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It's a bit of a read but worth it.

The Truth About Forged Performance (they are in America)

This is going to be a long winded review, but my experience spans over a 22 month timeframe and I am still dealing with the repairs as I write this. I feel it is important to notate all of the details in order to properly warn my fellow GT-R owners. I would never want anyone to have to go through what I have experienced over the last couple of years.

http://www.gtrlife.com/forums/topic/85083-forged-performance-the-truth/

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Leroy Peterson Grand Master

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Its a sad story, and its frustrating when workshops do bad work, but how could he let it get that bad?

Even without hindsight, alarm bells are ringing when the customer doesnt show any knowledge of the parts he wants to put on. performance OR pricing wise... yet keeps throwing money at it after they claim it needs a new engine and purchased the wrong turbo.

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nothing new, and most of those threads often get deleted because they are paid sponsors

all those US shops are competing ferociously with each other, often turning up their dynos to 11 and pushing the boundaries because the man with the biggest numbers on the forum always sells the most

customer builds are getting fewer, margins are becoming tighter, and this is the result

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Agreed Wardski, Cant believe that extremely "Bodgy" work underneath the car in those photos. I agree with the guys above, How the hell did he let it get to $250K worth of poor work before blowing the whistle.. Crikeys, he could have bought 2 additional US 2014 GTR's for that sort of money. Mike.

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NYTSKY Grand Master

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nothing new, and most of those threads often get deleted because they are paid sponsors

all those US shops are competing ferociously with each other, often turning up their dynos to 11 and pushing the boundaries because the man with the biggest numbers on the forum always sells the most

customer builds are getting fewer, margins are becoming tighter, and this is the result

Margins have nothing to do with it, that build is unsafe and wreaks of a "that'll do" mindset. Building cars or wiping his arse his attitude would be the same.

People like that absolutely shit me and unfortunately I work with a few of them.

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Damnnnnnn..........there is some dodgy work performed there. I also read those two posts about 350ZTT and the G37 getting some work at Forged - dodgy as...reminds me of a famous in the 90's shop here in Melb that fitted some dodgy Chinese turbo to my mates car instead of the Garrett turbo he paid for. Luckily he took the heat shields off to check it out and it wasn't the correct hardware. Their excuse was that they made a mistake.. Gotta be careful everywhere.

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Margins have nothing to do with it, that build is unsafe and wreaks of a "that'll do" mindset. Building cars or wiping his arse his attitude would be the same.

People like that absolutely shit me and unfortunately I work with a few of them.

Margins determine working capital and ultimately the skill set you can afford to hire

That workmanship looks like it was picked up outside a home depot

Thread is locked, shop has agreed to work out a resolution, so everything is now forgotten and the game rolls on

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NYTSKY Grand Master

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I wouldn't even call it workmanship, anyone with a grain of common sense would know the work is no good.

I wouldn't let them build a dog house let alone 000's of $$$ worth of car.

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When there is a shit fight everyone gets covered in shit. Forged will lose bucketloads because of this.

Margins determine working capital and ultimately the skill set you can afford to hire

That workmanship looks like it was picked up outside a home depot

Thread is locked, shop has agreed to work out a resolution, so everything is now forgotten and the game rolls on

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The work on that car was horrible whoch is totally unacceptable.

But I know all to well what it's like dealing with a customer who changed their mind 100 times before the end of a project and it does cause massive issues with time frames and $$$$ to complete the job.

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The whole problem stems from FP taking too long to deliver the initial job, allowing the owner to consider other options along the way...

TBH, the owner changing his mind isn't a good enough excuse for even the worst welding job known to man. I could have done a better job with two hands tied behind my back and my a55 cheeks holding the mig.

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thats what i thought, works unacceptable, but the customers a pain in the ass aswell, i got sick of him changing his mind

just reading it

cheers

darren

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