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Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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about 4 weeks ago i bought a set of rear trailing arms, rotors, and calipers to do my rear disc conversion. i just installed them in last week and to my surprise, my camber and toe was real bad on the driver side. i contacted the seller and he told me that everything is fine, no accident and not bent. i took his words but still went to the alignment shop, they told me the trailing arm was bent to hell and as for the toe, it was already at max adjustment. so i try contacting the seller again, he ignored my message. here are the pix of the bad trailing arm. the seller is also a member on here.

user name is c0wvin. name is Calvin and located in westminister, CA.




adjustments for the toe are at max.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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Sounds like a scam to me. The wheels are way off man.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 02:54 PM
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i know.. i had to buy another trailing arm..all i want is for the seller to pay for the trailing arm i had to buy..im not asking for a full refund..
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crashtest Sonny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i know.. i had to buy another trailing arm..all i want is for the seller to pay for the trailing arm i had to buy..im not asking for a full refund..</TD></TR></TABLE>

That sounds like a good deal.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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damn i'd be pissed if i got that. The seller should at least realize something is wrong for the product he sold and try to help you out in some way.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:08 PM
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yea..i hope he gets back to me fast.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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do you know what his reason was for selling it in the first place? cause that definitely looks like its bent
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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he said his car got stolen so he was just parting it out. though he did tell me one of the upper control arm MIGHT be bent..but i told him its ok because ill just use my upper control arm. he didnt mention the trailing arm would be bent..so i called him to verify that it might have cause the trailing arm to bent..he said the upper control arm that 'might' be bent was the passenger side..
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:42 PM
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that's waaay off. He should resolve that problem asap
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:48 PM
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Well at least you're not too far away from Westminster. If all else fails, its knee cap/hammer time.
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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too bad i dont have his address.. i met him up somewhere else..but i dont wanna resolve it that way..i just want my money back. i didnt pay him for bunk stuff..
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 03:55 PM
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give this foo some money for his trailing arm !!!! ....
Old Apr 6, 2004 | 04:46 PM
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damn. dont you hate people
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 12:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cha chi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn. dont you hate people</TD></TR></TABLE>

word.
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 12:45 AM
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somebody in westminster owes sonny some money to resolve this
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 01:01 AM
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what has to be done has to be done. do it sonny.
Old Apr 7, 2004 | 11:37 PM
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wanna do it with me? haha. jk.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by crashtest Sonny &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wanna do it with me? haha. jk.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha dirty ***.. but damn..suks for u. u did get scammed man..and u got own by ur lil motorbike...sigh

hopefully u get ur money back or a new one
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 01:44 AM
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damn, that sucks..that's way off..

hope you get your money back..at least have him ******' say sorry..jeezus!
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 06:14 AM
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i want my money back. calvin if you're reading this..gimme my money back.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 07:03 AM
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wow
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Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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Damn Sonny, that sucks dude!! Wow even lowriders have better camber and toe than that I have a set of DC2 rear discs, trailing arms and all, don't know if it will be of any help to you, but let me know if you might need it!

Sucks that this always happens to the nice people . Good luck man!
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thanks hovic. i already got another trailing arm.
Old Apr 8, 2004 | 12:23 PM
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No problem man!



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