Pretty quiet in here... what are you working on? (6 Viewers)

[matzell]

Nice! Had I known you were doing that, I would have pitched in for a set as well.
I've been eyeing up the Bud Built ones for a while, bit never pulled the trigger.
How much would a set go for, hypothetically, of course?

I have to have two sets made at a time to make the math work, one 5 x 10 sheet. I would say in the neighborhood of $425 +/-. I do have an extra set as of now and that would include the rockers as well. If I started to make more I might get the price down some. There was a set up charge for the fist batch. It is all in their computer so I can have as many sets as I need made from now on.

Stump, let me know if you want a set, maybe we can work something out on my extra set.

Rob

 

[matzell]

They look good Rob, like Bud's but smooth curves.

Yes, I have seen Bud's and they are nice, I just do not like the bend.

 

[afgman786]

My uncle's project sitting in the back of his lot

 

[76FJ40]

She's a creampuff. Get your uncle to sell it to you.

 

[D21FJ60]

Ya what he said. Throw him like $1k (I clearly have no idea what the 40 market is) or something see if he bites...

 

[matzell]

Let me know when to come pick it up...

 

[Stumpalama]

I have to have two sets made at a time to make the math work, one 5 x 10 sheet. I would say in the neighborhood of $425 +/-. I do have an extra set as of now and that would include the rockers as well. If I started to make more I might get the price down some. There was a set up charge for the fist batch. It is all in their computer so I can have as many sets as I need made from now on.

Stump, let me know if you want a set, maybe we can work something out on my extra set.

Rob

BO-KAY!

 

[Jakes40]

I may be interested in a set also. I need some new rockers.

 

[matzell]

I may be interested in a set also. I need some new rockers.

I am waiting to hear back from my rep, but I think I can get these down to about $375 for the 4 piece set. If I can get them all pre-paid I can get them to Fall Crawl or before if we want to get together a group order but we should start a new thread for that. I had mine ready in under two weeks.

 

[Jakes40]

Did an oil change on the Blowers Fleet today.
Still need to rotate the tires.

 

[94YotaGuy]

I got my shipping notice from White Knuckle, my sliders will be in on Friday, and I get back Saturday night.

 

[emorth]

Look it over before you leave. I took my 2019 4R in and it came out with the dip stick 6 inches out, the 2 front skid plate nuts stripped, the spacers were sliding around on the skid plate and they rotated the skid plate out of the way to access the filter and left It hanging off of the right rear bracket which bent the bracket down. The service manager, the assistant service manager and I now know each other very well! They had to weld in replacement nuts.

 

[Stumpalama]

Look it over before you leave. I took my 2019 4R in and it came out with the dip stick 6 inches out, the 2 front skid plate nuts stripped, the spacers were sliding around on the skid plate and they rotated the skid plate out of the way to access the filter and left It hanging off of the right rear bracket which bent the bracket down. The service manager, the assistant service manager and I now know each other very well! They had to weld in replacement nuts.

Yeah, had a '09 4runner of a teacher at my daughter's school in my garage to replace his CV's... The skid plate bolts were rusted in place and the oil drain access cover was gone from the skid plate. He had just had the oil changed at the dealer... They clearly ditched the cover plate a long time ago and want to avoid removing skid plates as much as possible.
It's all about turn over and doing it in as little time as possible.

 

[emorth]

Edited.
Sounds like this Service Dept is running a racket. I just overheard one of the SAs tell a lady that the bolt to her oil pan was stripped “probably the last time her oil was changed at another dealership” and since the pan won’t be secure, it’s not drivable until the repair is done. WTH?

He’s telling her the plug was stripped and the other dealership put glue around it.

Did they tell her she had to have her headlight fluid replaced?

 

[emorth]

Ok, so while I’m ranting, there’s more...

Chapter 2
A few weeks after skid plate disaster the right front dashboard speaker starts to crackle. Back to the dealership. I walk in, pass by all the customer service “folks” (nice word) and head for the service manager. He looks up, sees me and has this oh s***t, now what look on his face. I tell him about the speaker, he goes out an listens to it and agrees, it is bad. He has to order a replacement. Ok, so on the way out I turn, stare at him and with a strong, authoritarian, I know everything voice I say to him, “I know who broke the speaker”. He looks at me and in a somewhat sarcastic voice he says, “Right, the guy who messed up your skid plate”. Now, with finger shaking, I say, “No,no,no. It wasn’t him”. He looks at me like I’m an idiot. And I say, “It was Pink Floyd”. I leave him laughing.

Chapter 3
A few days later, the speaker arrives. I go to the dealership and find the service manager. He says, “Give me your keys and we will replace it”. I say, “I’ll do it”. He chuckles and says to himself, “He still doesn’t trust us”. Then he says, “Well, I need to send back the broken speaker”. And I say, “Ok, I’ll do it in your parking lot”. With a frustrated look on his face he hands me the speaker. A few minutes later I hand him the broken speaker. He looks at me with a smirk on his face and asks, “Well, is Pink Floyd happy now?” I leave laughing.

 

[Betteron2wheels]

A little over due to mention here, but the project Element is drivable enough to pick up the white knuckle sliders from dbug. These toaster are useful!

 

[fjman]

These dealer interactions sound exactly like the Subaru service people at Fitzgerald. My wife’s subaru went in recently and came out with a scuffed up bumper and newly scratched up passenger interior door panel. (They had to fix a faulty window switch). The tech was in such a rush he left me a nice snap on ratchet. It works great on those hard to reach interior bolts.

 

[Von Hayek]

Many years ago, I took a 2nd generation 4Runner into the dealership in Manassas for an alignment. The service rep called to tell me it needed a pitman arm and what the cost would be. I told him to not do the work and I would pick it up. I replaced the pitman arm myself and brought it back three weeks later for the alignment. The service rep called me this time to tell me I needed - drum roll - a pitman arm! I never returned.

 

[94YotaGuy]

Many years ago, I took a 2nd generation 4Runner into the dealership in Manassas for an alignment. The service rep called to tell me it needed a pitman arm and what the cost would be. I told him to not do the work and I would pick it up. I replaced the pitman arm myself and brought it back three weeks later for the alignment. The service rep called me this time to tell me I needed - drum roll - a pitman arm! I never returned.

It's amazing how, even after multiple news stories, shops still pull this. It seems like nobody holds them accountable.

 

[NearJetties]

Love when $5 worth of new vacuum hose and 10 minutes on a weeknight fixes my brake booster! I can only imagine what a dealer would have told me.

That’s if they even knew what a 62 was.