo I've never even heard of. Could I do it, yes. Could I do it and put all of you guys on hold while I try to go the extra mile for this guy and after I put all of you on hold there will be another 10 kits ordered, which will always need to be shipped "the hour after I ordered it" ? No.

Maybe it's not right, but it's just the way it is. I'm just trying to give you an idea of maybe what happened. :-\

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I totally see that point of veiw, but he's my point of veiw. What if I pay one of those guys $20 to do a small job like this and they do a great job, where do you think I'll take my car after I get the clutch replaced and need a custom 3'' exhust ??

If I had a pipe bender and a welder I could do it in 20 minutes easy, thats $60 per hour ( minus a $3 pipe ). And they could score a "future customer".

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Don't forget the old saying, "When you lose one customer, you actually lose 10". Friends, family, hearsay, yada yada.

I see both points of view. I hate shops. That's why I stay away. If I can't fix it myself, I'll sell it. Example: I had a 89 Accord. The ------- head gasket blew and the carb was full of ----. I replaced the head gasket, timing belt, rebuilt the carb and couldn't get the bitch to run right for the life of me. I sold the pile of ----. 6 months later I baja'd that bitch in the desert, unloaded about 200 AK47 rounds, 100 .45 rounds, 40 12 gauge rounds, and various other calibers(.40, .357, 9mm). Don't ---- with me bitch. 8)

We have one muffler shop here and they don't have a ------- mandrel bender. If you need a tight bend, you're fucked. They suck ass. One guy is cross-eyed like a mother fucker and he's a dickhead. I hate that fucker. >:( I came back to get some warranty work for a leaky exhaust THE NEXT DAY AFTER THEY INSTALLED IT, and the cross-eyed fucker tried telling me I wasn't there the day before. I couldn't beleive it. He ------- welded my ----. He's the one who couldn't weld a complete circle around my muffler. >:( >:(


That was my vent. Who's next?
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I understand. Sometimes when sales get crazy I get tunnel vision. I only have time to do the things I should and I won't stray away even if I'm gonna make stupid money for something simple. These are just my feelings, I don't know how they do it.

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its a shame u guys dont live in seattle, my friend has a muffler shop and he hooks it up with some great prices...he'll do any thing as long as its not on a friday or saturday... cat or no cat he dont care

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go to walmart and get a 100 dollar welder, problem solved

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Looked into a $200 gasless welder at sears today, but its like I'm looking at art or something; another words I have no ------- idea what I'm looking at...

I don't wanna spend $200 on a welder I could have spent $100 at wal-mart, but on the flip-side I don't wanna spend $100 at walmart when i should have spent the $200 at sears...

I'm not big on "mandral bent" pipes... If I need a 2'' mandral bent pipe, I'll just buy a 2 1/2'' crush bent, I'm sure the extra dia. makes up for the crushed part.

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I have had the same trouble with some shops. People telling me that they won't even mess with the stuff that I ask them to do. But when you do find a good shop that is willing to work with you, you go back to them over and over.

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I went to a muffler shop and they showed me some love. welded my muffler back on for only 20$