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Old 05-28-2009, 01:24 AM
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Well this is my first build thread ever. Pics are credited to wrx-killer-sti-eater (Desmon) who has been helping me out a whole lot. All of these are done in So Cal.

To start this thread off, here's a little background on what happend that led to this:

http://hondamarketplace.com/showthre...421894&page=16

For everybody on HT: I am posting this to let everybody know how bad this guy is so that you won't ever have to deal with him in the future. Under no circumstances is this part of my deal/agreement with this person that I cannot warn you guys or post about him. He is pissed off that I am posting this on HT and letting you know what I went through. I have text to prove it. i reported this to the local PD in both Nor Cal and So Cal area (just in case). So please read the info below and take it how you want to take it. But this is a WARNING and I'm doing my part in helping you guys out!

Originally Posted by Edhondacivic
maybe u people should get to know ppl before u choose to leave your car in the hands of someone u guys dont really know

thats y u do the conversion yourself
thats what im doing
Well if I can do the conversion myself, I would have but since I can't, then I got someone else to do it for me. I did try to do some research on this guy and his work. The pictures he posted looked good and how he did it or so he claims. Spoke with him on the phone for a week or so maybe more before driving 6 hours to drop off my car. As a result to all this, my car is now ****ed the hell up.

I already called Fountain Valley PD and San Jose PD on this matter. Both PD's have a record on this (in case this guy tries to retaliate. Safety of my family comes first before anything). Vu (owner of the shop) will answer calls before you drop the car off text you back. But as long as he has your car in his shop, he gives you the run around. He keeps telling you he understands how you feel about your car that its your baby but in fact, he doesnt because he treats your car like **** since its not his. You have to put trust into the shop you are leaving your property with. My car was dropped off on March 28, 2009 (Sat). Drove there with my gf and our baby and my friend drove my car and he flew back home the same day while I stayed out there for the weekend. I visited the car for 2 days when I was there and he was working on it since I dropped it off. So that got me thinking that he was good at what he does.

Well its easier to rip things apart than putting it back together from what I can tell you. I paid for a RHD Conversion (I provided my own from HMotorsonline.com which I picked up the same day), Complete Paint Job including the engine bay, wire tuck. The prices he gave me were pretty good. Lesson learned, if its too good to be true, it probably is and with this matter, it is in fact TRUE!!!

After a month which he said is all he needed, I was suppose to pick up the car. Got my tickets with a friend to come a long and he cancelled the day before I was picking it up. He moved it for the next week, got my ticket and he cancelled 3 hours before my flight was leaving because he said he could not start the car. I flew down there anyway to check out the car. A mod here on HT picked me up from the airport and took his time to help me out. We went to his shop and he never showed up that day. I came back in the afternoon/night and he still didnt show up. He wont let me see my own car at his shop and Im not local. He even turned off his phone the whole day. Throughout this whole ordeal, he never text or calls me for any update on my car. I had to keep calling and calling and texting. But once I told him I would leave a negative feedback on HT, he calls you back within 5 minutes. I explained everything to him on what I wanted done, he says he understands and even left him a check of list to make sure all are done before I get the car so I dont have to wait for it at all. He says he goes through the list everyday but again another lie.

The 3rd time to pick it up was again cancelled. 4th time was set for May 18 (almost 2 months in the shop). I spoke with him the day before to make sure we are good to go. He says yes and my car is driveable and all set for the next day. Again, the mod here on HT (wrx-killer-Sti-eater) picked me up from LAX. He is suppose to do my alarm that day before I drove back home. When we get to the shop and saw the car, I was very pissed off.

The paint was ****ed up. It looked like someone spray painted it. Bodywork was messed up. Lots of orange peels everywhere, glossy on some parts and others none. Trimmings were painted/broken. Both fenders were not even bolted on. NO front bumper at all installed. Missing my JDM Hood latch to close the hood. My trunk was filled with car parts that were suppose to be installed such as bumper, HID's and other things. My new windshield was cracked on the bottom where the RHD side was. Engine Bay: my jdm headlights had all the wiring cut up, missing gaskets and covers on the lights, power steering pump missing and not installed, no AC of any sort which was suppose to be installed, my battery was thrown in there and was only supported by some engine wiring, intake was not on, wiring everywhere were cut up. It's a fire hazzard and cannot be driven. Car starts and shoots out power steering fluid. None of the lights work, windows, etc. Missing my JDM Front Bumper Pole Relay and lots and lots of bolts in the engine bay and the car. The shop was very unorganized. Car parts were everywhere.

I asked Vu where my parts where and he just looks at me with a blank expression on his face and says I dont know. He claims my original front bumper along with the lip was STOLEN by his mechanic. I asked him how and why and he kept saying I dont know. He doesnt even look sorry or apologetic. Not once did I yell at this guy or do anything at all. I was pissed off and all I could think about was the car and how it was before and now. I just got robbed by this guy! I called the local PD right away to make sure this was reported. He told me that he will fix everything if I leave it with him and I told him Hell NO! The car is leaving today with me and he never gave me anything to trust him with. He sent me a pic of the car a couple of days before and my gf was even wondering why the car looks dull. Not shiny or glossy. I told her maybe the lighting or so but I was wrong because it was not painted at all correctly.

Officers responded to the scene and do their routine of questions. Its a civil matter they said so I have to deal with him personally and take him to court. Vu mentioned to the officers that my front bumper was stolen by his mechanic and that he was willing to give me some Recaros for the bumper and among other things. The Recaros were ****ed up. They were missing rails/sliders, broken latch to incline/recline the seats, the bolster were messed up and it was dirty as hell. We kept asking were are my car parts and what belongs to me. He says I dont know. So we just started packing things in the car to get the hell out of there and took the seats also. Vu calls the cops and the same officer comes back. He told the officer that we were stealing the seats from him but the officer remembered what he said that he was going to give them to me. So he could not do or say anything. The officer told us to take all of my stuff including the chair and car and leave. So we did.

Before we left, I decided to see if he wants to settle now or go to court. I do not know what is missing from the car (completely) except for the JDM Bumper, lip, hood latch, missing gas/trunk cable inside the car, ITR VIN tag, bumper pole relay, bolts, license plates, etc. until the car has been overhauled. But those were things that stick out for me. I wanted my money back that I had given him when I dropped the car off plus for any of the missing items. He did not want to give me the money then and wanted me to come back at night. For what? So that I can get jacked? We settled on an amount which to him would be a steal but a loss for me and decided to meet up at the Police Station for my safety (just in case). I took the amount we decided because it was better to have something than nothing at all so at least I can get the right shops/people to work on my car.

The car has been towed out of his shop the same day and dropped off at another motor shop to do my electrical and motor parts. They were able to take off the motor within 15-20 minutes. Part of the reason was Im missing tons of bolts. The same day, the car was towed to a body shop and work has already begun.

I lost lots of money and time on this whole thing. A lot of people, not just myself, has been affected by this. Thanks to the help of wrx-killer-Sti-eater and hooking it up with another shop that can actually do the work and is capable of it. Not some mickey mouse ****.

I think thats enough explanation. i have videos of the car from Vu's shop when we picked it up. My agreement with him was to settle everything that day as he paid me my money back and that I will erase one of the videos (which I did) from his shop. I did not agree to erasing anything else or not posting on Honda-Tech about my situation and to warn others.

FYI: My JDM Front Bumper, grill, hood latch, and lip were not STOLEN by his mechanic. Vu actually sold my property to another member here on HT that was scammed by him and got a lawyer. I spoke with the member on the phone about this to verify my property and indeed it was mine. He owed him all of those things since January or so and this member just got his items about 3-4 weeks ago when my car was there at his shop. I reported this also to the Fountain Vally Police Department. Here are pics of my front bumper he sold which is now on the HT members car: Sleepyboy2004.




Here are pics of my car before I dropped it off to his shop:





Pics of how it looks like from what Vu did. (this was taken at the current shop by wrx-killer-Sti-eater who has been helping me out a whole lot deal with this. Without his help, I would be lost and feeling hopeless). Parts that were sanded down were done by the new shop. they work fast. But the whole car was **** when I brought it:












After a week at the shop, this is how it looks like now. I have never seen my car like this before and I have had a lot of paint jobs. I think it looks very nice. Although there are a lot of white integras out there, I love white. Simple and not too flashy yet respectable.














More to come. This is just the paint and body section. We still have the motor and rewiring the entire whole car. Stay tuned...hoping that it will make it in time for:

Nor Cal's Treasure Island Meet
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Old 05-28-2009, 01:43 AM
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I'll try my best to get the car done by then! We have alot of work to do! Glad to help out on one of your builds. This was a big project to take on and tackle. We should have the car in the booth for paint before monday. Then a week to paint. Next week we ca start the rewire of the car and the alarm/gps install. Opps can't forget about putting in the swap. And of course the new volk rims.

And yes I still do alarms and gps. Please pm me!

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man, thats some ****ed up ****. looked like it was a decent car at one point in time.
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whats the deal with the sanantonio-import logo? you know mario (skunk)? im a member on there as well.
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looks good so far. Love my ITR front end tegs
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Originally Posted by ivan93egreppin210
whats the deal with the sanantonio-import logo? you know mario (skunk)? im a member on there as well.
Dont know him personnally but he is the guy that bought my front bumper. that the scammer claimed had been stolen by his mechanic. He stole it from me and sold it to Mario along with my grill, lip, and hood latch.
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lookin good
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looking good.... keep it up
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shouldnt have cut the bumpers for the fogs other than that nice work
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i know a guy that the exact same thing pretty much happened to him, he is now in the process of going to court to get his money back, sucks to see this happen.
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Here are some new pics for you. The car still needs to be buffed and color sanded. We brought this car back from death!











out with the old in with the new!




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Thanks for the update Des! I really appreciate it. I was very anxious to see the whole car repainted. I didnt know that they even took the window off the rear hatch. This is the very first paint job that I ever had and they took off all the windows and doors to paint every single thing. Glad I picked white since it was always the color I liked in cars.

When I was talking to the paint shop today, he said I am missing something for the front bumper and it wont stay on. Thats why its being held by a string right now. What am I missing? That means Vu took something and either didnt put it back or stole it too. I am missing a lot of **** on the car. This part of the project is almost done other than buffing it out and color sanding? What about the trunk/gas release since they were missing also and now I need something for the bumper.

The rims are just dirty from dust and stuff right? its not actually paint thats on there? I hope not. LOL! I still want to keep those rims as a spare or maybe sell it to get some money back from this nightmare. Hopefully everything will turn out into a dream after all is done.

Now on to the motor work and electrical wiring and alarm. I want to see your expertise in action Des since you do a lot of wiring. If someone can pull this off, you and Jacob and Im assuming Son also.

I wanted the car done this coming weekend but looks like it wont be. So can we please shoot for the weekend of June 20 (Father's Day Weekend I believe). Its going to be my Father's day gift to myself. LOL! The fam will be with me and they can meet the
person(s) that has been helping me out!

Once again, thanks for the update! I know its very hard to get a hold of you since you are a very busy guy but you still came through for me no matter what and thats what matters the most. Not some Crown Autosports that wont send any pics even though my car is with them everyday!

Looking forward to the video and more pics on the next step of the project. Hopefully the wiring wont be as bad as it looked when we got the car back. Im hoping for the best and hoping not to spend anymore money, LOL!!!
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We will try to get the car done by then. But I not going to make a promise on that. We still have to get the motor in the car and figure out all the check engine lights and codes. You have 12 codes out of 42, lol. And then tackle the rhd harness thats cut to bits. And we still have the shop full of cars. So its cutting close. We are not going to rush a car and something comes out fubar! Its done right or not at all. Here are some vids


http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/l...t=DSCN3226.flv

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j00Bf8_va0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-oPSiGtifs

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Originally Posted by wrx-killer-Sti-eater
We will try to get the car done by then. But I not going to make a promise on that. We still have to get the motor in the car and figure out all the check engine lights and codes. You have 12 codes out of 42, lol. And then tackle the rhd harness thats cut to bits. And we still have the shop full of cars. So its cutting close. We are not going to rush a car and something comes out fubar! Its done right or not at all.
You are the man Des! Your videos are so clear. What camera did you use? But nice. Anyways, so I am missing the front bumper support then. This is the 3rd time I am buying this thing. The previous shop before lost it also so that was the 2nd time buying it and now this is the 3rd. I will call some shops tomorrow and find out who has it at and at the lowest price I can find.

When did you guys check the codes on the car? Same day that they pulled out the motor? Jacob did because we were not even at the shop when they pulled the motor out. We were driving around still and when we got back, the motor was out and the car was on the trailer ready for drop off to the paint shop.

I hope that you guys wont run into too much problems with the wiring and electrical issues up ahead. I am hoping for the best!
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wow!!! what a difference!!!! des is the man!!!

car is looking good bro
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Glad to see the car is coming along! And I'm more glad that you chose white over that cool green color
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Glad to see the car is coming along! And I'm more glad that you chose white over that cool green color
Yea because you wanted to paint your car green. LOL!
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des is the man.. shows you whos real n whos not.. good luck bro..
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Aren't you glad I convinced you to go with Des with the alarm install. Seems like he's helping out with more than an alarm. I think you should be treating him to some saki bombs when he comes up to norcal. Haha.
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nice!!
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what shop is currently working on the car now?
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what shop is currently working on the car now?
I have control of the car. Me and my 2 friends shops are doing all the work. You drop them off. We build them I do not want to turn this into a advertisment thread. All shout outs will be done when the car is done!
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hope you like! Here is a pic of the car back at our shop. I am working on the engine harness and the car harness to get the motor back in the car so we can send it back to the paint shop for it can be futher buffed and cut!

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Back to white, huh John?
It's starting to look REALLY NICE!


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