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I am happy to see you finally respond to all of this Ron. What happened between you and my friend Greg makes me sad. I can understand both sides and do not pretend to have an answer as to how to fix it or even if it ever can be fixed. In my opinion it is a case of over promise\under deliver with a side helping of unrealistic expectations. Hopefully everyone learns from this and makes better choices going forward.

I am pretty sure I was one of the first people in the Pro-touring game to actively work with Ron after he reached out to help me with my car’s suspension back in 2013. Over the past 5 years or so Ron has not only helped me pick out 5 different stages of suspension development, but has also taught me how to diagnose suspension tuning issues and how to correct them using the parts, pieces and data at my disposal.

I am by no means a big budget guy, most of what we did together was on a shoestring budget working with what I could scrounge up. I can not tell you how many times I’ve talked or texted with Ron on weekends, nights, holidays, in between runs during a race, etc… If Ron had the time, he always took my call and is always willing to help out no matter how big or small my questions may have been at the time.

Now granted, as he has gotten busier…sometimes it take longer for him to respond. What I’ve personally seen though is as soon as he can respond, he does and when he does he is ready with an answer to help me out.

How many of us have benefited over the years with advice or consultation that Ron has freely given out on these forums? How many of us have cars that are faster and better driving than they were before directly because of Ron? Is he right or perfect 100% of the time, not a chance. It is like anything else, there is no one right answer for everyone when dealing with cars and specifically suspensions. What works for one driver\owner\builder may not work at all for another. Ron does a pretty good job in my opinion of figuring out what you need and doing his best to steer you in a direction that will work best for you.

Fiscally speaking, Ron has always been straight up and honest with me. Not only has he always sold me parts at a fair price, but if there was ever an issue with anything I bought from him…he took care of it immediately. For example…last fall I was on a tight time frame to get my Big Brake kit installed. I had 5 days to get it done and the car HAD to roll back out of the shop under it’s own power so I could complete my move to Arizona. On day 2 I discovered that I had (2) Right Rear backing plates and no Left Rear backing plate. I made one quick call to Ron and he overnighted for early morning delivery the left backing plate I needed…at his expense. I had also ordered a bunch of steering parts at the same time that he gladly took back when we discovered that they would not work with my current setup.

I have referred a lot of people to Ron over the years for parts and setup services. I have never heard from any of them that Ron has treated them unfairly fiscally wise. Ron has always taken care of any issues that have come up. The comparison to a flat out thief like Prodigy was not fair.