kontrhovercie
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Hi Guys,
I'm new here to Hayabusa.org, but thought I'd share a gruesome experience I just had with a shady custom shop here in Los Angeles. Thanks to Busa Ray, I was able to get back to some semblance of normalcy, but I'm still very much traumatized by the whole experience. If you're interested, keep reading:
Sad to say, my bike has been a victim of shoddy work. I feel like it’s my duty as a P.R.O. in this community to warn my fellow MC fam about this, so you don’t get swindled too. I don’t know if any of you have heard of a new shop called DREAM WERKS on 135th & Budlong in Gardena. It’s run by this shady ass dude named Sean Sanders. DO NOT **** WITH HIM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Here’s the deal. I took my bike here in the beginning of May to have some work done. I bought a chrome swingarm, rims and accessories from Sean. He was then going to powdercoat my frame, the swingarm, the rims, and all of the other pieces. He said he needed two weeks to get this done. Two weeks turned into 4. He kept giving me bull**** excuses about why the rims wouldn’t fit on my bike. I got leery and told him to keep the rims. I didn’t want them if they weren’t Busa rims and wouldn’t fit. After about a week of futher bull****ting, I finally get my bike back. He gave it back to me in the following condition:
No Headlight connected.
No Breaklights Connected
No Back Breaks at all.
Chrome Accessories were held together with a ****ing shoe string. Not one screw was holding this **** in place.
But here’s the main problem: HE DIDN’T POWDER COAT ****! He PAINTED my frame (and did such a sloppy job that he sprayed my engine.) HE SPRAYED MY GAUGES TOO! He PAINTED the chrome. That **** was so ****ed up, it’s already chipping and the paint is peeling off. He was supposed to powder coat my Vortex rear sets…he painted those too. Paint is already chipping off. But wait, there’s more! To add insult to injury, this clown ass dude managed to scratch every ****ing piece of plastic on my bike. Even **** that wasn’t ****ed, is now ****ed. So, I’m out my cash AND stuck with a bum ass job. Stay tuned to see how this unfolds. In the meantime, check out the pics of his “workâ€.
Looks Good from about 20ft away…
Now let's take a closer look...
Plastic airduct covers never fit the bike at all. I kept asking why, and he said "Oh, don't worry, your fairings will mold to fit them."
Turns out, he didn't even screw them in to the fairings. They were held in my a shoe lace.
Here's his wonderful powder coat work. Note the scratches and touch up paint:
Here's where he spray painted my engine:
Here's the paint already coming off of the chrome.
That's all I have for now. First time I've ever been swindled so bad. I'm gonna have my MC club pay him a visit, and maybe we can make this right in some way. I'm definitely going to sue, not that I think he'd pay a settlement anyway. Thanks for listening and I hope this doesn't happen to you.
I'm new here to Hayabusa.org, but thought I'd share a gruesome experience I just had with a shady custom shop here in Los Angeles. Thanks to Busa Ray, I was able to get back to some semblance of normalcy, but I'm still very much traumatized by the whole experience. If you're interested, keep reading:
Sad to say, my bike has been a victim of shoddy work. I feel like it’s my duty as a P.R.O. in this community to warn my fellow MC fam about this, so you don’t get swindled too. I don’t know if any of you have heard of a new shop called DREAM WERKS on 135th & Budlong in Gardena. It’s run by this shady ass dude named Sean Sanders. DO NOT **** WITH HIM UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Here’s the deal. I took my bike here in the beginning of May to have some work done. I bought a chrome swingarm, rims and accessories from Sean. He was then going to powdercoat my frame, the swingarm, the rims, and all of the other pieces. He said he needed two weeks to get this done. Two weeks turned into 4. He kept giving me bull**** excuses about why the rims wouldn’t fit on my bike. I got leery and told him to keep the rims. I didn’t want them if they weren’t Busa rims and wouldn’t fit. After about a week of futher bull****ting, I finally get my bike back. He gave it back to me in the following condition:
No Headlight connected.
No Breaklights Connected
No Back Breaks at all.
Chrome Accessories were held together with a ****ing shoe string. Not one screw was holding this **** in place.
But here’s the main problem: HE DIDN’T POWDER COAT ****! He PAINTED my frame (and did such a sloppy job that he sprayed my engine.) HE SPRAYED MY GAUGES TOO! He PAINTED the chrome. That **** was so ****ed up, it’s already chipping and the paint is peeling off. He was supposed to powder coat my Vortex rear sets…he painted those too. Paint is already chipping off. But wait, there’s more! To add insult to injury, this clown ass dude managed to scratch every ****ing piece of plastic on my bike. Even **** that wasn’t ****ed, is now ****ed. So, I’m out my cash AND stuck with a bum ass job. Stay tuned to see how this unfolds. In the meantime, check out the pics of his “workâ€.
Looks Good from about 20ft away…
Now let's take a closer look...
Plastic airduct covers never fit the bike at all. I kept asking why, and he said "Oh, don't worry, your fairings will mold to fit them."
Turns out, he didn't even screw them in to the fairings. They were held in my a shoe lace.
Here's his wonderful powder coat work. Note the scratches and touch up paint:
Here's where he spray painted my engine:
Here's the paint already coming off of the chrome.
That's all I have for now. First time I've ever been swindled so bad. I'm gonna have my MC club pay him a visit, and maybe we can make this right in some way. I'm definitely going to sue, not that I think he'd pay a settlement anyway. Thanks for listening and I hope this doesn't happen to you.
