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a lot of vendors use product pictures from their distributors websites. So it is hard to decide whose fault this is... afterall, they are indeed selling a test pipe intended for EVO 8..not EVO 9.
I guess blame the picture?
I guess blame the picture?
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Originally Posted by Speed Element
a lot of vendors use product pictures from their distributors websites. So it is hard to decide whose fault this is... afterall, they are indeed selling a test pipe intended for EVO 8..not EVO 9.
I guess blame the picture?
I guess blame the picture?
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From: Spec-Ops Motorsports, Fayetteville, NC
Originally Posted by GinuwineEvo8
You bought an item for an 8 and assumed it worked fine for the 9? You got $tall0wn3d homie .. Why are you buying from a place called HOP UP racing anyway ? lol
Originally Posted by bigric09
I ordered a helix cat delete pipe from them advertised as fitting an evo 8 and will not trip the cel... picture which i will attach below showing a cat delete pipe with a bung for an 02 sensor. great for the ix right ? but not when the pipe they actually send you is just a straight pipe with no bung. I called them and asked them to fix it...and they say helix doesnt make a pipe with a bung in it. i tell them i want a refund and they say i have to pay them a 30% restocking fee. I explained to them that the pipe they have pictured is not the actual pipe, they reply with its just a general picture and they are not responsible for it, its in there terms and agreements. i read them, and its not anywhere in there. I called them back and the new guy on the phone tells me that i ordered the wrong part and even though the picture shows a bung, thats not important, it says fits an 8 and thats what matters. HOPUP RACING IS A BUNCH OF LAME *** PEOPLE RUNNING A STORE. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT DOING ANY BUSINESS WITH THEM REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU ARE BUYING. Im taking this to my lawyer.... which, thanks to my EVO i keep one because of my tickets 
.... I'll keep you posted... just know that HOPUP did in no way try to resolve this situation properly and when confronted with their false advertising, they became rude and defensive and hung up the phone on me.
the first pic is what they pictured, the second is what they sent me
.... I'll keep you posted... just know that HOPUP did in no way try to resolve this situation properly and when confronted with their false advertising, they became rude and defensive and hung up the phone on me.the first pic is what they pictured, the second is what they sent me
..... Just unplug the O2 sensor, screw in your CEL eliminator and replace the O2 sensor right back where it was.... Actually, you should be happy you don't have a bung in the TP. You would just have to buy an O2 sensor just to plug it with. Other wise you'd have a huge exhaust leak
Originally Posted by AlohaEvo
not many good stories about hopup, n e one have something positive to say? Was thinking about buying rims from them, but maybe not now...
I may do something that some don't. I usually call the vendor before I make a purchase and I do this for a few reasons.
1) I usually get a better price
2) I verify what I am getting (color was a big thing for me on my Blitz electronics)
3) It feels more like a purchase (personal thing I guess
)This has no offense to the original poster I understand where he is coming from
(I had the same issue with a different vendor regarding headlights and how they would work. I was lucky he took them back at all. He wasn't going to even take the BRAND NEW lights back that DIDN'T do anything that the website claimed. I did pay a restocking fee but better than eating $700+ on a set of headlights that don't work)
but from what I am seeing you got the NEWER version of the Helix test pipe and from other individuals its actually better that you don't have the bung in there anyways. Have you even tried to install this? The headache you are having doesn't seem to be worth the $5-6 fix for the mechanical cel-fix. (I know principal of the thing)
Like I said no offense and I feel your frustration, I hope you get everything resolved.
Originally Posted by DrBump471
bummer . . . I have had nothing but good luck with that company. Sorry to hear of your problems.
Originally Posted by bigric09
the point is, they are posting a picture of a product that they are not carrying. which is the product i wanted... not to mention they are advertising the cel fix...which is what that bung would do. They did not send the 02 plug for the catback, when i informed them of this they said it doesnt come with it. I then asked them how the CEL does not come on then and they replied with they sell these all the time, its designed that way. So helix i guess has a design of a straight thru pipe that doesnt cause the cel to come on ? we all know the truth, that you need something else to get rid of the CEL. Either way the point is false advertising... wrong picture on a product at the same time advertising a no cel product and didnt even include the part for the catback for that. HOPUP RACING IS SHADY. You guys can order from them if you want but after talkin to a few of you on here and a couple friends in my office, im not the only one they have ripped off and then give a very rude and unprofessional attitude about it afterwards
It's a very simple thing really, and could be easily implemented with what they sold you... Still, you are right. You ordered one thing and got another. They should refund your money or send you what parts you need. It's pretty stupid of them to get so much bad press for a few measly bucks
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