I got a GReddy lip and went to install it today. Two holes on one side were not drilled out .. so i had no choice but to drill them out myself .. so im lining it up and im knowticing some alignment problems with a few of the bolts.. the opposite end from the side not drilled was NOT lining up what so ever .. it required a good amount of grinding .. 1/2 way through the grinding I said screw this .. Im gonna call GReddy and figure something out with there warranty department. After 10 or so times of being put on hold for 5-10 min .. I DEMAND to speak with someone immediately. I tell them about the fitment issues and he asked if i modified it at all .. I told him about the drilling and the grinding and he said 'Then you are Beat' .. I said .. 'Im beat?!' .. he said 'yup' ..

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GARBAGE PROOF #2 .. GReddy header .. so about 4-5 months ago wen I get my H22 swap .. I order a GReddy header. I open the box to check out the quality and knowtice GOD AWEFUL welds on the inside with weld metal dripping all down the header! as well as the flanges not being close to flush .. I looked at a DC Sports and a Alpha works and they make GREddy look like it was made in someones garage. I call GReddy to tell them about the POOR CRAFTMANSHIP and lack of quality in the product .. and they told me that if i want nice welds to buy a DC Sports header and to put it on and see if it 'performs'. Now Im not a dyno and I have no way to know if it 'performs' without a dyno.
again im screwed over ..

see attachements ..

 

Now, these are true GReddy products? Are you sure you didnt just get ripped off with look alikes?

 

I know .. its sad .. yes they are 100% official.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AccordRacing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I know .. its sad .. yes they are 100% official.</TD></TR></TABLE>
wow... Here I am thinkin that DC Sports is the cheap stuff.........

 

you cant base it off of one bad experience....even if it was with 2 products....those headers are machine welded, so it should look lik ethat

 

weld metal dripping down the entire header? flanges not flush? splits? ... thats supposed to be there? .. looks like hand welds and sloppy sanding if you ask me ... I know its hard to beleive.. and Im prob. more shocked than anyone .. .. and im not saying all there products are like this .. or even there lips or headers .. but they let out a certain amount of garbage products that should NOT LEAVE THE FACTORY and then they dont wanna hear it wen you tell them about it. I had the sammme lip on my car before and it fit like a glove .. all holes drileld and lines up perfect.

 

I have always heard Greddy stuff has been good quality although I'm not a fan of it myself.

I don't like those lips anyway.

 

my gosh you go off one purchase an automatically assume their products are crap. dude do you not have the creativity to just make it fit?..of course sometimes its not gonna line up..my ebay lip didnt fit worth a **** but i modified it a little bit and it fit fine.
as for the header, who gives a **** if the welds on the inside look globby? how often do you take off your header to look at it? and its not gonna make a difference in performance.

sometimes **** doesn't get exactly right..its called mass production.

dont go bashing on a company after one bad experience. nothings perfect in life..******* deal w/ it.

 

I've bought TWO Greddy lips for my '97 and BOTH fit like a condom. Perhaps you were sent to wrong one, (94-95 lips are different then 96-97 lips ) in which case you shouldn't have modified it to begin with if you were going to try and return it (every dumbass knows that).

Look, just because one header looks like that doesn't mean they all do. You are passing judgement way too soon. You'll be outnumber 100 to 1 by people with positive things to say about Greddy.

Greddy=teh win, ,

Your dumbass creating a negative thread about a reputable company=teh lose, ,

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM.Accord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've bought TWO Greddy lips for my '97 and BOTH fit like a condom. Perhaps you were sent to wrong one, (94-95 lips are different then 96-97 lips ) in which case you shouldn't have modified it to begin with if you were going to try and return it (every dumbass knows that).

Look, just because one header looks like that doesn't mean they all do. You are passing judgement way too soon. You'll be outnumber 100 to 1 by people with positive things to say about Greddy.

Greddy=teh win, ,

Your dumbass creating a negative thread about a reputable company=teh lose, , </TD></TR></TABLE> greddy that **** is fucked up though, nice work on the lip

 

Im not saying greddy products suck .. I had the same lip in the past and fit like a glove. Im saying that they have bad products come out once in a while that should not have left the factory .. when I tell them about it .. they get MAJOR attitude and tell me im beat.

 

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my gosh you go off one purchase an automatically assume their products are crap. dude do you not have the creativity to just make it fit?..of course sometimes its not gonna line up..my ebay lip didnt fit worth a **** but i modified it a little bit and it fit fine.
as for the header, who gives a **** if the welds on the inside look globby? how often do you take off your header to look at it? and its not gonna make a difference in performance.

sometimes **** doesn't get exactly right..its called mass production.

dont go bashing on a company after one bad experience. nothings perfect in life..******* deal w/ it.
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Thats bull **** .. you cant compare a greddy lip to the $25 lip you bought on eBay .. its supposed to be a perfect fit every time .. this one i have obviously was not finished properly and should not have been released. I tried to make it fit .. and after a few hours I said f-ck this and gave them a call. He said 'YOU ARE BEAT' .. and thats what triggered my maddness.. now if he said .. 'im sorry .. well work with you to correct the situation the best way we can ..' you would have never heard about this. .. I never mentioned the header .. but now I minds well let people know about both issues since they want to treat there customers like a peice of sh-t.

As for the header .. you are totally wrong .. the inside welds are 500x more important than the exterior welds .. the inside welds absolutely make the difference in performance .. the exterior is cosmetic .. I dont think it take a rocket scientist to know that it should be AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE to reduce turbulance in the air flow. .. Im not saying all theyr products are bad .. Im saying they let out defective products and then they dont give 2 ***** when you tell them ..

 

TWO BAD EXPERIENCES .. and two times they treat me like dog sh-t.

 

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I dont think it take a rocket scientist to know that it should be AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE to reduce turbulance in the air flow. </TD></TR></TABLE>

And that really matters on your street car, when right after the collecter there is a Catalytic convertor...... But anyways. That sucks to hear that none of your stuff fits properly.

 

I agree man, thats bullshit. No body is perfect but they should at least have a customer service that deals effectively with problems. For what you pay for those headers they should be flawless inside and out. i am very saddened to hear that Greddy has the poor service that you described. ::shakes a lowered head in disgust::

 

Well i got quite a few of greddy parts and no issues with any. Greddy front lip, boost controller, turbo timer, catch can, oil cap (hey it was free lol) and no issues. Sorry for your bad luck hommie but to say greddy equals garbage is going to get u flamed from everyone on this board

 

yeah that does suck, i have a full greddy catbackand i have no problems with it.The header ran you about 4-500i bet and you should get better customer service than that.I would like to say smehtng but it will be racial so i am not gonna say it.You might want to look at the box the lip came in i know i had a problem with something as little as fog lamps from a 96 not fit, i bet that is what happend with the lip its for 96-97.

 

dude you are not loosing any horsepower..if i were you i would have just stuck w/ my stock header because spending 300 on ******* header to get 4 horsepower is a waste of money. globby welds are not going to give any noticeable effect on a honda accord w/ a stock cylinder head. i used to spend my money on that stuff never bought a header tho because i knew it was a waste of money. save your damn money and turbo your car intake and exhuast and all that stuff is worthless.

as for the lip just make it fit and quit complaining. no one wants to hear someone comlaining.

 

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Im not saying greddy products suck .. Im saying that they have bad products
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Sure seems like you're saying they suck

Bad customer service is a pain though and unfortunately these major companies (who don't care about individual customers) are the worst. Its magnified by the whole car scene attitude of constantly trying to one-up each other. I feel you on that. I just don't think the title of the thread is appropriate.

'GReddy customer service equals garbage' was prolly more what you were looking for

 

bad customer service can be caused by calling in and acting like an ***. after all you are talking to a person on hte other end of the line. If you call in with attitude they are a lot mroe likely to cut you off.

and if the lip didnt fit you should have boxed it back up, BEFORE damaging it further. then with it in the box and NOT damaged you could return it or warranty it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by v4lu3s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">bad customer service can be caused by calling in and acting like an ***. after all you are talking to a person on hte other end of the line. If you call in with attitude they are a lot mroe likely to cut you off.

and if the lip didnt fit you should have boxed it back up, BEFORE damaging it further. then with it in the box and NOT damaged you could return it or warranty it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

well put. i work in customer service and have for the last few years. my attitude changes when i get a customer whos snotty or bitching even though i try not to and to treat every customer the same. and i'm customer service for a credit card so i get **** all day long. you would be amazed at the reaction you will get when you are nice to someone...even if you have been on hold for 5 hours...think about it...in about two weeks you will have completely forgotten about why you were mad and laugh about it.

 

you bought a used lip, and didn't buy your "greddy" header from an authorized dealer... you modified the lip... then decided to call and say they messed up.

buy from authorized dealer's, don't try to cheap out and buy something used, since you never know what you're gonna get.

 

my greddy header for my f22b1 looked exactly the same, but it didnt suprise me considering the fact taht I paid 279 shipped for a manifold.

 

He's not kidding fellas. I had a full Street Power catback on my 91 Acura Integra for about a year or so, and the welds on the resonator went **** up. Then the whole thing started to rot out.

My brother, had a full Power Extreme catback on his 240sx and the exact.......exact!!! f$&#ing thing happened. At over 500.00 each for the kits, you'd figure that you would get something 100% stainless.....no such luck.

Also, contacted them via e-mail w/pictures of the exhaust.....never heard a thing. Now all's I do is talk mad s*$t about 'em, and tell people to buy something else.

Trust/GReddy blows.....