sohcslammer
Senior Member
Hey Hey! The board looks great Brian, glad you guys are doing good. I have an interesting story to share with you all. Wanna hear it? Too bad, here it goes...
So, I sold my civic coupe about a month ago. Got what I wanted for it, I was stoked. I turned around and bought a cheap 91 integra with plans of a ls/vtec and auto-x in mind. The car is a white LS with 5 spd and black leather. Really clean. But the guy I bought it from only owned it for a month and a half. And the car is lowered about 5 inches in the front and like 2 in the back, on some 6 dollar coilovers. And it's on 14 inch rims. :woo: The thing can't even go over speed bumps. And the alignment is way off. (More on this l8r.) So, I tear up the internet with my Visa and 2 weeks l8r some new GroundControl coilovers and tokiko illuminas are at my pad with some super sweet ricer 17s. (Gunmetal with the polished lip ) Meanwhile, I line up a B16 head and some internals and a clutch. But first I want to put the suspension on. So like a true ricer, I PAY to have it put on. (Gasp!!) After the suspension and rims go on, the guy road tests it. "Wow, your alignment is fucked" is all he can say when he gets back. So, I shell out 50 bux for the 4 wheel alignment and I wait. While watching the guy, I see him get frustrated by the back right wheel. He calls over a few other techs and they all stand around looking at my car. He busts out the flashlight and checks it all over. By this time I'm tripping. I ignore the signs and march into the shop and under my car. "what's up?" I ask afraid he is going to tell me. He simply shines the flashlight on my back right subframe. It's crushed in about an inch. Maybe more. There is no way to align it, it's toed out over 2.5 degrees. Not camber. Toe.
At this point I'm violent. I must have asked this kid 5 times if the car was clean (yes), any accidents (no), clean title (yes) and all the usual questions. You couldn't tell the frame was bent on the test drive because it was so low. And the guy only had the car a little over a month. He MUST have known it was fucked up and just sold it to me. So I'm ready to kill this asian con artist, he can't weigh more than 100 pounds. I call him and verbally accost him worse than I have ever yelled at anyone in my life. I told him I was going to drag him out his house, kick his ass, and so on....
A few days later. I've called lawyers, my parents, anyone that will listen. I managed to get 200 bux out of him with a promise of 200 more this week. I'm pissed. The next day I go to get a pack of smoke's and I stop dead in my tracks. "Where the fuck is my car????"
Now, I live in a rich ass apartment complex and it wouldn't be the first time they had towed my car for parking it illegaly. Only they hadn't. Alarm and everything.
I report it stolen and retire into a stoned haze for a couple hours. Later that day the police called me back to report that they had found my car. A BLOCK FROM THE GUYS HOUSE THAT SOLD IT TO ME. No rims. No stereo. No blocks. On the ground. Ripped the speakers out. Punched out the drivers side door lock. Punched out the ignition. Started it with a screwdriver.
I wont bore you guys with the details of the the impound yard, but it took me 6 days and 320 bux to get it out and I am suing the impound yard too.
So, this is my story... It hasn't even ended yet because I am pretty sure I know where my rims are and I plan on getting them back. Sorry about the long ass story but I needed to vent and we all love to be at work. N-E-ways, hope everyone has been having fun and shit... talk to y'all l8r....
Peace - Shadney
So, I sold my civic coupe about a month ago. Got what I wanted for it, I was stoked. I turned around and bought a cheap 91 integra with plans of a ls/vtec and auto-x in mind. The car is a white LS with 5 spd and black leather. Really clean. But the guy I bought it from only owned it for a month and a half. And the car is lowered about 5 inches in the front and like 2 in the back, on some 6 dollar coilovers. And it's on 14 inch rims. :woo: The thing can't even go over speed bumps. And the alignment is way off. (More on this l8r.) So, I tear up the internet with my Visa and 2 weeks l8r some new GroundControl coilovers and tokiko illuminas are at my pad with some super sweet ricer 17s. (Gunmetal with the polished lip ) Meanwhile, I line up a B16 head and some internals and a clutch. But first I want to put the suspension on. So like a true ricer, I PAY to have it put on. (Gasp!!) After the suspension and rims go on, the guy road tests it. "Wow, your alignment is fucked" is all he can say when he gets back. So, I shell out 50 bux for the 4 wheel alignment and I wait. While watching the guy, I see him get frustrated by the back right wheel. He calls over a few other techs and they all stand around looking at my car. He busts out the flashlight and checks it all over. By this time I'm tripping. I ignore the signs and march into the shop and under my car. "what's up?" I ask afraid he is going to tell me. He simply shines the flashlight on my back right subframe. It's crushed in about an inch. Maybe more. There is no way to align it, it's toed out over 2.5 degrees. Not camber. Toe.
At this point I'm violent. I must have asked this kid 5 times if the car was clean (yes), any accidents (no), clean title (yes) and all the usual questions. You couldn't tell the frame was bent on the test drive because it was so low. And the guy only had the car a little over a month. He MUST have known it was fucked up and just sold it to me. So I'm ready to kill this asian con artist, he can't weigh more than 100 pounds. I call him and verbally accost him worse than I have ever yelled at anyone in my life. I told him I was going to drag him out his house, kick his ass, and so on....
A few days later. I've called lawyers, my parents, anyone that will listen. I managed to get 200 bux out of him with a promise of 200 more this week. I'm pissed. The next day I go to get a pack of smoke's and I stop dead in my tracks. "Where the fuck is my car????"
Now, I live in a rich ass apartment complex and it wouldn't be the first time they had towed my car for parking it illegaly. Only they hadn't. Alarm and everything.
I report it stolen and retire into a stoned haze for a couple hours. Later that day the police called me back to report that they had found my car. A BLOCK FROM THE GUYS HOUSE THAT SOLD IT TO ME. No rims. No stereo. No blocks. On the ground. Ripped the speakers out. Punched out the drivers side door lock. Punched out the ignition. Started it with a screwdriver.
I wont bore you guys with the details of the the impound yard, but it took me 6 days and 320 bux to get it out and I am suing the impound yard too.
So, this is my story... It hasn't even ended yet because I am pretty sure I know where my rims are and I plan on getting them back. Sorry about the long ass story but I needed to vent and we all love to be at work. N-E-ways, hope everyone has been having fun and shit... talk to y'all l8r....
Peace - Shadney