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| - I have to caution anybody going to vette culture in hopes of saving you the money and the bad experience that I had to suffer. I spent a fortune there rebuilding and upgrading my engine on a corvette z06 and ended up having to pay another shop another small fortune to fix all the problems they caused my car. They told me they stood by their work, but when it came time to fix their mistakes (which were significant and many) they were very rude and told me to go to another shop, they won't fix any of it under warranty or I could pay them again for the same job. Keep in mind this was not long after the original work, some issues the day I got the car back and the rest in less than 1200 miles.
I bought a corvette from a buddy of mine that vette culture had done some modifications on. I went back to vette culture to have them do a major engine rebuild and upgrade. To make a long story short it's been one problem after the other from the time I dropped it off til now. I spent a small fortune trying to have the car built to be able to race when I want, and daily drive when I want. The owner and his service tech made me many assurances that the car was going to be built well and they stand behind their work.
When you see ******** that means the long version is ahead..... and it's bad and it's dramatic and it's very expensive.
THE ISSUES: 1-Time. They said it'd take about a month. It took over 3 months
2- Surprise charges. A couple thousand dollars more than we agreed
3- The car ran like garbage for unless warmed up for several minutes
4- Massive overheating after assuring me the $800 radiator would be enough
5- The car failed to start regularly until I pushed the start button multiple times
6- Major oil leaks after less than 500 miles
******************7- Standard oil change. Way overfilled the oil and made a huge mess for me.
THE "SOLUTIONS" from vette culture
1- It was the machine shops fault it took so long. Had nothing to do with us
2- They split the charges with me so I was only out an extra thousand bucks
*************** 3- "That's just the way it is now that you have a built motor"**************
***************4- "We can try to fix it, order these parts and we'll try it out"***************
*****************5-"Its just the fuel pump needs to prime more, can you live with it?********
*****************6- Lied to me or misdiagnosed a "brake fluid" leak with a $1500 quote to fix it
I ended up going to a real performance shop with actual skilled techs and paid them to fix all of vette cultures screw ups.
LONG STORIES MADE SHORT FOR 7,3,4,5, and 6 issues.
7-OIL CHANGE BOTCH- the tech had just learned about all the mistakes he made and then had to change my oil. I was leaking oil all over my garage when I got home and called and told him. (no joke) He told me he must have over filled it and told me to simply disconnect my methanol injector, disassemble the air intake manifold, pop off the filter and clean it in my back yard. He didn't have time to put it back on the lift. EITHER A: HE PURPOSEFULLY MADE A HUGE MESS FOR ME OR WAS UNDER QUALIFIED TO CHANGE MY OIL. You decide
3 I paid another company to dyno and retune it. They found a dead map sensor and whats worse is that the computer factory warning and check engine light had been MANUALLY TURNED OFF TO HIDE IT. After another $1200, it runs great right on start up.
4. Heating issue- they didn't have the parts when I showed up for the appointment and wouldn't return my calls . Luckily, this is why I found the other shop.
5 Non Starting- they put in a bad meth kit that was leaking into my engine and flooding it. Tons of $$$ later..... it starts fine now.
6 The same under qualified tech told me the oil leak was actually brake fluid from my master cylinder for my clutch and gave me a $1500 estimate to fix. I had 2 other shops check it out and both confirmed it was oil leaking from my rear main seal and my timing cover gasket (both were brand new from the build) I told the owner what was going on, and got them to agree it was in fact oil from these spots. But once I told them I had to waste more money at the other shop to cover their mistakes and reminded them of their promise to stand behind their work, they told me, "go to your new shop if you like them so much, or pay us again, I'm not fixing anything under warranty now" I took their dirty looks as I walked out the door. I emailed the owner a longer story of how his tech botched everything and how I tried to give them the opportunity to fix it first. He left me a voice mail saying he didn't know all of that and wanted to talk more about it. hoping he'd make it righ I called back twice, but that was over a week ago. He must have changed his mind and now I'm forced to write this review. I really wish I never would have stepped foot in there.
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