Lateral-g Forums - Its Time For The Builders To Come Together And Stop This Crap

Lateral-g Forums (https://www.lateral-g.net/forums/index.php)

- Open Discussion (https://www.lateral-g.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=14)

- - Its Time For The Builders To Come Together And Stop This Crap (https://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php?t=26381)

Bingo, if you can't lay your eyes on it personally or you're not capable, find somebody that can inspcet the car. Please.....:yes: Let me throw this out for you guys. Some of these sellers are just as niave as the buyers. They are to damn ingorant to figure out what they have. Sometimes I wish I had a little of that. haha

[QUOTE=1984 camaro;282532][QUOTE=bentfab;282527]

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1984 camaro (Post 282491)

Well mark you justed opened your mouth I did not point the finger at you. You justed pointed it at yourself. Yes I had bondo in my engine bay but i paid you lots of cash to build me one without bondo that's the difference my cost was 50.00 and your cost was 35,000.00. I just refered to chatsworth you filled in the blank. Mark the shocks are mounted up over the axle They hit and thats that now knowing you had this problem early on this should have addressed before the paint shop, The paint shop did not build the mounts. The radiator pan hits on two spots were there was no bondo.

Look at the first picture you can see the shock angels forward, the top bolt of the shock is over the Axel. the spring hits hard against the Axel. the housing has a grove worn in it. On the second picture you can see the adjuster under the tape it is almost against the axle. As the Axel move up the space gets tighter an tighter. Take a look at the lower control arm which swings at a arch as the Axel moves up it also moves back.Thank you for the pictures

The fab work looks really nice to me, especially the frame and tubs.. Issues like shocks hitting the axle and windshield wiper linkage are small stuff IMO, that at the shop Im at, the customer would just bring it back and we fix that stuff. There are a million small issues that come up with custom work, its how the shop handles fixing those issues that are important. Especially if someone is rushed to make a show and doesn't have time to realize something rubs at a certain ride height, just have him move the mounts and fix your parts.. its not an airplane that's going to crash, its a custom car, shops deserve a little room for mistakes, that are within reason.. no offense to you Im just defending what looks like some good work to me from a shop standpoint, with some reasonable flaws from being rushed...?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 282584)

my uncle bought a 69 camaro convert off ebay, that was described as "very rusty, but savable" and when it showed up on the car hauler, it was broken in half just like that mustang. There were about 5 people there when it showed up and it was the rustiest camaro any of us had ever seen, the frame rails in the back were rusted off and the leaf springs had nothing to bolt to and were just sticking up in the trunk, it was impressively rusty. The guy we got it from said I told you it was rusty! but relisted it and sold it again and let us off the hook...

I have to say -- I've been to BENT FAB -- And I'd send my stuff there in half a nano second. I'm thinking there's a whole lot more to this unhappy ending than meets the eye.... 'cause the work I saw was top notch. And I do know the difference.

I bought 3 or 4 cars on Ebay -- every one of them was CRAP when they arrived. Thankfully I can toss the keys to a dealer buddy and he just makes them go away. I bought "from on line photos" a 70 Chevelle from a Canadian company with their own TV show - it was such crap when it arrived that I got my attorney involved and had to threaten them with INTERNATIONAL FRAUD... they took the Chevelle back and refunded my money. I've learned my lesson - no on line BS for me -- iGo - iSee - iTouch - iDrive... (hope Apple doesn't come after me.. LOL)

Just went down to pick up a little 32 Ford Roadster a buddy found on Ebay - I told him - DO NOT BUY OFF EBAY -- If the seller is a good guy - tell him we're on our way - with trailer - and cash - if it's as nice as it looks - you'll buy. We brought it home. A steal and a GREAT car. It has some very minor issues that are all fixed and total cost of the repairs was $300...

Quote:

Originally Posted by bentfab (Post 282527)

The fab work looks really nice to me, especially the frame and tubs...

Better than nice,it looks most impressive indeed...:yes:

Nobody's going to win that battle online. Clearly the whole story isn't going to be available to any of us. You guys should really pick up the phone or cuss at eachother via email until you have nothing left to say. This is only going to tarnish your reputation to the casual on looker. I'd personally ask for the backspace button.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vegas69 (Post 282602)

gives me something to read in between welding!:P

To All:

This is a really good thread, and I think many can learn from it.

Are their any venders, that restore, paint, sell parts etc. that advertise on Lateral-g or Pro-Touring.com that are jerks, liars, or cheaters?

Having a list of Good Qualified list of people to do business with would be a great way for people to help not get screwed, before they get butt deep into a major headache.

Is there ANYONE who you would not trust to do a large project, and why? I know more than likely, if someone was a crook, they would probably be thrown off the websites.

If they are allowed to advertise on these site, is that a good indicator, the people are probably on the up and up, whether it be parts or services?

I would appreciate some feedback from people about this.

<In fact I will start a New Thread>

If nothing else, who have you had do work, or supply parts, and had good luck with?

Thanks,

Ty

I learned one thing from this thread, DO YOUR RESEARCH !!! .I think its that simple..

Well said Rodger! This should be a mandatory message all members must read before posting on this site.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ironworks (Post 282463)

The Last issue I see is this website, Lat-g in General. There are some very nice well put together cars on this site. People have paid alot of money to put some of these cars together. The MR Average Joe gets on here and sees things Way above average results and has no clue how much time or Talent it takes to build some of the things posted on this site. You cannot get a top notch paint job for 8 grand. You can not get a full custom tube chassis for 18k. You cannot have some one build you a crazy top notch, bad ass, Top Quality Camaro for less then 125. Sure you can put a car togther for less and it can be COOL. But Cool and Quality are totally Different. And to have both Cost even more money. These hand fabbed top notch quality cars cost a lot for a Reason.