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DALAZ_68
12-11-2007, 09:20 AM
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y162/whopper68/IMG_0048.jpg :2f2f:

see update...

jonnybonds84
11-17-2008, 06:22 PM
I got a horrible experience with that guy, he still hasn't returned my emails. Here is the link. Beware what you buy from him that's all im saying, see for your self.

http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/216801-rebuilt-ka-not-you-judge.html

Shmex
12-06-2008, 02:39 AM
I had a bad experience with him. Lagged on the swap, jimmy rigged my mad, and used the sohc throttlecable, and sohc ps lines(wichled to it blowing In my engine bay)....he's out to make a few buck that's it. Sloppy and definately not effiecient. I never had problems contacting him though...and for the record, I never told him bout any of my problems, cuz I don't wanna hear excuses...mind you i d have to drive 1 to 1.5 hours to his place.

jonnybonds84
12-08-2008, 09:13 PM
2 hour and some change to pick up the KA I bought from him, I know but I thought he was a good source. Im sure there is alot more people out there that had bad experiences with him but don't say nuthing. SUCKS, with the price that I paid for the "REBUILT" ka that I bought from him I say he owes me like 400 bux. No answer from him though.

adrians_s13
12-12-2008, 04:38 PM
I can vouch for Spencer. He's always been pretty honest with me. And if I had any discrepancies with his work, he's always made an effort to correct what went wrong.

He's a stand up guy in my eyes.

Sideways_blksr20
02-22-2009, 10:00 PM
he is a very good guy ,knows whats he is doing
charge me really cheap to rebuild my sr and did a great job ,cant complaint!

Sideways_blksr20
02-22-2009, 10:02 PM
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p390/stephany468/IMG_0391.jpg

Croan
02-23-2009, 03:52 PM
Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/private-sellers/167982-spencer-dougherty.html) swaped my crashed 86's motor into a new 86 chasis. My old chasis had a full AutoPower cage. Spencer completed the swap and then asked me if his buddie could use my cage to mock it and build his own. I permitted Spencer to loan the cage for TWO months as long as Spencer disposed of my bare crashed chasis. He agreed and two months went by with no word. I called Twice a day for an EXTREMLEY GENEROUS time and was ignored. I ran into Spencer at a Pipe Line meet and as soon as he saw me he did his famous, " dude!! where have you been!!!?? Ive been trying to reach you!! why dont you pick up?!?" which he say to every person he fucks over. I later figured out that he was locked up for stealing so that why he prob did not to call me. I decided to act like a gentleman and asked politely to pick it up and he agreed and said that he had the cage at his shop ready for PU. Ok so if thats the case why didnt he call me or return my calls?? Thats when round two started. He again never picked up and ignored me. After recent confritaions on 626's Drift thread he was called out on many acounts of fraud, cheating and stealing and told me that he "threw my cage away because i never wanted to pick it up." ok, ,,, lets say i didnt want it any more and didnt give a fuck about it....Who the fuck would toss a full AutoPower cage ? Spencer is a theif and lies, he stole my cage and i want my money. If he grew balls and admitted it, i would talk to him, like a gentlemen thats a adult and work out a price or even maybe a payment plan, but shit has gone way to far and it needs to be known that this theif is out there and still fucking people over. I have a hand full of eye whitnesses. Please If you have had any experiences with Spencer that have ended like this please voice it here. We need to put this guy away.

Croan
02-23-2009, 03:53 PM
Originally Posted by Spencer dougherty http://zilvia.net/f/images/zilvia/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://zilvia.net/f/motorsports-skilled-driving/238010-626-drift-champ-series-round-1-novice-competition-practice-mar-14-15-a-8.html#post2652213)
WOW how rumers get started.. yes i owe them $150.. no its not my falt thought. my smog guy jacked for for 10 smogs and there the only one i havent payed back.. so it like fuck man.. and the cage i swaped his car and said he had a few day to come grab the cage outta the car befor i junked it.. never showed up so i juck it...ya real shechy.. im offering people help on there ride and u start trashing me.. i heard about u talking shit on me at the last meet.. thats sum pussy shit.. my #'s posted!!!!!

oh whooooooaaaa!! u fucking ghetto piece of shit. You fucking told me that your freind need wanted to "barrow" my cage to copy it. I told spencer sure no worries, i need it back with in 2 months tho and the deal was that he would scrap my old car as a price for "using my cage". i let two months go by then called all day very day to no answer. Then i was notified that you got locked up...FOR STEALING. then i saw u at a meet and u do the hole famous, " hey bro!!!! how are u !!!??" talk and act like we are cool. Your number one exuse is that we never call you. you fucking never pick up ur phone!! It is my fucking mission to let every one on this fucking planet to know what a crook, theif and strait up fucked up person you are. Get me my money

Jason

Croan
02-23-2009, 07:42 PM
Mods please keep this thread, combining it with a "thumbs up"thread is not what i had in mind


Sideways Performance swaped my crashed 86's motor into a new 86 chasis. My old chasis had a full AutoPower cage. Spencer completed the swap and then asked me if his buddie could use my cage to mock it and build his own. I permitted Spencer to loan the cage for TWO months as long as Spencer disposed of my bare crashed chasis. He agreed and two months went by with no word. I called Twice a day for an EXTREMLEY GENEROUS time and was ignored. I ran into Spencer at a Pipe Line meet and as soon as he saw me he did his famous, " dude!! where have you been!!!?? Ive been trying to reach you!! why dont you pick up?!?" which he say to every person he fucks over. I later figured out that he was locked up for stealing so that why he prob did not to call me. I decided to act like a gentleman and asked politely to pick it up and he agreed and said that he had the cage at his shop ready for PU. Ok so if thats the case why didnt he call me or return my calls?? Thats when round two started. He again never picked up and ignored me. After recent confritaions on 626's Drift thread he was called out on many acounts of fraud, cheating and stealing and told me that he "threw my cage away because i never wanted to pick it up." ok, ,,, lets say i didnt want it any more and didnt give a fuck about it....Who the fuck would toss a full AutoPower cage ? Spencer is a theif and lies, he stole my cage and i want my money. If he grew balls and admitted it, i would talk to him, like a gentlemen thats a adult and work out a price or even maybe a payment plan, but shit has gone way to far and it needs to be known that this theif is out there and still fucking people over. I have a hand full of eye whitnesses. Please If you have had any experiences with Spencer that have ended like this please voice it here. We need to put this guy away.




Originally Posted by Spencer dougherty http://zilvia.net/f/images/zilvia/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://zilvia.net/f/motorsports-skilled-driving/238010-626-drift-champ-series-round-1-novice-competition-practice-mar-14-15-a-8.html#post2652213)
WOW how rumers get started.. yes i owe them $150.. no its not my falt thought. my smog guy jacked for for 10 smogs and there the only one i havent payed back.. so it like fuck man.. and the cage i swaped his car and said he had a few day to come grab the cage outta the car befor i junked it.. never showed up so i juck it...ya real shechy.. im offering people help on there ride and u start trashing me.. i heard about u talking shit on me at the last meet.. thats sum pussy shit.. my #'s posted!!!!!

oh whooooooaaaa!! u fucking ghetto piece of shit. You fucking told me that your freind need wanted to "barrow" my cage to copy it. I told spencer sure no worries, i need it back with in 2 months tho and the deal was that he would scrap my old car as a price for "using my cage". i let two months go by then called all day very day to no answer. Then i was notified that you got locked up...FOR STEALING. then i saw u at a meet and u do the hole famous, " hey bro!!!! how are u !!!??" talk and act like we are cool. Your number one exuse is that we never call you. you fucking never pick up ur phone!! It is my fucking mission to let every one on this fucking planet to know what a crook, theif and strait up fucked up person you are. Get me my money

95nissan240sx
02-23-2009, 08:05 PM
a few months ago I needed to smog one of my cars before i sold it i've had heard from other people that spencer did smogs. So I called spencer and told him that I needed smog and he said ya come down with your vin # and $150. So I met up with him and handed him the cash along with my vin # a few days later I sold the car to my buddy and shortly after he calls me and tells me that the smog doesn't show up at the dmv office (spencer said it would be done in a day or two and it will show up at the dmv when we pay for registration). So I call Spencer multiple times and never answered my call or returned my voicemails. I saw him at the 626 drift event on the 15 and he said he would have my money the next day. So Feb. 16 comes a long and he tells me he doesn't have it to stop calling him that he will call me when he has it and he can't just pull $150 out of his ass. I still haven't recieved any phone calls from him and won't answer mine. Everybody watch out for this shady guy!!!

ka-t_180sx
02-23-2009, 08:15 PM
spencers legit as fuck what you guys talking about..he fixed my coilovers and fixed some problems on my sr for free...........legit dude

Sideways_blksr20
02-23-2009, 09:26 PM
spencer is a legit dude he charged me really cheap to rebuild my sr and did a great job...

Sideways_blksr20
02-23-2009, 09:29 PM
http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p390/stephany468/IMG_0391.jpg

http://i345.photobucket.com/albums/p390/stephany468/IMG_0498-1.jpg

racerx2k1
02-23-2009, 09:40 PM
Mods please keep this thread, combining it with a "thumbs up"thread is not what i had in mind




Only 1 thread allowed per reviewee.

95nissan240sx
02-24-2009, 12:30 AM
i just got back from spencers shop HE called me to tell me he had my money to come by the shop and i did. everything went smooth and he payed me the full amount hopefully anyone who has a problem with him gets it resolved. Once again thanks spencer for my money back it may have taken quite sometime but atleast i got it back

DataXUnknown
02-28-2009, 04:14 AM
Spencer is an all around good guy. I've only had good experiences with him. He is very knowledgeable and great to work with. :)

jonnybonds84
03-30-2009, 11:16 PM
So why doesn't he speak in this thread and answer questions and answer PMs??? He should say something if he is such a awesome person.

charlie321
03-31-2009, 09:50 AM
I've had great help and service from spencer, totally went out of his way when it wasn't necessary. Great guy, would love to do business in the future.

vietspec
10-05-2009, 06:50 PM
So i've read mixed reviews about these guys and I wanted to share my experiece.

I actually had a great experience with everyone over at Sideways. I ran into Spencer here by chance on zilvia. He sold me his SR Wiring harness and I ended buying a few other things as well. He was extremely helpful and even gave me a lot of technical advice over the phone that a lot of people could not answer. Very educateed when it comes to Nissan swaps. I ended up having a million problems with the car and sent it to him to do work on. EVERYTHING turned out great and he fixed everything and was very straight up and gave me a great deal.

Heres the work so far.

Sold me an SR harness and made an S13 redtop sr to S14 harness for me.

Sold me and intercooler,fabricated brackets a installed it. Very clean job.

Changed out the suspension which I didn't even buy from him.

Installed my catback

Installed my Altima dual radiator fan, rewired and installed a relay to make it work without a switch.

Checked my door and diagnosed the power problem so I wouldn't buy the wrong parts.

Did a million small things to make sure the car was safe to drive. So manythings I cant even remember.

Overall I have already refered some friends to him. I want to make it very clear that I have had no previous experience with him before and am in no way related to the company. just giving my presonal experience and comments. GREAT service and without a doubt extremely reasonable price. All this work was done on a few different occasions the last few weeks. I already have mroe work lined up for him and trust his abilities. If anyone here has any questions please feel free to PM me, I have no problem meeting up with anyone in o.c. if they want to look at the work, I dont mind meeting some fellow Zilvia memebers.

10/10 in my book.

Vince

240gtsX
02-07-2010, 04:10 PM
Spencer Dougherty doesn't make the effort to have everything done correctly. He's always half assing things. Thumbs down.

Edit: I'm sorry for all those who have lost a lot more to him. Let this thread serve as a warning to potential customers in the future.

240gtsX
02-07-2010, 06:10 PM
I found member Spencer Dougherty (C.E.O. of Sideways Performancehttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/mag-glass_10x10.gif (http://zilvia.net/f/#)) on nicoclub telling people that he does swaps for cheap in So Cal. My 240 ran good but wanted a little more power. I end up going to him for a RB25 swap and when I met him and told him what I wanted he agreed. The total was a bit more than what I expected because of the other item I told him to install but was not a big deal. So as time goes by, he tells me that he has the engine and transmission and that the only parts he is now missing are the intercooler (custom made) and driveshaft which he had supposedly ordered before he ordered the motor. I then leave my car and he told me it was going to take about two weeks to complete. Two weeks go by and he hasn’t even started on the swap. The third week he calls me telling me that he is about to put the motor in but doesn’t have the intercooler or the driveshaft. He then tells me that he’s going to go order the intercooler when he told me about a month ago that he had already ordered it. Another week goes by and he finally puts the engine in and finally gets the intercooler but still no driveshaft. That same week he also installs the “Nismo LSD” that I had told him to put on. A week and a half goes by before he gets the driveshaft and is finally able to put it on. A 2 week job turned out to be a month and a half of mostly waiting for things he said he ordered before he started working on the car.

So I finally go to the shop to get my car and he then tells me that there is a problem. He turns it off and when he starts it again it makes a high pitch noise. SEE VIDEO BELOW. Then as time goes by I notice my car making some strange noise and notice the O/D (Overdrive for automatic transmissions) light turning on and off along with some other clicking noise. I found out that to make the O/D light stay off I needed to either put the windshield wipers level down or turn on my rear defrosters. As I find myself having to drive on a rainy day, I turn on my windshield wipers and nothing happens. By this time I’m wondering why they’re not turning on and trying to figure out what happened. While I’m in the car my rear windows start to fog up so I turn on my defrosters and come to find out that in order for my windshield wipers to work I need to turn on my defrosters and if I were to turn off the defrosters the wipers will stop immediately. SEE VIDEO BELOW. Other minor things that he could have taken care of could have been to at least calibrate my tach and my speedo which was off by a few mhp. My fuel gauge is not accurate at all, he didn’t put on a shifter boot and trim, broke my hood latch, didn’t even put on an air filter, chipped the paint on my hood in numerous places, left some exposed wires near the starter and left my clutch pedal improperly secured. I could have killed myself!!

Yesterday was an eye opener for me. I took my car to a highly reliable source to change the clutch and flywheel and he noticed a few things. One: the motor mounts he used are garbage! They don’t have the bolt that is supposed to secure the mounts to what I believe is the cross member. Two: There are about 3 out of 4-5 nuts missing from the O2 housing and three, one bolt is missing from the exhaust manifoldhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/2_bing.gif (http://zilvia.net/f/#). This is probably giving me a couple of boost leaks. To make things worse, the steering shaft is rubbing against the O2 housing. This caused for a part of the housing to wear out and at the same time it was wearing down the steering shaft. This has made my power steering a bit stiff. If my engine were to move even a few centimeters it can make my steering lock causing me to kill myself in one other different way -_- On top of all that, my source informed me that instead of properly securing the LSD with the bolts that you can buy from the dealer for a very cheap price he welded the LSD. WTF is that?! Horrible work is what that is!

Conclusion: There is no chance in the world recommend “Sideways Perfomance.” C.E.O. of Sideways Performance Spencer Dougherty does not take the initiative to fix small problems such as exposed wires, doesn’t buy bolts that cost less than $10 and doesn’t secure clutch pedals. More so, he doesn’t take into consideration the safety of the driver and others when he decides to leave the steering shaft rubbing against the O2 housing that is missing most of the nuts and welds the LSD instead of bolting it on. Consequently to his incompetence, I now do not feel comfortable driving my car in the rain as the wipers function improperly and I sure as heck do not feel comfortable taking my car to the track. I hope this helps out those who seek in doing a swap on finding someone who does reliable work, knows what he’s talking about, and will not fuck you over.


Start up problem



Windshield Wipers
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Unfortunately I was not able to get pictures of the other things as I need to lift the car but will be updating this thread in the future.



Quote:
Originally Posted by Spencer dougherty
SideWays Performance Keeping Your Car Sideways 1(714)330-0021
[URL="http://sidewaysperfomance.webs.com/"]SIDEWAYS PERFORMANCE - Home (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hwvht3b5x4)
Full Survice Drift/performance Shop
240 running crappy/wire problems/need power/5speed/
tons of used OEM/after market parts...call anytime!!!!

Incompetence and :bs: IMO

hOngsterr
02-07-2010, 06:12 PM
there's a thread about them already,
too lazy to search.

S14DB
02-07-2010, 07:09 PM
there's a thread about them already,
too lazy to search.

I merged it to that thread once.
Then he made another. I locked that and linked him to the thread.
Then he made this thread.
Then he made another.
Now he is pink...

DALAZ_68
02-11-2010, 02:15 PM
Because there the same person...

Vatche
02-28-2010, 08:17 PM
So why doesn't he speak in this thread and answer questions and answer PMs??? He should say something if he is such a awesome person.

i dont think reviewed person is allowed to speak in the thread about them.

and ive met the guy hes cool, the shop was a bit messy and disorganized and thats how it seemed with the business aspect. He sold me a transmission that works decent , has some bearing noise though. price was good though.

right now i would say my opinion is neutral, not bad or good.

jonnybonds84
03-04-2010, 02:00 PM
Found this on his crappy shop. Everybodies cool when they are trying to take your money, I wasn't aware that you can't post in your review thread but he should answer questions, PMs and phone calls. As far as buying any serious parts or serious services (tranny, engines, LSDs) don't get it from him, most of his trader points are from his friends, fake or someone who bought a screw from him.

http://zilvia.net/f/reviews-forum/304596-review-sideways-performance.html

DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM HIM, DO NOT SUPPORT HIS SHOP.

THEY WILL SCREW YOU OVER!!!!!!!!!

besTint
03-04-2010, 04:09 PM
dude, he's hardly ever one here. he never gets back to my PM's either and it's for favors im trying to do for HIM. i've dealt with him a couple times and had no problems.

jonnybonds84
03-04-2010, 05:30 PM
I never had any problems with him answering my PMs until I found out he fucked me over, that's no excuse. I mean really.

Let's see, search more post by Spencer Dougherty.......

02-27-2010 06:50 PM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)
02-27-2010 02:25 PM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)
02-27-2010 03:23 AM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)
02-26-2010 02:44 AM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)
02-22-2010 11:45 PM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)
02-22-2010 10:28 PM
by Spencer dougherty (http://zilvia.net/f/members/spencer-dougherty.html)

Total Posts:756
Post per day: 0.68

Since March 2009 he has not missed a month that he posted more than 5 times. I'm on here every day and my PPD is 0.84, so I would say that his on here at least once every two or three days.
If you don't have any good facts to back up any of your excuses for him your not not doing this forum any good. And look at that your on his friends list, what a surprise.

rebornS14
03-04-2010, 09:47 PM
he gave me some misc. parts that i needed for free. seems cool to me. shops legit.

besTint
03-04-2010, 09:50 PM
dude, im my defense, i barely know the guy but i did business with him a few times and have had no problems. ive been to his shop, he's been nothing but generous. offered me the parts i needed and shot the shit for a minute. we've traded some parts another time and he gave me his hookup for getting some work done on my cylinder head, etc etc. i added him to the friends list as i do most people i do business with and he accepted. is that so wrong? i really dont think the dudes so computer savvy. he's only returned my PM once that i remember but ive had no problems talking to him personally or on the phone.

im only putting in my 2cents because it looks like im not the only person on here that's had good business with him. something went wrong on your deal, i dont even know what it is, but it shouldnt be to hard to sort out if you just calm down and try to talk to him without trying to make it an arguement. you know where to find him, you know or can get his number. it's not like he's a guy on the forum that you can never find.

jonnybonds84
03-04-2010, 10:50 PM
And I'm not the only person that has had a bad deal with him either, I'm not trying to start an argument but when weak excuses are made for him, that's when I wave the bullshit flag. I got kids and a family and do not have the time to drive an hour to do detective work on this guy but I do have time to warn people about him. He could be as nice as he wants to be, give people a spark plug for free and think that he's a good guy but he freaking knows he has done wrong. The fact that i have gone to Iraq and Afghanistan and seen people get hurt for people like him, enfuriates me. He was a nice guy to me too, we shot the shit too. I told him I was in the Marines and he knows I have a family and still the fag and his friend took my money with no remorse. I don't respect people like that. I'm moving up north again pretty soon, close to where he works at. So yes I do know where he works at and I don't need to call him again.

spooled240
03-04-2010, 11:03 PM
dalaz, what happened to your CA?

kushlivin
03-04-2010, 11:13 PM
Spencer is Legit as fuck, awesome mechanic and an all around chill guy. Thanks again spencer for getting my car up and running again.

240gtsX
05-01-2010, 04:02 PM
I was finally able to get under the car and took a picture of the steering column rubbing against the O2 housing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/jeff88/photo-3.jpg

Edit: It has now been fixed!

jonnybonds84
05-01-2010, 09:45 PM
Yeah some poor soul just bought a "almost new" LSD from him. There goes $600.

DALAZ_68
07-09-2010, 09:53 AM
dalaz, what happened to your CA?


clutch disk disintergrated due to him reinstalling the AT flywheel spacer for the FW bolts (and i know he had to install the FW because when i talked to him about the motor he told me himself it was Originally AT)...pretty much wat happened was the clutch disk ate into the flywheel bolts and im guess the disk flexed to the point of sayin bye bye, and blew up...LOL

pretty much when that happened, it hairlined cracked the whole flywheel...

see this thread for reference

So it wasnt the transmission...hmmm : CA18DE / CA18DET Forum (http://forums.nicoclub.com/so-it-wasnt-the-transmission-hmmm-t486220.html?hilit=DALAZ_68)

im guessing the only reason it didnt go out sooner was because when at the time i did daily it, I never did anything stupid like kick the clutch the burned out...etc it was a daily, this happened at the track were im happy it happened were no one could have gotten hurt...

also found out when i finally got under the car that i didnt have a dustshield plate...AWESOME!

and yeah i finally got to the point of installing my gauges and when Jordan from Jordan Innovations helped me out he nearly kicked me out due to the shitty quality of my wiring...

opened wires, shit just twisted together with blue tape...lol

i give him my praise for getting my motor swap done as fast as he did...
but seriously, after i got into looking at it, i realized it was a potential fire hazard...

so i decided ill just stick to local guys to work on my car...

lou's40sx
07-13-2010, 03:39 AM
Let's make a List of the accomplishments of Mr. Daughterly and slideways performance:

1. Sold a junk motor as "rebuilt"
2. Mickey moused a DOHC Swap using SOHC cables, SOHC Steering and junk wiring.
3. Sold a lightly used LSD for $600
4. Wiring that makes your wipers go on when you turn on the radio
5. Use AT components on a 5 speed CADET
6. Infamous Twist tied wiring
7. Stolen money/ Scam Corolla guy
8.. TRIED to sell me a 240 on craigslist as $1,000, private seller, call the number and it's Slideways performance we have no such car, but have one for $2,500.
9. Stole a roll cage.
10. Owes people money.
11. Did i mention Mickey mousing everything to make a quick buck?

"He's legit" "I know this Cat" "He's super balling JDM cool." Defenses like these, just have no validity for the list above.

Please feel free to add your personal inquiries to the list, if I missed it. And for those who are so confident in Spencer Daughterly, Please go check your car's Engine/Transmission and Wiring.

sidewaysstarion
08-16-2010, 10:33 AM
Also since he is burned here he is now moved onto the corolla community, he's trying to pimp his ghetto 20v swaps.

Club4AG Forum Topics: sideways performance 20 valve black top swaps (PICS INCLUDED) (http://forums.club4ag.com/zerothread?id=77947)

:wtf:

jonnybonds84
08-20-2010, 08:14 AM
He sells bunk engines and calls them rebuilt. There's no going around that, no excuse. He should be banned from here on that alone and let him sell his stuff on craigslist. That's where his "work" and parts deserve to be.

Nothing against ur work. But he's not a good guy.

illvialuver
09-20-2010, 03:31 PM
I like how people who defend him, are brown status due to shady crap in the marketplace.

I own a s13 that was taken to him by the previous owner, and man, even the simple shit is done wrong like lifting cars with the lift and flatening the pinch welds, messing up timing and selling wack stock parts, to noob as s chassis owners.

kingston
03-04-2011, 07:31 PM
I guess you get what you pay for. Quoted me a good price for a swap. Didn't complete the entire swap and also discovered my hardened motor mounts were swapped out for stock ones as well. Stay away from this shop!!!

240sohc
04-25-2012, 10:19 AM
I contacted spencer on a sunday morning searching for a silvia front end conversion; instructed me to call back monday to see if he could source me the conversion due to it being sunday most businesses are closed. Monday morning, spencer was able to source me a complete front end.

So Tuesday morning i tow my car to his shop to get the swap installed. I requested to roll out with spencer to get my conversion due to me not knowing him or his shop. He abliged, and i got to pick out my front end and go on some errands with him. While we were gone, the sideways crew had swapped my dented radiator support with an undamaged one, and disconnect all unnecessary hardware not needed anymore. As i was waiting for the new front end to be installed, spencer bought me lunch. Spencer and his crew made sure everything was wired up right, lined up and bolted tight.

I have to say that spencer is knowlegeable and true to his word. i would definitely consider buying parts or possibly shop services from him if need be. sidenote, the man works on cars wearing flip flops:bow:.

DALAZ_68
05-15-2012, 10:51 AM
all i know is...my car is finally Spencerless...or Spencer free...

my CA has been fully rebuilt by fineline tuning, missing parts installed, and proper piping done...

the shit harness he provided has been replaced with a brand new Wiring specialties harness so im free of the curse...

koukisilvia123
05-15-2012, 11:28 AM
I had a ton of issues with Spencer with my car, i went to him because he did my brother's swap, so I assumed he was good. He was, at first. Got my car running cheap and fast, then it went downhill after I brought it to him to have my rebuilt motor swapped in. I ended up with a missing stereo, window switches, sub, shift boot trim, boost gauge, trans mount. So yeah, will not be going back or do i advise anyone else doing so. He will be all fine and dandy at first, but when you get comfortable and trust him, he will get you. So yeah I was excited when I was Spencerfree too hahaha

JDM SPUG
05-15-2012, 06:38 PM
I bought a race seat from him about a year ago. when he had it posted up he said there was a small scratch on the bottom/back part of the seat, and since im never going to sit in the back seat it really didnt bother me. When the seat finally go to me in the mail it had 2 nice size cuts on the front ( the scratch that was pictured on the seat wasnt even there). Then to top that off it only came with 1 side of the slider and the wrong base that was hacked up. the box it came in was 3 boxes taped together. when i contacted him he said that he wanted me to ship the base that i had back to him and he would send me out the proper 1. a week goes by and no response. i said screw it. i told him i was going to put in a dispute with paypal which i did becuase it was completely false advertisement. i win the dispute bc he never even responded and then he wanted me to pay to ship him back the seat, all cursing at me and demanding. REAL CLASSY PERSON.

rat240
05-15-2012, 09:50 PM
http://zilvia.net/f/traderratings.html?u=55474

leave him negative feedback

cause he is still selling shit here and supporting his business

Future240
05-15-2012, 10:21 PM
I bought a race seat from him about a year ago. when he had it posted up he said there was a small scratch on the bottom/back part of the seat, and since im never going to sit in the back seat it really didnt bother me. When the seat finally go to me in the mail it had 2 nice size cuts on the front ( the scratch that was pictured on the seat wasnt even there). Then to top that off it only came with 1 side of the slider and the wrong base that was hacked up. the box it came in was 3 boxes taped together. when i contacted him he said that he wanted me to ship the base that i had back to him and he would send me out the proper 1. a week goes by and no response. i said screw it. i told him i was going to put in a dispute with paypal which i did becuase it was completely false advertisement. i win the dispute bc he never even responded and then he wanted me to pay to ship him back the seat, all cursing at me and demanding. REAL CLASSY PERSON.

So you won the PayPal why not send him his stuff back? Now it looks like you have his money and his item. Messed up or not the right thing to do would be to send it back.

sickstatus
05-16-2012, 01:05 AM
I bought a s15 driveshaft from them. Scheduled an appointment. Got there and he wasn't there. Waited 30 minutes for one of his buddies to get there. Never saw the guy. Although I did give them a positive review, I did it because the item I bought was described and his buddies was chill. Still waiting 30 minutes sucked. Especially when it was hot and I texted him before I was almost there. He texted back he was at the shop. At that time I guess he was moving shops..

JDM SPUG
05-16-2012, 04:09 PM
SO professional.

https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=1d233829c5&view=att&th=13755b85fa510fbb&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw

Its not my fault that after telling him that i was going to make a dispute through paypal that was was stupid enough not to respond to them, and automatically losing.

zspeedrft
05-17-2012, 01:11 AM
cool dude..hooked me up with what i needed..

MADE
05-17-2012, 04:32 AM
So you won the PayPal why not send him his stuff back? Now it looks like you have his money and his item. Messed up or not the right thing to do would be to send it back.

I see your point, but more than likely it will become someone elses problem when he tries sell it again. EEEEF that!


Way to many issues to go in his favor.

Future240
05-17-2012, 07:03 AM
^^^Two wrongs don't make a right. The right thing to do is JDM_Spug to ship it back on Spencers dime pre-paid of course.

JDM Spug gets a shipping quote, sends it to spencer, spencer sends money, JDM pug sends seat. Simple.

JDM SPUG
05-17-2012, 06:23 PM
^^^Two wrongs don't make a right. The right thing to do is JDM_Spug to ship it back on Spencers dime pre-paid of course.

JDM Spug gets a shipping quote, sends it to spencer, spencer sends money, JDM pug sends seat. Simple.

Oh i was willing to ship the seat back. what was i going to do with a torn seat, half a slider and a hacked passenger base? lol

he wouldn't paypal me to ship it back bc he thought i was going to "G him again", and felt i should pay for it. why should i Pay for it? he knew what he sent was fucked up, and wasn't what he posted up because in the picture on the thread the seat was scuffed on the back but when I got the seat nothing on the back but it was torn in the front.