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By Adz2332,
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  rubzy said:
It's not suspension but my mate bought some speakers from autobahn for his 04 WRX and he told the chick what speakers he needed but she assured him that he needed different ones. They were top of the line Alpine's i think and when he got em home, guess what, they didn't fit! He took em back and explained that she was wrong and stuff and then she was like "Oh, you meant for a 04 WRX, I thought you said a 98 WRX". THICK AS! The ones he needed were a different price and he refused to pay that price because she stuffed up, the ones he needed weren't on special like the other ones. She was like but I'll get in trouble with my manager and my mate was like well you should have done your job right the first time and we wouldn't have had this problem, DUH! So, he ended up getting top of the range Alpine speakers that were meant to be close to $300 for under $100, haha suckers! Good luck with your suspension though mate, hopefully you know not to use them next time.

hahahaha autobarn SA dont sell alpine... only cartoys and tonkins do.

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  Madaz said:
+1 ring Ryan i run ISC coils and am very happy with the product and Ryans service is second to none

ISC are just cheap crap like K-sport D2 etc for a few measly dollars more you could do so much better... like bilstein, greddy type-S (with come with free electronic damper control now), or tein.

just out of interest (i no longer work for autobarn HO anymore) but which store did you have issues with? PM Me if you like.

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  gtrkiet said:
correct they dont sell alpine... :)

why would they want to? every one in the trade knows it is pushed to buyers only to make the most money (it has the highest mark up of all audio brands) how does this benefit the customer? ;)

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everyone is quick to bag autobarn, i happen to manage one of there stores, boys down where we are no there stuff. they don't just specialise in 'skylines' , we have to deal with every type of car on the market, hence we don't no every minor detail concerning skylines or what not. there's no real listings for parts on most import which makes some things difficult to find! your focus should be on the suppliers of parts to autobarn as they don't supply adequate information.

this does exclude the majority of some autobarns and there workers as i myself have had useless help from some, but just an opinion from the other side!

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I do actually go to the Autobarn down Noarlunga a bit myself & a few of the guys down there know their stuff, just a matter of who you get. As Psyko says it is a general automotive store so it can be a bit hard to remember everything for every car. There will always be people stuff up no matter where u go.

I've generally had better experiences with them than say places like Sprint, or Repco etc. which are their main competition.

Having said that I've never bought any major performance parts from them purely because they're generally a bit pricey for that gear.

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i have never had a problem with autobarn.....i got my intercooler from there and they were late by a week so i gave them the hurry up as the hot weather was apporaching and i got a VSPL for the price of their M spec coolers...

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  Krishy said:
yeah the M specs are bar and plate and go for $600-700 and the VSPL go for about $1200 so i aint complaining and it was the Gillies plains one

+1 for Gilles Plains store bought my cooler from there and was impressed with both service and price.Used to travel to Mile End before Gilles opened.Plus they got all the good oils etc when the 5k service comes around.

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