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I second that. Awesome pic!
Speaking of snow and snow tires, I finally got my snow tires put on today. I took my car to the NTB on Mentor Ave. in Mentor (not the NTB down in the plaza which is practically shouting distance from the one on the south side of the street...). I usually have good experiences there, but today wasn't so great. Long story short, they had my car on the lift with the lift arms SMASHING UP INTO MY SIDE SKIRTS. When I saw this, I questioned the manager and he went out to find out who did it and why. He offered to put my car on jack stands, but I told him to just get the tires changed over quickly. I also expressed how unhappy I was with the whole situation. He and another employee promised that the side skirts are DESIGNED TO handle that and will pop back with no problem. I told them that I didn't care. Anyway, it turns out that the paint is cracked where the side skirts were bent/smashed. Sweet. I showed this to the manager, he agreed, and then told me that he and I would go to a nearby body shop for an estimate at the beginning of next week. He promised that it would be taken care of. I'm still completely beside myself with all of this. Damage caused by a lift is completely avoidable. Aren't these guys supposed to know what they are doing? Apparently not. I'm not really looking for any kind of opinion or sympathy or whatever, I just thought that I'd share this with you local guys. Again, I know plenty of people that have had great luck with this particular NTB. I usually will only take loose wheels and tires to a tire shop, but I don't have another set of wheels for my Evo right now (18's coming in Spring...). So yeah, big thumbs down to the Mentor NTB... :-( Who the hell do I trust to mount up my 18's when it's time!??!?!
~Steve
Speaking of snow and snow tires, I finally got my snow tires put on today. I took my car to the NTB on Mentor Ave. in Mentor (not the NTB down in the plaza which is practically shouting distance from the one on the south side of the street...). I usually have good experiences there, but today wasn't so great. Long story short, they had my car on the lift with the lift arms SMASHING UP INTO MY SIDE SKIRTS. When I saw this, I questioned the manager and he went out to find out who did it and why. He offered to put my car on jack stands, but I told him to just get the tires changed over quickly. I also expressed how unhappy I was with the whole situation. He and another employee promised that the side skirts are DESIGNED TO handle that and will pop back with no problem. I told them that I didn't care. Anyway, it turns out that the paint is cracked where the side skirts were bent/smashed. Sweet. I showed this to the manager, he agreed, and then told me that he and I would go to a nearby body shop for an estimate at the beginning of next week. He promised that it would be taken care of. I'm still completely beside myself with all of this. Damage caused by a lift is completely avoidable. Aren't these guys supposed to know what they are doing? Apparently not. I'm not really looking for any kind of opinion or sympathy or whatever, I just thought that I'd share this with you local guys. Again, I know plenty of people that have had great luck with this particular NTB. I usually will only take loose wheels and tires to a tire shop, but I don't have another set of wheels for my Evo right now (18's coming in Spring...). So yeah, big thumbs down to the Mentor NTB... :-( Who the hell do I trust to mount up my 18's when it's time!??!?!
~Steve
I second that. Awesome pic!
Speaking of snow and snow tires, I finally got my snow tires put on today. I took my car to the NTB on Mentor Ave. in Mentor (not the NTB down in the plaza which is practically shouting distance from the one on the south side of the street...). I usually have good experiences there, but today wasn't so great. Long story short, they had my car on the lift with the lift arms SMASHING UP INTO MY SIDE SKIRTS. When I saw this, I questioned the manager and he went out to find out who did it and why. He offered to put my car on jack stands, but I told him to just get the tires changed over quickly. I also expressed how unhappy I was with the whole situation. He and another employee promised that the side skirts are DESIGNED TO handle that and will pop back with no problem. I told them that I didn't care. Anyway, it turns out that the paint is cracked where the side skirts were bent/smashed. Sweet. I showed this to the manager, he agreed, and then told me that he and I would go to a nearby body shop for an estimate at the beginning of next week. He promised that it would be taken care of. I'm still completely beside myself with all of this. Damage caused by a lift is completely avoidable. Aren't these guys supposed to know what they are doing? Apparently not. I'm not really looking for any kind of opinion or sympathy or whatever, I just thought that I'd share this with you local guys. Again, I know plenty of people that have had great luck with this particular NTB. I usually will only take loose wheels and tires to a tire shop, but I don't have another set of wheels for my Evo right now (18's coming in Spring...). So yeah, big thumbs down to the Mentor NTB... :-( Who the hell do I trust to mount up my 18's when it's time!??!?!
~Steve
Speaking of snow and snow tires, I finally got my snow tires put on today. I took my car to the NTB on Mentor Ave. in Mentor (not the NTB down in the plaza which is practically shouting distance from the one on the south side of the street...). I usually have good experiences there, but today wasn't so great. Long story short, they had my car on the lift with the lift arms SMASHING UP INTO MY SIDE SKIRTS. When I saw this, I questioned the manager and he went out to find out who did it and why. He offered to put my car on jack stands, but I told him to just get the tires changed over quickly. I also expressed how unhappy I was with the whole situation. He and another employee promised that the side skirts are DESIGNED TO handle that and will pop back with no problem. I told them that I didn't care. Anyway, it turns out that the paint is cracked where the side skirts were bent/smashed. Sweet. I showed this to the manager, he agreed, and then told me that he and I would go to a nearby body shop for an estimate at the beginning of next week. He promised that it would be taken care of. I'm still completely beside myself with all of this. Damage caused by a lift is completely avoidable. Aren't these guys supposed to know what they are doing? Apparently not. I'm not really looking for any kind of opinion or sympathy or whatever, I just thought that I'd share this with you local guys. Again, I know plenty of people that have had great luck with this particular NTB. I usually will only take loose wheels and tires to a tire shop, but I don't have another set of wheels for my Evo right now (18's coming in Spring...). So yeah, big thumbs down to the Mentor NTB... :-( Who the hell do I trust to mount up my 18's when it's time!??!?!
~Steve
seriously, how hard is it lift the car so that it doesn't hit anything?! But I'm glad that they are willing to take care of it and get it fixed, just sux that you just got your new ix and a shop already messed it up...
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 124
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From: Dover, Ohio
Sale is now pending got the dude financed and should be on its way to a new home in Akron tommrrow afternoon
I already got a spot on my garage wall for that calender. evodave's car going to be in it too. That picture is great, that's for sure.
As far as mods go:
Injen UICP and Intake, GSC 272/272 cams, o2 housing, ams fuel rail, IX turbo, Hallman PRO MBC, Slicks downpipe and testpipe, HKS carbon ti cat-back, that's I think it out of the majors under the hood.
Suspension:
KW coilover, robi spec sway bar, robi anti roll kit, some sort of bushings
stoptech rotors, hawk hp+ for track
As far as mods go:
Injen UICP and Intake, GSC 272/272 cams, o2 housing, ams fuel rail, IX turbo, Hallman PRO MBC, Slicks downpipe and testpipe, HKS carbon ti cat-back, that's I think it out of the majors under the hood.
Suspension:
KW coilover, robi spec sway bar, robi anti roll kit, some sort of bushings
stoptech rotors, hawk hp+ for track
Yup, it's the 5.7. So far I'm very happy with it. Except for gas mileage..... a bit left to be desired there. I'm averaging 15 in mixed city and highway. Not bad for a 5.7 I guess though.
I have TRD intake, exhaust, and headers going on to try to cure the fuel mileage issue though.
Yup, it's the 5.7. So far I'm very happy with it. Except for gas mileage..... a bit left to be desired there. I'm averaging 15 in mixed city and highway. Not bad for a 5.7 I guess though.
I have TRD intake, exhaust, and headers going on to try to cure the fuel mileage issue though.
I have TRD intake, exhaust, and headers going on to try to cure the fuel mileage issue though.
A bit shocked myself. My f-350 goes 11-12 mpg mix. (filled him up today - ran 9 mpg)I'm running 1.5 bar (23-24 psi). Ran 29 psi with race gas. And yea, I have Buschur FMIC (forgot to mention that) and also slick's LICP
Evolving Member
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 130
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From: Northeast Ohio / Montreal
Chris.. i am out of town for 3 days... and you sell the evo... you bastard..
if you don't buy something faster... i'll be upset..
You still have all the spare parts laying around..?
if you don't buy something faster... i'll be upset..
You still have all the spare parts laying around..?
