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    Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

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    Still fighting with Rubens to get my money back after his poor quality work. It has been since the end of the summer and I am still out all that money. I ended up having Blouch rebuild them after they failed from Audspeed, installed them myself, again, and the car is running strong and perfect, like it should. This guy has been terrible to work with, and an outright liar who makes up stories of why something went wrong so he can pocket the money and walk away. By the way, he always claims that he has proof it was my fault that they failed, but the guy who is "Borg-Warner Certified" is the guy who did the work in the first place to balance them, not to mention a "personal friend" of Rubens, as he told me. I have the letter from Blouch Turbo stating why they failed, and if anyone doesn't believe me and wants to see it, just ask, I'll post it up. Who do you think is a more credible source? Rubens's friend or Blouch Turbo, and non-biased shop? Here is what happened: After sending my turbos to Rubens at Audspeed, he installed new CHRA's and was SUPPOSED to install new K16 compressor wheels, and he may deny it, but why did he charge me for the new wheels then? Anyways, not 30 seconds after installation, they failed. No from oil starvation, or anything else, purely because they were not balanced correctly. He reused the old compressor wheels, and filed down the edges to try and cover up the marks that were on them. After BLOUCH analyzed them and said it was due to improper balancing job, Rubens still refused to refund my money. I am currently pursuing gettign my money back through the credit card company, as it is the last resort. I tried to work it out with him, but he is unwilling to rational, and runs a poor business. Please read the thread that I posted in the link, and decide for yourself!


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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    And, for anyone that is interested, here is the letter from Blouch Turbo explaining their analysis of the turbos. Curious as to what Rubens has to say about this now, since he was always complaining that I "had no proof" that it was his fault?

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Just File a report with the BBB.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by highPSI-S4 View Post
    Just File a report with the BBB.
    What can that get me?
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by jaredsogn View Post
    What can that get me?
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    You would think Blouch would at least take 4 seconds out of their day and fix the shotty grammar in their letter. lol.


    Nevertheless, goodluck, and I hope you get what you is right.
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    Established Member Two Rings jaredsogn's Avatar
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by deb38 View Post
    You would think Blouch would at least take 4 seconds out of their day and fix the shotty grammar in their letter. lol.


    Nevertheless, goodluck, and I hope you get what you is right.
    Yeah, I noticed that too, but at least I have their opinion so I have something to shut Audspeed up...I hate how he has no regard for service and just thinks he has no responsibility for the products he sells.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Keep going with the credit card thing. I think that'll be the only way to get your money back. Good luck.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    BBB = Joke.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by deb38 View Post
    You would think Blouch would at least take 4 seconds out of their day and fix the shotty grammar in their letter. lol.


    Nevertheless, goodluck, and I hope you get what you is right.

    Agreed. BTW Mr. grammar police, it's shoddy, not shotty.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    If you bump the thread you should atleast give us some updates. Gotten anywhere with this dude yet?
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by jaredsogn View Post
    And, for anyone that is interested, here is the letter from Blouch Turbo explaining their analysis of the turbos. Curious as to what Rubens has to say about this now, since he was always complaining that I "had no proof" that it was his fault?

    Again for the last time JARED, you have some turbo shop paperwork in hands and WE GOT AN BORG WARNER WARRANTY CLAIM saying that you broke your turbos, So at the COURT day, if thats goes to the court, we will see what the judge has to say!!!!
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by audspeed View Post
    Again for the last time JARED, you have some turbo shop paperwork in hands and WE GOT AN BORG WARNER WARRANTY CLAIM saying that you broke your turbos, So at the COURT day, if thats goes to the court, we will see what the judge has to say!!!!
    He gave the turbos to you and you had Borg Warner look at them?

    What did they say was cause of failure?

    And what's your response to you using used parts and trying to cover up damage, verified by a third party?

    Just fanning the flames here because you failed to answer.. nearly everything.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Why would you bump these threads?
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by deb38 View Post
    You would think Blouch would at least take 4 seconds out of their day and fix the shotty grammar in their letter. lol.


    Nevertheless, goodluck, and I hope you get what you is right.

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    on another note im glad i saw this post though since i just saw audspeed products today and started thinking about it
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Bump.....this is getting good

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by audspeed View Post
    Again for the last time JARED, you have some turbo shop paperwork in hands and WE GOT AN BORG WARNER WARRANTY CLAIM saying that you broke your turbos, So at the COURT day, if thats goes to the court, we will see what the judge has to say!!!!

    Rubens, here is the thing. This "Borg Warner Warranty Claim" that you have was inspected by the guy that machined them in the first place, and who didn't balance them correctly, so I think that your "Warranty Claim" is bogus, since even though he is a borg warner authorized technician, he is biased because he is the one that originally screwed them up, so yeah he is gonna say it was my fault. By the way, just because it says borg warner on it doesn't mean your source is right, mine is a third party non-biased shop that has been in the business way longer than you...Also, how about you post up this evidence since you stand so firmly behind it? I think we would all like to see you walk rather than just talk. And, how come you keep ignoring the question of why you charged me for new wheels and reused the old ones while covering up the damage? Please answer...
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    Established Member Two Rings jaredsogn's Avatar
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by lonestar22 View Post
    workman ship...


    on another note im glad i saw this post though since i just saw audspeed products today and started thinking about it

    Yeah man, glad it helped you. Definately stay away. Reading all of my threads doesn't even give you half of what I've had to put up with through this fool. He is a complete scammer. I wouldn't buy anything that he or his machinist has touched.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by tdn View Post
    He gave the turbos to you and you had Borg Warner look at them?

    What did they say was cause of failure?

    And what's your response to you using used parts and trying to cover up damage, verified by a third party?

    Just fanning the flames here because you failed to answer.. nearly everything.

    Exactly, he keeps avoiding all the questions. After they failed instantly, despite thinking he was wrong, I followed his instructions to drive the car for 100 miles to see if the noise went away. Long story short, as I expected, it didn't go away. He never balanced them. I pulled the motor back out, sent them back to him and he gave me 5-6 reasons why they failed, the final being "excessive engine torque on the driver side bank"...yeah, no such thing as that. As for the covering up stuff, he still hasn't responded to why he did that while still charging me for new parts...? I hope everyone can see how much of a dishonest guy this guy is...
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    audspeed was always pretty shady to me so i stayed away... good luck getting your money back from him.. and btw blouch turbo FTW
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    wow I am so glad I looked at this thread..I was gonna go with them on my RS6 turbos to save a few hundred bucks..think I'll spend the extra and go with JHM or something else.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by chrisbostonusmc View Post
    wow I am so glad I looked at this thread..I was gonna go with them on my RS6 turbos to save a few hundred bucks..think I'll spend the extra and go with JHM or something else.
    yea i was going to order from them when i went stage 3 but after this theres no way possible.

    i trust blouche way more than this shady shit.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    There is a shady character like this up in ottawa who ended up suing one of his unhappy customers for libel havnt heard either way, but i dont believe the case was going to be successful..

    Anyhow. This ****** would come onto threads like this and completly deny everything. Even though most of us KNEW he was a fucking liar, he would still try to make it look like he was the innocent party.

    what a joke.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Glad I saw this thread. I will never deal with Audspeed.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by alosh View Post
    yea i was going to order from them when i went stage 3 but after this theres no way possible.

    i trust blouche way more than this shady shit.
    how is Blouche's prices on the RS6's?
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by chrisbostonusmc View Post
    how is Blouche's prices on the RS6's?
    Wow, thank you to everyone. I am glad that this thread is actually making a difference to people. I would hate to see anyone get screwed like I did. Anyways, not sure on RS6's, but the price for Audspeed to rebuild my K04/997 turbos was about $1100, whereas Blouch was about $1800. A bit more, but not sure how much it would be considering parts, labor, etc. Give them a call. Anyways, bottom line is that Blouch is worth the money. Look at what I got out of Audspeed. A $1100 paper weight and high blood pressure. I mean for gods sake, Rubens from Audspeed PAINTED the housings rather than glass beading them like Blouch does. They just LOOKED like a joke, just like they operated. My rebuilds from Blouch are running strong to this day, and have had no problems. Plus, the guys at Blouch speak in connected sentences and actually know what they are talking about, rather than making up fake reasons why something failed.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Quote Originally Posted by BastardS4 View Post
    There is a shady character like this up in ottawa who ended up suing one of his unhappy customers for libel havnt heard either way, but i dont believe the case was going to be successful..

    Anyhow. This ****** would come onto threads like this and completly deny everything. Even though most of us KNEW he was a fucking liar, he would still try to make it look like he was the innocent party.

    what a joke.
    Exactly what Rubens from Audspeed is doing...if only you guys had heard the phone conversations with this guy trying to make excuses why his *(#% didn't work...now he tries to look like the nice, innocent guy while he tries to screw me out of $1100....
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Well, exactly what I thought. Audspeed won't reply cuz he knows he would be lying or making himself look bad...why do you just give me my money back already so you can at least look somewhat decent...
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    If its the same guy I got my IC from him. Good price, fast shipping, no problems what so ever.

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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Third party is what will matter in court.


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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Well, as a hopefully final update, the credit card company ruled in my favor. It just goes to show what a liar this guy is, even paypal and the credit card company didn't believe his lies. Anyways, hopefully this is proof enough for everyone to stay away from him.
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    Re: Still nowhere with this guy, so I thought I'd post up another warning to everyone

    Glad everything worked out. A friend of mine was about to buy some audspeed products and needless to say I think this post swayed him the other way
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