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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:55 PM
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yeh i see where ur comin from i dont know about kaminari just heard the name few times. but i think every kit has a postive and a negative here and there
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 12:58 PM
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Why does the squeaky wheel get the grease? Cuz the other wheels are damn fine. All of Accolade's content customers show off their kit once it's installed then that's the last we hear about them with accolade. Now when a dis-satisfied customer comes up... he/she always cause an earful of disturbance. The dissatisfied customers scream louder than the satisfied ones or so to speak. People buy RRM products all the time, I NEVER hear any problems about it... does that mean that they dont sell products? No! that means they have a ton of happy customers.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by CoronaLancer
How many threads have you read about Kaminari issues.....Fitment? Quality? Customer Service?
I know the owner of Kaminari.. they have major problems with CF hoods and bad back orders.. not to mention they as a company have gone bankrupt twice.

How many threads do you hear of Kaminari... hmm how many people with Kaminari rides ? Their design work is poor and due to the high cost of Urethane Molds most companies cannot afford to take the chance.

Again you choose what you want to hear... people with preconceived unjustified notions of our company based on no-experience have been the most out spoken to date..
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Iamkar33m
Why does the squeaky wheel get the grease? Cuz the other wheels are damn fine. All of Accolade's content customers show off their kit once it's installed then that's the last we hear about them with accolade. Now when a dis-satisfied customer comes up... he/she always cause an earful of disturbance. The dissatisfied customers scream louder than the satisfied ones or so to speak. People buy RRM products all the time, I NEVER hear any problems about it... does that mean that they dont sell products? No! that means they have a ton of happy customers.

Agreed, the disgruntled customers always chirp the loudest...no question.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave@Accolade
I know the owner of Kaminari.. they have major problems with CF hoods and bad back orders.. not to mention they as a company have gone bankrupt twice.

How many threads do you hear of Kaminari... hmm how many people with Kaminari rides ? Their design work is poor and due to the high cost of Urethane Molds most companies cannot afford to take the chance.

Again you choose what you want to hear... people with preconceived unjustified notions of our company based on no-experience have been the most out spoken to date..
Dude, I dont care who you know at Kaminari or what CF hood has what issues.
Noone is talking about their CF anything so stop trying to divert the thread.

We are talking about the lancer...there is absolutely no question that the Lancer kaminari kit is hands down the best kit for our cars....you can stand by your happy customers, you can stand by "fitment" (totally in quotes cause even that is questionable) but #1 Fiberglass is fiberglass no matter what accolade wants to call it...what was it APFD or something? Whatever man. #2 Urethane is a far superior product than yours, and dont try to argue it because you will look foolish and you will be lying. and #3 Kaminari, I challenge you to find the thread with Kaminari issues like the ones all over these forums dating back 2 years.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:22 PM
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Oh and to answer your question there arent alot of people with kaminari kits because they cost $700 shipped. Quality costs money, crap is cheap. Fact is you feast on all these 19-25 year old eager young fellas just looking to pimp out their rides as quickly as possible with a limited budget. I'll give you credit, you have been successful in getting into the niche market, but quality is where it's at and thats not Accolade.

It cracks me up that you would even trumpet yourself as a savior to the Lancer aftermarket community.

Fact is that there are only a handful that fabricate to us, and you are the cheapest....but certainly not the best.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by CoronaLancer
Marques,
Why give your $ to a company that illegaly uses intellectual property on their website?
Give me a break we only have what is it 14 cars in a "ride gallery"

How many have issues with the pics 1 ? It was probably done out of excitement when his car was first unveiled. You act like we have commited an atrocity or a crime of identity theft..

We dont use the pics to sell our products we own the cars.. we only have a ride gallery because we love our customers and love to show off their vehicles..

Is that not why people setup ride galleries ?
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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not to be an A#@ but this is like the 6th time i have seen a complaint about this company and it seems to be the same problem every time damaged good, poor customer service = a company that does not give a rats @#$ about their customers.Maybe they should be allowed to post on here if they are consistently getting bad reviews.PLus Dave@accolode comes up with all kinds of excuses to cover himself.I have never heard of a company that has perfect body kits every time they are shipped and for your info if kaminari ships a body kit and it arrives damaged they replace no questions asked.Kinda makes you think were you should buy your body kits

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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave@Accolade
Give me a break we only have what is it 14 cars in a "ride gallery"

How many have issues with the pics 1 ? It was probably done out of excitement when his car was first unveiled. You act like we have commited an atrocity or a crime of identity theft..

We dont use the pics to sell our products we own the cars.. we only have a ride gallery because we love our customers and love to show off their vehicles..

Is that not why people setup ride galleries ?
Keep diverting attention...what about the other core issues I mentioned in that same post?
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by CoronaLancer
Oh and to answer your question there arent alot of people with kaminari kits because they cost $700 shipped. Quality costs money, crap is cheap. Fact is you feast on all these 19-25 year old eager young fellas just looking to pimp out their rides as quickly as possible with a limited budget. I'll give you credit, you have been successful in getting into the niche market, but quality is where it's at and thats not Accolade.

It cracks me up that you would even trumpet yourself as a savior to the Lancer aftermarket community.

Fact is that there are only a handful that fabricate to us, and you are the cheapest....but certainly not the best.
I fail to see your point.. but I do know your conclusions are brash..

For one people on average dislike the Kaminari design.. they may have the funds but will simply not put it on their cars.. Our kits are affordable and look great so why would you hold that against us..

Im not this evil man behind the computer preying on unsuspecting buyers..

There is a significant price tag attached to Urethane.. And Non-Urethane kits are far less in cost..

All this being irrelevant since we deal in the latter as other companies do as well.. we being in my opinion the best option. Quality and Service.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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like i said excuse after excuse
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:35 PM
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like i said excuse after excuse
Riight ok I guess I will not post anymore since what I have to say is obviously not registering with you and others..
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:50 PM
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okay im not trying to take business from anyone on this site. i am just here because i own a lancer. i could truthfully care less if a single person on this site buys anything from me. i have worked with many lancer owners that post on this forum. i am a lancer owner myself and post on this forum as a member of the forum and as a business. i have also contacted the owners and moderators of the site and am in the process of becoming a registered vendor.

i was just stating that as a business owner i think that accolade should man up to a problem that, whether it be becuase of bad product or bad shipment, is still their problem and their problem alone.

if the problem ocurs due to shipping, get a new shipping company.

you cant put your business in jeopardy over simple things like shipping. there are lots of shipping companys out there and there has to be one better than the one you are using if they are causing you all these problems.

if i were in accolades shoes i would change my shipping company. bottom line.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 01:56 PM
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Why do people have such beef with accolade. I have delt with them and they are more than reasonable and prompt in replies. Dave as well as Dimantha. They also have no problem working with me and helping me get what i want. I havent bought my kit from them because i ran into a huge finacial problem.

Every story has 2 sides to it. It seems that people are real impatient. The one thing i dont get is why go lancer go was blocked. Who knows i wasnt there and cant put in my two cents.

All i can say is that accolade has helped me A LOT and i have 0 complaints about them. But at the same time i havent recieved a kit from them but i will buy one from them as soon as i have the avaliable funds because i see more satisfied customers than unsatisfied.
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Old Aug 17, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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Ok i have been here since dec. 03. And i have heard many bad things about accolade. AFTER ALL THIS JUNK THAT THATS HAPPENED, PEOPLE STILL BUY THIS KIT.GET A CLUE!!! IF X AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN THEN DUH, THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT KIT. If anyone else buys there kit after this post, you deserve to get shafted. cause you are a moron.
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