I understand that no names were mentioned.. even ours and that is good but my main gripe is that it was brought up on a forum before anything was resolved with the tuner (or even call me - you have my number) and ask why is there a difference of nearly double ...
this is where i felt i had to say something... I for one dont look at cobra owners then rub my hands and go "beauty .. someone to rippoff".. and i am sick and tired of cobra owners feeling like they are victimised for owning one - and have to "pay for the priveledge"... you were charged the same as everyone else i have ever charged to make up a loom and fit to their vehicle... along with the free flash of the TCM and ECU by TIS and the the EXTRA cheap VATS off etc...
If you feel you are being taken for a ride with prices etc.. with other things then you need to shop around.. I know paint is expensive when it comes to cobras (and more of that is it is a fiberglass body) and time and effort needs to go into preparing them properly so that you dont come back 6 months later and say .."My paint has sunken"...
Its people (not just cobra owners may i stress - but a lot of other conversion owners) that feel - and i have experienced this oh so many times, that just because a couple of wires need to be joined together it should cost them sweet F%$k all. They gasp at our prices (we are certainley not the cheapest but also not the most expensive) but with the blink of an eye will hand over $4-5000 on a set of wheels/tyres, where half of their money is going to go up in smoke or pay $10,000 and up for a paint job that more than likely will be scratched by some low life in a carpark. but wiring.. gee thats a $50.00 job and anyone can do it.
With that mentality it gives that group of people a bad name to the professionals who offer their services to these individuals. Alot of Mechanics/ Auto Elecs out there are starting to get the attitude that car builders etc.. want something for nothing and are either rushing their jobs to keep customers happy for the low price or pricing themselves up so much at hoping they dont get the job (if they do then good luck and extra money).
... as for all the other problems i know both the mechanic and yourself had been told several times (mechanic more so - but still you were made aware of them at the time - whether you fully understood the situation is not up to me to decide but for you to let us know) that things purchased were not correct (or at least there were far better alternatives out there).
Any way this is not a Direct DIG at you BAZ... more a DIG at the thread title and where it had headed before it was sorted out behind closed doors... if the out come had been bad and you were blantantly treated wrong then i feel that it can be brought up on a medium such as a forum to discuss etc... and let others know of your experiences.
I truley appreciate your kind words on our work with your car and hopefully others will work out there differences before using the Keyboard to bad mouth a profession.
once again Flame away
