MX5Ireland

As some of ye know I gave my 1990 mx5 to a garage to fit a turbo after we came home from France in may or June last year, I still don't have it back and have no idea when it's going to be finished! I didn't mind him taking his time cause I wanted it done right but his kinda taking the piss now isn't he, his not answering my calls recently, he rings me back then sometimes with a different excuse why it's not done, I was given a price of around 1000 to fit everything at the start and have given him 500 already, just wondering if anyone had any problems with garages before and where do I stand? Will I have to pay more if I just take it away, il have to pay someone else to finish it then, I just want it back now finished or not, it's outside at the moment with the interior getting damp and will probably start rusting soon too , I don't know what to do? Some of the work that his done is fitted the GReddy manifold, s13 turbo and ARTech downpipe (some fitment issues but he sorted that) , fitted the front mount intercooler and repaired brackets on the alu rad, fitted Toyota beams injectors from an altezza, a Volkswagen actuator, the turbo intake is from a 200sx, the coolent return pipe and front flange are from an sti impreza, he also removed the center box in the exhaust and fitted my carbing rollcage. The bits that are left to do are fit the GReddy E-Manage blue ecu, fit the wideband o2 system, fit the GReddy profec b boost controller and boost gauge, fit the oil cooler and oil filter relocation kit, his missing some t-clamp or something too, not sure what for though and needs to fit the air filter somewhere properly, sorry for the big post but I'm so pissed off

Hmm, would he welcome a visit from about 20 fellow mx5 owners, say of a Saturday morning?? Seriously though, it sounds a bit fishy. Do you know of others in the same boat? Are you prepared to name and shame?? DO NOT give him any more money for a start, and if you need asistance to recover the car, just say the word. I'd certainly try to be there for that

John

Heard the story from you in the autumn, and thought it was fixed by now to be honest. This was the guy fixing rallycars on the side, right? I would put some pressure on now, offer him a hand and start putting up demands. He has had enough time.

If he does not fix it suggest you get, say a rally-Evo to borrow in the meantime. After all, if he has taken the job, he should finish, or just call it quits and give you your money back.

Yeah... fishy. I'd collect it from there.

Fitting a turbo + injectors + ECU isn't hard, myself and AJ fitted his entire kit in one afternoon in a dingy garage in Stepaside a couple of years ago. A pro could do the job in two hours if a custom kit like the FM2, or max 12 man-hours if there are fitment problems or some minor fabrication of brackets. 12 man hours still only translates to max 600 quid.

leamyj wrote:Hmm, would he welcome a visit from about 20 fellow mx5 owners, say of a Saturday morning?? Seriously though, it sounds a bit fishy. Do you know of others in the same boat? Are you prepared to name and shame?? DO NOT give him any more money for a start, and if you need asistance to recover the car, just say the word. I'd certainly try to be there for that

John

Thanks John, I don't know anyone else in the same boat, name and shame; I suppose it will do no harm, it's just mx5 owners that will see this anyway, JOMO engineering, to be fair to him his really good at the work he does but can't understand why his lost interest in getting mine finished, I was delighted with the work he was doing but why is it taking so long I just wanted to see if anyone knew of this kind of thing happening anyone else and for what ye thought I should do?

sifpilsen wrote:Heard the story from you in the autumn, and thought it was fixed by now to be honest. This was the guy fixing rallycars on the side, right? I would put some pressure on now, offer him a hand and start putting up demands. He has had enough time.

If he does not fix it suggest you get, say a rally-Evo to borrow in the meantime. After all, if he has taken the job, he should finish, or just call it quits and give you your money back.

Ya it's the same guy, he does a lot of track cars, he built a few for the ITCC, I'm tempted to go up to him on my next day off (wens) with a transporter but I don't want things to get messy

franksm wrote:Yeah... fishy. I'd collect it from there.

Fitting a turbo + injectors + ECU isn't hard, myself and AJ fitted his entire kit in one afternoon in a dingy garage in Stepaside a couple of years ago. A pro could do the job in two hours if a custom kit like the FM2, or max 12 man-hours if there are fitment problems or some minor fabrication of brackets. 12 man hours still only translates to max 600 quid.

I know I should probably have tried fitting it myself and could possibly have got some help from some of ye on here but I have 2 jobs and very little spare time, I thought with his background and skill he would do everything for me and do it right first time, he has built some nice race winning track cars, I don't know what to do, I have already spent a lot of money building up all the parts over the last few years and it's all come to this

Drop up to him, have a list of what is not done & push him for a realistic completion date. If he has lost interest, bring it home and arrange a tech day

Sorry to hear your news Kieran. I have the jeep and trailer if you need a hand move it.

Steve wrote:Drop up to him, have a list of what is not done & push him for a realistic completion date. If he has lost interest, bring it home and arrange a tech day

Thanks, do you think we could finish whats left ourselves? I was thinking of bringing it to Andy, the fella that's fitting the rx8 engine into my other mx5, he said he would finish it for 5 or 600 at the most

back_in_black wrote:Sorry to hear your news Kieran. I have the jeep and trailer if you need a hand move it.

Thanks Alan, we'll see, I could get the loan of a Brian James trailer off Andy in Kildare and was going to bring it to him then but if I could finish it with a little help from here it might be easier to get a trailer closer to limerick alright and bring it home

jomo has a face book page, stick a few questions up on their wall and ye might get a prompt response.
i cant imagine how frustrated ye must feel cause if my car was gone for a week i'd be pissed.
also find out exactly what he's missing and you could be atleast organising that while ye sort stuff out.
hope ye get sorted soon