Notices
Sales Feedback This forum is to list your experiences with our vendors or other users. Positive or Negative. Please READ the rules.

Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 03-18-2011, 11:38 AM
  #76  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
2000AccordFlex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by Headster187
Sounds like someones just a bit nervous about going into a shop after trashing them on a forum.

What do I have to be scared about? Because I talked down on their incomplete work I should feel threatened to walk into there?

Originally Posted by DA 4 Lyfe
X2. If your that butt hurt about it i'd go down there and get your own answers. How do you even know they have read this thread? I'm not taking sides here but I mean come on.. I know you want them to chime in, but as you can tell by now they aren't going to...

Not trying to come off as a dick, just i think this thread is a lost cause if they aren't going to chime in becides killing there own name but it sounds like that has already happend.
I was in there many times to resolve what has happened, so what would another trip back down there do? So i can get the run around again? ill pass. And it has been posted on another forum for maryland car enthusiasts and they have been informed that these threads have been created.

Jeff, one of the owners response was im not too worried about it after being texted about the situation...

Originally Posted by rash
This is called a review forum for a reason. The entire point is to leave feedback for people or companies. If they have any concern about their rep on H-T, it would be in their best interest to respond here. A lot of big name tuners and companies rely on positive feedback/word of mouth from H-T. They're only hurting themselves by turning a deaf ear.

With that said, it really doesn't matter how many times the OP has called or went there in person. They screwed him over, they were made aware of what they did wrong (or did not do at all), and have yet to handle the situation. That equals bad feedback here, simple as that.
Worst part about it is Charm City Tuning is a paid sponsor of Honda-Tech and is a vendor here as well...
Old 03-21-2011, 08:13 PM
  #77  
Honda-Tech Member
 
NA James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Karma will come back around to them. At first i took up for cct because i thought of mike as a friend but after today im done with all that cause hes just as bad. Shabby a**holes! My car has sat for a few months and the other day i moved it so hunt could fix it and noticed some oil on the concrete but didnt pay it no mind. Then today i noticed a big oil spot in the grass in my back yard where my car was parked so feeling something wasnt right i jacked the car up and look at the oil pan and the oil line from the turbo to pan was not all the way tightened there were missing bolts holding my oilpan up to the engine and the vband clamps holding my dumptubes on were loose.(They changed my oil pump and put a ati balancer on the car after the oil pump took a **** on the dyno). Not to mention when i showed up to see my car get dynod i had to tighten up the vbwnd clamp holding my dp to the turbo that they were so sure it was the t4 gasket. Im just fed up and so much got over looked by a so called friend that im done with anything to do with them. I can get better prices and 100x better customer service elsewhere.
To the op you would have had better luck taking it to je import performance and i wouldnt recommend them to even change my spark plugs.
Sorry for making jokes earlier in your thread.
Old 03-21-2011, 08:26 PM
  #78  
Honda-Tech Member
 
NA James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

And to answer everyones question about why cct wont say anything is because they think the problem is no big deal. Jeff could give two ***** and Talks bad on everyone and is not in it for the sport, he just wants money and for his peers to think hes a cool guy because he owns a shop. Mike is a fool for being jeffs partner because ive seen him bend over backwards to help people out and ive watched jeff bitch mike out and him just take it. It will come back to haunt them when they do it to the wrong customer because that person isnt gonna be like the op and just keep letting things go and its gonna get physical. (Not saying me either cause i like my freedom and i just like to name call to get under jeffs skin cause all his friends know how he really is). Ok my rant is over and ive said my opinions and what i believe is the truth and how i feel.
Old 03-30-2011, 08:59 AM
  #79  
Honda-Tech Member
 
NA James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Bump! We need to get the word out to more people. Heard mike recently screwed over a few people again. 1 being a sr20 240sx and another being a supra..... shame shame.
Old 03-30-2011, 10:44 AM
  #80  
Honda-Tech Member
iTrader: (2)
 
Jas9848's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MD
Posts: 769
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

I've been trying to spread the word for years. Too bad no one listens.
Old 03-31-2011, 10:19 AM
  #81  
Honda-Tech Member
 
megatoninduk's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Columbia, MD
Posts: 573
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Interesting. Hopefully you get this handled
Old 03-31-2011, 06:50 PM
  #82  
Honda-Tech Member
 
lsvegmatt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Bmore, Md, USA
Posts: 186
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

lmao... the problem is and this clearly proves it. Jeff is a big queer! He cant post in here, but he can send messages calling out someone is this forum for talking ****. " wait till i see you, i'll give you something to talk about" Really? You are such a professional! The truth of the matter is you hide behind computers and your shop doors. DARE, double DARE you to come into the streets of baltimore and say it in the open.... You have jumped from shop to shop around md and everyone talks about you in a negative way, the people that are scared to say something are cowards but i'm not.... Grow the **** up, conduct business the way it should be done, and try for once to stand behind your name besides being a bunch of immature punks that act like they dont care about **** but themselves!

Thanks
Old 03-31-2011, 07:29 PM
  #83  
Honda-Tech Member
 
NA James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Hes a douche! He tried acting like a tuff guy on facebook till i called him out then he wouldnt say anything. I have friend after friend of his texting me or sending me fb messages saying they want to see me beat his *** and after they want to get a few punches in to. Its crazy. People even offered to buy me drinks after.... he wont stand up to someone that can fight or has been at a mma gym because hes a coward and can only act like a baddas to kids and the bums around his shop then brag about it like hes a badass. Nothing but a fat clown! Everyone knows his father paid to get that shop going and its funny how he acts like its all him. He had chance after chanvlce to tell me to my face how much he doesnt like me but he never would. I tried to provoc it but he just hides in the office or he'll go talk behind your back after you leave.

In my opinion cct's logo should be a cat and female dog cause mike is a ***** and jeff is a bitch that trys to **** everyone over. Lol this reply is meant for the owners only and no one else. There are actually decent people that are affiliated with there shop. So sad but best to them.

Originally Posted by lsvegmatt
lmao... the problem is and this clearly proves it. Jeff is a big queer! He cant post in here, but he can send messages calling out someone is this forum for talking ****. " wait till i see you, i'll give you something to talk about" Really? You are such a professional! The truth of the matter is you hide behind computers and your shop doors. DARE, double DARE you to come into the streets of baltimore and say it in the open.... You have jumped from shop to shop around md and everyone talks about you in a negative way, the people that are scared to say something are cowards but i'm not.... Grow the **** up, conduct business the way it should be done, and try for once to stand behind your name besides being a bunch of immature punks that act like they dont care about **** but themselves!

Thanks
Old 04-11-2011, 05:48 PM
  #84  
Honda-Tech Member
 
b16ajdmrex's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SoMeWhErE iN pA
Posts: 1,631
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

if this was me i would be in jail right now for beating everyone the f up at CCT... OP good luck!! J-K tuning all the way!!
Old 04-11-2011, 05:52 PM
  #85  
Honda-Tech Member
 
b16ajdmrex's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SoMeWhErE iN pA
Posts: 1,631
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

btw OP if you have the paper of what they supposedly did to ur car and was not done properly and honda can confirm that you can take them to small claims and get all your money back
Old 04-12-2011, 10:08 AM
  #86  
Honda-Tech Member
 
JustAnotherRex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kills, Maryland, USA
Posts: 1,408
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

How the hell do we get this far before someone suggests *drumroll* a lawyer?

Hash it out in court if you've actually got some real damages. If you're just pissed off and trying to do something of worth, why not do more than bitch about it on the internet?
Old 04-18-2011, 09:25 PM
  #87  
Honda-Tech Member
 
A13sechatch's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Baltimore, MD, United States
Posts: 1,518
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Hmm..weird...lifes a bitch then you die.
Old 05-08-2011, 08:00 AM
  #88  
Honda-Tech Member
 
NA James's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 368
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Any update? Or are you just gonna let it go like they did?
Old 07-16-2011, 10:07 AM
  #89  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
2000AccordFlex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

In the process of gathering information as we speak. Making sure i have everything i need before i go through with things.

New update on damages though... Charm city never mounted the top bolt for the clutch pedal so after time it caused the lower bolts to come loose. Just yesterday the pedal bracket and assembly sheared off the firewall, and with the damage it caused trying to get it somewhere safe to pull over, the clutch is shot and will need to be replaced as well...

Also, the plug/pin in the slave cyl was never put in, luckily my mechanic caught this and replaced it. If not, my transmission could have been shot as well...
Old 07-19-2011, 03:07 PM
  #90  
Honda-Tech Member
 
Wdbjr12345's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Stinky Baltimore
Posts: 93
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

yeah i would have to agree with everyone here. i wont ever let them touch my car and i never will but ive ben there with friends watching there car get tuned and i wasnt impressed they do a half *** job when they tune a car for example friends car got tuned they said ok it tuned for stock b16 on boost when my buddy told them it had forged pistons and rods so they closed there laptop and they settled. there very cocky and seem to put ppls builds down. to me a buisness should be all about customer service 100% of the time and doing the job rite when you pay for it the first time. just my second hand experience i figure id share with everyone.
Old 07-30-2011, 04:21 PM
  #91  
Honda-Tech Member
 
ek2588's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: MD, United States
Posts: 211
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

As spoolin stated there is always to sides to a story. i myself work at an auto repair shop and have had to deal with people bringing in there own "supplies" to do repairs. Its a hit or miss and we honestly dont no the full story. I do hope you get this issue worked out tho.
My personal experiance with cct was a good one. Set up a appointment to get tuned on july 1 2011 at 7pm (after hrs lol ) had a problem with a friend and ended up getting there around 8pm. every one was laid back and very cool, no assholish behavior what so ever, no rush. Talked and b.s. with jeff and the other workers as they strapped the car to the dyno. then mike came out asked me questions about the setup and began working his magic. i dont have a 20k$ build just a stock d16z6w/ arp's, ramhorn, hondata s300, other supporting mods. stopped @ 205whp @ 7.5 psi becuase i still had a stock clutch. They loved that the car worked properly saying theyve have ppl with knocking engines trying to get tuned. after the tune, we talked b.s. then headed i out. even got a "awsome working car discount as stated on the reciept" lol awsome customer service. Will do business with them again. once again there are always 2 sides of the story, some ppl try to bring in a turbo b on its last leg to get tuned, dont make any power and then try blaming a shop for bad tunning/bad business. i hope you guys take that into account before making a decision
Old 08-01-2011, 08:21 AM
  #92  
Honda-Tech Member
 
Tuner Eddy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Alabama, USA
Posts: 4,716
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by NA James
In my opinion cct's logo should be a cat and female dog cause mike is a ***** and jeff is a bitch that trys to **** everyone over.
LULZ
Old 08-29-2011, 06:16 PM
  #93  
Honda-Tech Member
 
B20vEf9's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Pa, USA
Posts: 2,426
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by lsvegmatt
J-K-Tuning is the answer. John is a very good and intelligent tuner. He is part designer for the software he runs including his new nissan (nismotronic) software. He is just not someone that picked up a laptop and figured out fuel and ignition and tryes to see what works. he knows. If your car is built properly and can handle the tune, you will not drive away with scary thoughts of your **** melting. He will tune it safely and show you excatly why and tell you what reasons he did certain things.

All motor tune. Stock block h22 with bolt ons and pro 1 cams.

100shot with same setup! Does a great job
J-K-Tuning and IMW ftw.
Old 08-29-2011, 07:23 PM
  #94  
Honda-Tech Member
iTrader: (1)
 
93grayeg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Chambersburg, pa, usa
Posts: 2,235
Received 28 Likes on 21 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by B20vEf9
J-K-Tuning and IMW ftw.
This
Old 11-28-2011, 09:56 PM
  #95  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
2000AccordFlex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Just wanna bump so people can check this out
Old 11-29-2011, 12:39 PM
  #96  
Honda-Tech Member
 
thenoxus1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: MD/PA
Posts: 275
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

CCT is moving there shop, IDK why, they moved into the old one not that long ago I thought. IMW and Evans-Tuning FTW in the PA/VA/MD area.
Old 11-29-2011, 04:19 PM
  #97  
Honda-Tech Member
 
GT40eg's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Glen Burnie
Posts: 666
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

your still crying about this?
Old 11-29-2011, 06:30 PM
  #98  
Honda-Tech Member
 
3Rd_gEn_LuDE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 81
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by GT40eg
your still crying about this?
Respect the ops thread. Its like your blind to the fact that they made this guy pay double what he needed. Wtf is wrong with you bro?

They hooked you up? Cool, good for you, be friends with them. Keep taking your car to them, that is until they stop caring about your **** too.

Op you get moving to get this settled legally?
Old 11-30-2011, 04:35 PM
  #99  
Honda-Tech Member
 
GT40eg's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Glen Burnie
Posts: 666
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

nothing is wrong with me bro. if he a problem with the work they did then he should have said something to them. Ive been dealing with mike for about 8 years now and no problems out of him with my ****.
Old 12-13-2011, 10:21 AM
  #100  
Honda-Tech Member
Thread Starter
 
2000AccordFlex's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Re: Charm City Tuning Worst Experience Ever - Baltimore, MD

Originally Posted by thenoxus1
CCT is moving there shop, IDK why, they moved into the old one not that long ago I thought. IMW and Evans-Tuning FTW in the PA/VA/MD area.
Mike bought out Jeff due to all the bad business he was doing with customers and their cars... I was just one of many.

Originally Posted by GT40eg
your still crying about this?
I merely bumped the thread. Your the one whos still crying about this thread. Take your CCT nuthugging over to the shop and out of my thread. kthxbye.

Originally Posted by 3Rd_gEn_LuDE
Respect the ops thread. Its like your blind to the fact that they made this guy pay double what he needed. Wtf is wrong with you bro?

They hooked you up? Cool, good for you, be friends with them. Keep taking your car to them, that is until they stop caring about your **** too.

Op you get moving to get this settled legally?
Thanks for the support, And its in the works. I still have until August to get everything I need to when the 2 year period is up for taking legal action. Started my new job and have been so busy with that and dealing with the actual car problems, it got kinda pushed to the side until i free up some time to get all the legal matters in place

Originally Posted by GT40eg
nothing is wrong with me bro. if he a problem with the work they did then he should have said something to them. Ive been dealing with mike for about 8 years now and no problems out of him with my ****.
Obviously you never read the thread through entirely. I called them around a dozen times to try and resolve my many problems. One problem would occur, they would make up an excuse, id bring it in, they would half *** the problem and say its fixed, then it would happen all over again. Or I would tell them of a problem and it simply wouldnt get addressed. Mike stated to me multiple times that he would go over the car himself once everything was finished and problems were address, yet it was still blatantly missing things and others werent even done. You can only take it back to the shop so many times before you realize even if they did mess up the work, why the hell would i want to keep taking it back there when none of the problems were being taken care of in a timely and quality mannor. When I called back about my clutch problems, and told them the clutch was slipping due to a bad install with no spacer like I mentioned to them and was in the manual swap write up that it MUST be there, Jeff told me to in a nut shell go screw myself and take them to court because he wasnt doing **** for me....

Now you can keep sticking up for a company whos practice and morals are this or you can just accept that just because you let their ***** sit on your chin like a golden platter while they deep throat you for all the money they can get out of you and your car build(s) have gone fine in the past doesnt mean that others get treated the same way. Best of luck to you with your endeavors with CCT. Like the old saying goes, you have a good experience with something, you tell 20 people, you have a bad one, you tell 200. Im trying for the 20000 mark with what I had to go through. I dont care. Anyone who would do this to someone else is worthless.



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:54 PM.