Im thinking of purchasing a manifold from The Drop shop. I have heard good and bad things.


Can anyone help me?

 

do not ever buy from them. John is a decent guy, but he never answers his phone, e-mail or IM's. Took me 6 months to get a manifold, and he sent me the wrong one. once i got the right one, it didn't fit like he said it would. He never sent me the waste gate block off plate. Not to mention, the manifold i recieved first wasn't finished, i had to finish a couple welds.

 

i still havent recieve mine yet. 6month and still waiting........

edit comming in the mail


[Modified by turbod16y8, 8:55 PM 3/4/2003]

 

holy **** dude 6 months? your seriously getting screwed

 

I was gonna order one from them, but all these horror stories..... DO NOT BUY FROM HIM UNLESS YOU WANNA TURBOCHARGE YOUR CAR NEXT YEAR. Cuz it won't be ready by summer.

 

Oh man, not this again. Im waiting on a manifold myself. From what he said last week the flanges are on order and should of been in last week.. We will see whats going on in the next couple of days...

Del

 

 

Damn....i guess you guys have to go to his shop to get quick work done huh?
And his cell phone didnt work in his old shop, no serivice.
He has put in all of my mods and has done them timely and for almost nothing. I know he has just moved his shop and business was slowed alot due to that. I was actually going to go up there pretty soon to have him do a few other mods on my car. I know he just got some better equipment and workers to work on other stuff while he makes the manifolds also. Hopefully you guys will get your stuff soon now that he is running smooth again. Good luck


[Modified by POSlude97, 5:34 PM 3/3/2003]

 

There is some good recommendations then? Is there anybody else who has had a good time with drop shop?

Thanx

 

I purchase my manifold from him in the GB. i recieved my mani back in December. The quality of the mani and welds were very good. I have been boosted for a month and no issues with th manifold. The head flange is very thick. I posted some pics a while back.With the manifold and the deltagate wastegate(until I can get the Tial), I dont have much boost creep. This is just my experience. I know some had a bad experince with there orders.

 

yea i should mention that i didnt have any problems, i got them when he said he shipped it.

 

he does excellent work, however he is currently busy trying to finish mani's finish customer cars, doing other little "need this this week" ****....

if you can wait. do...

 

jons a good guy, what happend last year was unfortunate.

 

 

i was in the GB and i got mines back in november. haven't put it on yet because i'm not complete but it looks nice

 

I'm a part of the original GB also and while I haven't rec'd mine yet, he has kept me up to date on what's going on. The only thing I would say is, if it's your last piece then maybe contact him and get a time estimate. If you're patient then go ahead and place an order. I've seen pics from other cars and his work looks good.

Only reason he is not on my sellers list is cause i don't have merchandise yet. But once i get it, i'm sure he'll be up there. His customer service to date has been very good with me


[Modified by symba, 1:00 PM 3/4/2003]


[Modified by symba, 1:00 PM 3/4/2003]

 

anyone have pics of the manifold?

 

A freind of mines posted my manifold a while back. Type drop shop in the search field under the FI an it should be the first one.

 

Dropshop's situation is a big fat **** in the *** for everyone involved - him, his customers, and the Honda community. He's a small businessman doing the best that he can. Sometimes being the little guy sucks pretty hard, you know?

I'd say not to discount Dropshop as a good business, but if you want timely service anytime, you need to let him dig himself out of the hole he is currently in first.

 

Funny I just dropped my car off with him yesterday at 11:00 and by 6:00 he had pics up on the site showing me the progress and letting me know of a small problem. I found him to be really accomodating. I had to wait a month for an appointment, but I can understand that. I haven't ordered anything custom from him, so I can't comment on that, but so far I give a big

-Keith

 

Is that your yellow integra with the B20? With the bum looking dude under the car?

 

Yup that would be my baby (the car, not the bum).

 

BTW, how did you find the page with my car on it? It's not on the projects page...

 

Jon showed it to me Looks sweet

 

after all this **** he went through he still came through with my manifold and dp. finally couple more days till i get it. all in all i would do business with him again.