Hello everyone.
I started a rant about the "scene" in another thread, where it was totally OT, and I felt I needed a "bitchfest" on this topic.
Some backstory:
Wayyy back in 2011 my hubs started doing custom work out of our garage. Bay shaves, wire tucks, engine swaps, rhd conversions, ect.
About a year in, he made himself available to the public at large, moved into a proper shop, also and launched a product, shock-tower extensions. He needed them for a lot of the builds, and the ones that were on the market at the time were subpar. So he made his own.
The public at large sucks. We had people pay their deposits and not come back for months. We had people who would say they would pay on X day, and never show. We were nearly evicted, had our lights shut off multiple times, and were generally broke and miserable.
Not to mention the behavior of people online. People who cannot be troubled to read ordering instructions, would then go on social media and flame hubs as a theif, when what would happen next, (that they didn't bother to read) was clearly laid out for them. It nearly made him I'll. You cannot make people literate, but online flaming of a small shop can kill a reputation. He did a lot of damage control that should never have happened.
After 3 years he closed up the larger operation.
He now only does side work he wants to do. He moved all the shock-tower selling over to distributors. He went back to his former job, and we have been able to pay our bills, comfortably.
The honda scene sucks. We had 10x the issues with Honda people than we did any other kind. He worked on all kinds of chassis, but Honda's are his love, and to be flamed, nickle and dimed and generally fucked over by your kind-nearly put him off Honda's, period.
We are almost 2 years out, and he is just now coming back around to working on his integra. He still has a few builds in the shop, but they are side work.
If he never touches another Civic, good for him. Seriously.
I started a rant about the "scene" in another thread, where it was totally OT, and I felt I needed a "bitchfest" on this topic.
Some backstory:
Wayyy back in 2011 my hubs started doing custom work out of our garage. Bay shaves, wire tucks, engine swaps, rhd conversions, ect.
About a year in, he made himself available to the public at large, moved into a proper shop, also and launched a product, shock-tower extensions. He needed them for a lot of the builds, and the ones that were on the market at the time were subpar. So he made his own.
The public at large sucks. We had people pay their deposits and not come back for months. We had people who would say they would pay on X day, and never show. We were nearly evicted, had our lights shut off multiple times, and were generally broke and miserable.
Not to mention the behavior of people online. People who cannot be troubled to read ordering instructions, would then go on social media and flame hubs as a theif, when what would happen next, (that they didn't bother to read) was clearly laid out for them. It nearly made him I'll. You cannot make people literate, but online flaming of a small shop can kill a reputation. He did a lot of damage control that should never have happened.
After 3 years he closed up the larger operation.
He now only does side work he wants to do. He moved all the shock-tower selling over to distributors. He went back to his former job, and we have been able to pay our bills, comfortably.
The honda scene sucks. We had 10x the issues with Honda people than we did any other kind. He worked on all kinds of chassis, but Honda's are his love, and to be flamed, nickle and dimed and generally fucked over by your kind-nearly put him off Honda's, period.
We are almost 2 years out, and he is just now coming back around to working on his integra. He still has a few builds in the shop, but they are side work.
If he never touches another Civic, good for him. Seriously.
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