looks great Scott. I wish I had Kurt on my side of the world, I'm struggling with this bodywork! :mad:

Jody

Looking great.

Thanks, I'm excited to see it with some color on it. :thumbsup:

Sweeet! :thumbsup: Making great progress Scott!

Keep the updates coming :yes:

Kick ass Scott!! Looking killer!! :thumbsup: Adrenaline is starting to flow - huh??

Brent

Nice progress!! Looks like everything is fitting very well! Got to love those c/f hoods! Your car is going to be soooo bad ass!! Looks like your team is catching up to us!! I think this will be quite a Christmas for both of us!! :yes:

Looks great. Love the hood hinges also:thumbsup:

Looks great!! Are you gonna leave the hood in natural CF? Merry Christmas indeed!

Ron

Look'in "Good".......................:thumbsup:

Ken

Repro Core Supports "SUCK"

Kurt is doing a lot of little things; metal work, sectioning, etc, on some of the body parts that will really make the difference. Obviously this is no Riddler or SMOY, but the fit and finish is going to be fantastic. :cheers:

Yes they do, they suck almost as much as Rick's/Ecklers Customer Service. No wait, service shouldn't even be in that description.

scott, i know a guy that deals in alot of old camaro parts and new parts, what was the issue with the aftermarket one? i have had ok luck with them so far, anyway call phil at 207-946-5295, he probably has something.

Cool, thanks Jake.

The issue with the core support was that it's too 'tall' from the body mount to where the fender bolts on. Nothing would align right (fenders, brackets, etc) until he grabbed an old GM support that he had at the shop and tried it, then everything was perfect. Kurt said he's literally used over a dozen of the 'good' core supports from Rick's over the years and has never seen this problem before.

I called Rick's and told them about the issue and asked if we could just swap for another one and see if there was just an issue with this particular one that they had sent me. I was told that wasn't an option until I e-mailed them pictures of the front clip with the GM support installed AND pictures with their support installed. Yeah right, I'm paying X dollars an hour for work at Autokraft and like I'm going to waste Kurt's time by having him go to all that work for a $300 part. It would just be cheaper to just find a good used GM core support and be done with it.

It's not the end of the world, it's not an exotic part by any means, and isn't an expensive part, it's just the hoops that Rick's/Ecklers wanted us to jump through is ridiculous in my opinion. I've always used Rick's in the past and was MORE than happy with them. I guess it might have something to do with Ecklers.

Coudn't you pull some critical dimensions (maybe even photograph them with the tape measure) and "prove" your point that way?

Rick's has been swallowed by the Eckler's 800# gorilla.....and that ain't a good thing.....

That's what I wanted to do, give them some measurements, but they kept putting me on hold and then coming back with what they wanted me to do.

Again, it's not like that the part is expensive, it was what they wanted us to do that really turned me off.

So they loose even more potential customers because they piss you off instead of swapping the part.......genius.......

True...

But on a positive note, the car is really coming along fast. It might have some color sprayed on it before PRI. I'll keep bugging Kurt for pics. :D

Looks awesome Scott, it's going to really come together when painted. Kurt looks like he is doing a great job. :thumbsup:

Haven't heard anything good about Rick's lately...I guess I placed my last order just in time!!

You think they would be aware that in the age of the web customer service is more important than ever...a few stories like this one on forums could kill a business!! They should have swapped the part out and or at least measured one at the shop for you. You didn't mention you have an aftermarket frame did you?

if he did they would have blamed the frame. Thing is, a stock GM support was installed and all the sheetmetal lines up perfectly now; it's absolutely the repro part that is the issue.

Thing is, with 600000 hits a day on this site, their customer service efforts will really travel fast. Silly decision, some simple measurements could have solved the issue, but they want him to completely mock up all sheetmetal with both units and send pics to them......... :rolleyes:

Jody

Exactly, Jody. The sheetmetal fit great with the GM support, so the frame doesn't play into the equation.

I think Kurt was going to take some more pics, I'll post more when I get them. It's going to have color on it soon.

Scott are you still using Melono Red?

It's going to be extremely close to the color that it was before. (Theresa should be stepping in telling us to paint it pink at any moment. :lol: )

It's not Milano red, though. Looking at pics of cars with that color, it's slightly darker.

I feel for the paint guys on the board. I'm sure they feel a ton of pressure.

Kurt, can we see some color next week? :cheers:

I like that color a lot...but while in the Red faze last year I found that I liked Mercedes Mars Red better.

Going to be sweet, I'm very happy for you!! :cheers:

The Ekler's debocale is all over the web already and I know at least one $50K plus a year account I am picking up because of it. :unibrow:

Car looks great, too bad the stripes are not going to be CF. :(

Mike

See, it got its first spray of pink :lol:


http://www.protouring.se/files/Scotts-pink-car.jpg


Jan

Man Scott, that looks sweet! Now you just need some baby blue ralley stripes :lol:

http://bestsmileys.com/rainbow/3.gif http://bestsmileys.com/rainbow/3.gif http://bestsmileys.com/rainbow/3.gif

I knew that was coming, Jan. :lol:

You can photoshop it any color you want - I'm just so happy to be at this point with the car. :cheers:

You should be happy man, you deserve it after all these years and a zillion changes of plans :thumbsup:

Jan

Scott? Change plans??? Nahhhh....:D

Looking great Scott,can't wait to see the updates.:yes:

Kurt finished blocking the car and it's now disassembled. He had Paul rebuild the door hinges so there's no slop and he will re-mount them to finish fitting the door bars with the Marquez door panels. Getting close, just had to share my enthusiasm! :D

Here's a random pic. I had Kurt bend the cross bar for a little extra room.

https://lateral-g.net/g69/project...v19%20(15).jpg

https://lateral-g.net/g69/project...v19%20(11).jpg

Nice touch on the cross bar:thumbsup:

I agree with Vin, something I didn't consider since I'm height challenged!! :rolleyes:

looks really nice

?? no back seat ??

Eckler's C/S Dept is still making friends and influencing others? Shocking.

I wondered how long it would be before they jerked around with someone else on this site. I wonder if anyone here knows the inside of the Eckler's/Rick's deal. How many long time employees bailed when Eckler's took the reins. They are clearly stocking the Repo parts that have the most profit vice Rick's old practice of offering the best quality repro stuff. At any rate, they just colored the opinons of a couple thousand members of this site.

Car looks great, Scott. Glad to hear the CF hood fit well. I hope Anvil's has a similar fit. If I send you my address, could I trouble you for another SEMA CD?
Jim

Hey Jim, of course. :thumbsup: PM or e-mail me your new address and I'll get that in the mail ASAP.

What's up with Ricks and Ecklers? I've noticed Ricks site has been redesigned and it looks just like Ecklers... Thanks