How I spent my econmomic stimulus check

[boy412]

I relate this story so that others might not have to go through this too.

I bought a TB kit from ECS tuning and found a reputable shop that would do the install with "customer supplied" parts. 25k miles later the tensioner went, requiring the whole job to be done over again! Luckily I caught it before the TB broke, but I'm still out nearly $1200 for parts and labor.

The shop that did the work the first time won't warranty the job because they didn't supply the parts. Sooo...this is the last time I try and save a few bucks by buying parts on-line. From this day forward I'll buy all my parts from the shop performing the work!

Tough lesson to learn. There goes the new coilovers I was going to get soon!

[gq9]

Sucks to learn things the hard way.

ps my stim check went to bills, least you got to spend yours even if it wasn't wisely in the end. haha

[A4ringedONE8T]

Owning a shop I see this all the time on a variety of parts. People continue to want whored internet pricing however and will do everything possible to save 5 bucks. You get what you pay for these days thats for sure!!! On another note, 25k miles is still a good bit, I dont know of any shop that would eat that "redo" even if they did supply the OEM parts

[F16HTON]

What did you spend the $100 you saved on the customer supplied parts on?

[boy412]

Ha ha. You're hilarious. Really.

Like I said, lesson learned! And actually it was more like $250 price difference. But even then...

[boy412]

I was GOING to put it (and all the $ I spent doing the TB service again) towards a new USP rear for my Avant...

[romell]

which couldve have gone to greg, but you had to cheap out, causing you not to get the rear, cause greg not to the get the sale, causing greg not to go to the mall and buy his woman anything, cause that salesman to loose a sale, causing him not to buy that toy from toys r us for his daughter, and the cycles goes on and on... (sorry just finished a econ class so its all fresh in my mind =) )

[romell]

STIMULATE THE ECONOMY AND BUY FROM SHAWN AND GREG! haha

[Maverick]

which couldve have gone to greg, but you had to cheap out, causing you not to get the rear, cause greg not to the get the sale, causing greg not to go to the mall and buy his woman anything, cause that salesman to loose a sale, causing him not to buy that toy from toys r us for his daughter, and the cycles goes on and on... (sorry just finished a econ class so its all fresh in my mind =) )

zigzag effect, lol!

you have to vent that out

OP, you just had bad luck! it's alright to buy online parts.
compare this, PureMS sells a front end suspension kit which is 13 pieces kit(controls arms, tie rod, etc) that is far cheaper than you get from a garage or the stealership. It's the same quality!

[20vturbo]

did you talk to ecs about the tensioner why get all the parts again if it's just the tensioner

[20vturbo]

by the way no shop will guarantee their work for 25k miles

[AudiA4_20T]

I relate this story so that others might not have to go through this too.

I bought a TB kit from ECS tuning and found a reputable shop that would do the install with "customer supplied" parts. 25k miles later the tensioner went, requiring the whole job to be done over again! Luckily I caught it before the TB broke, but I'm still out nearly $1200 for parts and labor.

The shop that did the work the first time won't warranty the job because they didn't supply the parts. Sooo...this is the last time I try and save a few bucks by buying parts on-line. From this day forward I'll buy all my parts from the shop performing the work!

Tough lesson to learn. There goes the new coilovers I was going to get soon!

Whats wrong? A tensioner is like $90, if you come here I'll replace it for cheap... I dont get how your losing money?

[wolfdog]

The ECS TB kit is all OEM parts if I'm not mistaken so it's just a (bad) luck of the draw.

[20vturbo]

The ECS TB kit is all OEM parts if I'm not mistaken so it's just a (bad) luck of the draw.

if he's talking about the hydraulic piston you can actually fuck it up when you install it..If you go wrong the first time and you have to compress it again you have to do it slowly not to damage it...i doubt that if the shop did that it took like 25000 miles to shit

[boy412]

which couldve have gone to greg, but you had to cheap out, causing you not to get the rear, cause greg not to the get the sale, causing greg not to go to the mall and buy his woman anything, cause that salesman to loose a sale, causing him not to buy that toy from toys r us for his daughter, and the cycles goes on and on... (sorry just finished a econ class so its all fresh in my mind =) )

Yes...the trickle down effect. Still laughing after reading this post!

[boy412]

did you talk to ECS about the tensioner why get all the parts again if it's just the tensioner

Didn't bother as I'm told the part itself wouldn't be warrantied that long. Also, the work would not be warrantied unless the entire service was done, with parts supplied by the shop. It was a peace of mind thing. There was some other stuff I had done at the same time (thermostat, cam seal, etc).

if he's talking about the hydraulic piston you can actually fuck it up when you install it..If you go wrong the first time and you have to compress it again you have to do it slowly not to damage it...i doubt that if the shop did that it took like 25000 miles to shit

I did actually have some other issues with the shop that did the first TB service (bolts not secured, etc), and it was the hydraulic piston that had failed. Same problem though...they didn't supply the parts, so I couldn't go after them.

To my neighbor in College Park, I may get in touch with you next time I need some work done! Going to do suspension next (sway bars, then C/O's).

Thanks for all the feedback...