Whats happening to SF?
02-13-2004
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Whats happening to SF?
Hi, I am just about to place an order with SF (once Catalyst gives me the bank details). But now reading from after most of the people who just recieved their kits, I have to say that I am kinda double minded. I mean people are reporting wrong parts, missing parts, broken parts etc etc. I have been waiting for a long time to get my civic turbod, and now when I finally got the cash all this comes up. My biggest concern is that I am half way across the world. And if I run into any such mistakes from SF, it would be very difficult to sort them out. What should I do?
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You should search the forums for the other kits. I took a pic of someone's car with the TD kit at the Chicago meet. If you want I can post it later. But yeah, I was also set on an SF turbo cause it was supposed to be the best. Now I'm leaning more toward getting stuff from DH-racing. At least they have a good name and quality parts.
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Rep Power: 540 I think this came from Next Level in Toronto, Canada...prolly the nicest thing I've ever seen. This guy is a member on the Canada East boards..I'll look for him, he changed his name a while back..
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Rep Power: 788 I plan on getting other stuff from DH like the ported head. And here's a pic of the Turbo discounters kit from the meet.
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Originally posted by Ahtasham
Hi, I am just about to place an order with SF (once Catalyst gives me the bank details). But now reading from after most of the people who just recieved their kits, I have to say that I am kinda double minded. I mean people are reporting wrong parts, missing parts, broken parts etc etc. I have been waiting for a long time to get my civic turbod, and now when I finally got the cash all this comes up. My biggest concern is that I am half way across the world. And if I run into any such mistakes from SF, it would be very difficult to sort them out. What should I do?
Hi, I am just about to place an order with SF (once Catalyst gives me the bank details). But now reading from after most of the people who just recieved their kits, I have to say that I am kinda double minded. I mean people are reporting wrong parts, missing parts, broken parts etc etc. I have been waiting for a long time to get my civic turbod, and now when I finally got the cash all this comes up. My biggest concern is that I am half way across the world. And if I run into any such mistakes from SF, it would be very difficult to sort them out. What should I do?
The price is down to $2725. That is almost $400 cheaper.
If you have not ordered yet I would look into it.
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Originally posted by Pharoh
I think this came from Next Level in Toronto, Canada...prolly the nicest thing I've ever seen. This guy is a member on the Canada East boards..I'll look for him, he changed his name a while back..
I think this came from Next Level in Toronto, Canada...prolly the nicest thing I've ever seen. This guy is a member on the Canada East boards..I'll look for him, he changed his name a while back..
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by chrisgushue
dh-racing sells the sf turbo kit
dh-racing sells the sf turbo kit
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Rep Power: 0 he told me when i asked him that the kit on his site is sf's and i should just buy it form the group buy, so ugh thanks for coming out
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Rep Power: 356 Originally posted by Civictuner04
No they dont. DH racing is an entirely different company. Stafford fabirications sells the SF turbo, ie the name. Josh from DH racing just knows catalyst who works for SF, or was like one of their first customers.
No they dont. DH racing is an entirely different company. Stafford fabirications sells the SF turbo, ie the name. Josh from DH racing just knows catalyst who works for SF, or was like one of their first customers.
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Rep Power: 0 Stafford Fabrications and Dh-racing are two totally different companies.... Stafford Fabrications makes and sells their own custom turbo kit for our cars......Dh-racing also sells the same kits for our cars that he gets from Stafford Fabrications...... no matter which of the two that you order the kit from, it is going to be an SF kit..... i know because i have an SF kit and i have talked to both companies, and both are doing work for my car
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by kileryoyo
Anyone know how much redvic's kit was since that is one of the nicest kits I have seen.
Anyone know how much redvic's kit was since that is one of the nicest kits I have seen.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by jwcardy
Stafford Fabrications and Dh-racing are two totally different companies.... Stafford Fabrications makes and sells their own custom turbo kit for our cars......Dh-racing also sells the same kits for our cars that he gets from Stafford Fabrications...... no matter which of the two that you order the kit from, it is going to be an SF kit..... i know because i have an SF kit and i have talked to both companies, and both are doing work for my car
Stafford Fabrications and Dh-racing are two totally different companies.... Stafford Fabrications makes and sells their own custom turbo kit for our cars......Dh-racing also sells the same kits for our cars that he gets from Stafford Fabrications...... no matter which of the two that you order the kit from, it is going to be an SF kit..... i know because i have an SF kit and i have talked to both companies, and both are doing work for my car
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Rep Power: 0 Where did you guys scoop up that picture? Yes... I did infact change my name to "Touge_Motors"... Boosted 2K2 is right i did spend about $11 000 in all (Canadian funds BTW). But it's by far on of the most elaborate set-ups on the board! I was able to run 11 psi of boost daily on that set-up which pushed me to a 13.2 ET on street tires. I actually make kits up here in Canada for the 7thgens. They can range from $2500 to $10 000 USD. The thing about my kit is there CUSTOM to your needs and budget unlike SF or other kits out there... If your interested PM me at Touge_Motors and we can go further into detail... Or post on this thread. Thanks!
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Rep Power: 288 I said this before, out of the 35 civic kits, there have only been a few that were missing parts and late. We are taking every precaution to make sure everything is in the kit and the kit is safe. I recently purchased some spray in foam to hold EVERY part in place, so nothing is lost, and nothing is scratched.
Listen to what the owners have to say. The people with the kit on their car. Because those are the only people who truely know what happened and what the kit is like.
Listen to what the owners have to say. The people with the kit on their car. Because those are the only people who truely know what happened and what the kit is like.
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Rep Power: 377 as far as civic kits goes, 90% of the complaints are on the wait for the kit (or parts), the other 10% are mechanical complaints. and out of that 10% some are due to the person's own fault and not the kit itself. if they only had enough man power to finish and ship the kits inless than 2 months they would pretty much have a monopoly on the 7thgen civic turbo kit market.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by REDVIC
The thing about my kit is there CUSTOM to your needs and budget unlike SF or other kits out there...
The thing about my kit is there CUSTOM to your needs and budget unlike SF or other kits out there...
whoaaa, didnt think that that was cool to say that about SF....they are dealing with their mistakes and making everything right with everyone.....
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Rep Power: 0 Whoa Whoa! I am not dissing Stanford Fabrications... I know that they produce very good kits and alot of their customers are satisfied. All i'm saying is my kits a FULLY CUSTOMIZED to the customers wants/needs and budget... right down to the BOV of their choice...
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Rep Power: 0 oh okay, that is cool...well, SF has many different upgrades and choices also.....how are yours different....and why dont you advertise, or show some setups so that people can see them
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Rep Power: 584 Originally posted by Civictuner04
No they dont. DH racing is an entirely different company. Stafford fabirications sells the SF turbo, ie the name. Josh from DH racing just knows catalyst who works for SF, or was like one of their first customers.
No they dont. DH racing is an entirely different company. Stafford fabirications sells the SF turbo, ie the name. Josh from DH racing just knows catalyst who works for SF, or was like one of their first customers.
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Rep Power: 0 I have no need to advertise... I extremely busy as it is... As far as showing set-ups that i've created, look on page 1. The reason I say fully custom is because it's FULLY CUSTOM. You choose ANY bov I can get it, ANY wastegate I can get it, equal lenght header or log style i can make it, Any engine management I CAN GET IT! You tell me your needs and budget, I make it come true...
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Rep Power: 304 Originally posted by Touge_Motors
My car has been turboed for WELL over a year now...
My car has been turboed for WELL over a year now...
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by tfnaaf
Got any pictures ?
Got any pictures ?
BTW Redvic/Touge. That's pretty cool to hear about the custom kit thing. There are so many shops that won't deal with working on someone else's budget. Good to see some are.
