i took my truck into a shop today (Off Road Enterprises, Montclair, Ca) to have my 6in superlift kit, superlift dual stabalizer, and 37 toyo m/t's put on. Besides the fact that the guy showed up to open the shop an hour late, he had from 9:30 in the morning to 6 at night to do everything. He told me that it should be done and ready to pick up before they close. Called at 1:30 and they said they were on schedule and should be ready to pick up today. then i called at 5:15 and the guy went to go check on it, came back and said "uuuh ya we ran into some diffuculties. we didn't know that we were going to have to do some welding to put the dual stabalizer on and we still havent mounted the tires to the stock rims." in other words he was telling me that it wasn't going to be done today. What welding would need to be done and how long does it really take to put that stuff on especially if you tell you customer that it will be ready same day. not only did he say that but he also charged me $80 more than what i was quoted for on monday when i called to schedule what time this morning i was comming in.


in unhappy to say the least

 

THERE IS NO WELDING FOR THE SUPERLIFT STAB!! I did mine this last weekend and you have to drill 4 holes that is it. i like mine too!

 

I was fixin' to say that there shouldn't be any welding for the Superlift stabilizers. Better call and find out what he's talking about!

 

the only fab work you have to do is to take a cut off wheel and cut the tabs off the axle that the stock stabilizer bolts to. drill 4 holes total, bolt together. took about an hour for the entire job.

 

im guessing he just told me that he had to do some welding to buy himself some time. he probably figured because im 16 he could just tell me some bullsh*t lie and i would believe it because i wouldnt know any better. i didnt want to call him out on it when he first told me because i was completely sure but im going to call him tomorrow and ask him just exactly what hes talking about. hopefully he didnt mess up anything!

thanks guys


and feel free to keep responding so i can tell him that i know the stabalizer needs no welding

 

fyi- professional install time for that kit should be about 4-5 hours.

 

know the feeling about shops taking longer than what they say to compleat work. they told me 3 or 4 days, ive been out of a truck for almost 3 weeks now so they could repair some paint work that they messed up on in the first place! at least there paying for the rental car.

good luck, i would show up in the morning and have them show you exactly what needs to be done and why!

over all i bet it will be worth the wait when you get it back. bet it will look good. be sure and post some pics.

 

16 years old? Wow I do even want to tell you what I was driving when I was 16...

 

yea me either lol

 

69 chevy step side and a 66 chevy 2 nova at that age for me! LOL...








one can say -------- 16 driving a ctd= SPOILED!! LOL



just ribbin ya. good luck with the truck and make sure you post some pics when you get her back

 

Off Road Enterprises? Are they still on Holt Blvd.? I can't believe that shop is still there. I bought a bumper and lights from them about umpteen years ago for my '89 4Runner. There was a Dick Cepek about a mile down Holt from them at one time. Back in the day they were the only off road shops in the area.

 

yup thats it. 4667 holt

 

so i called the guy the guy this morning and he told me that the dual stabalizer wasnt what need weldind...it was the sway bar that needed some welding done to it. he said it had to do with the lift kit...does this sound right?

 

Does the kit use some kind of sleeve of something to lengthen the sway bar end links? Other than that there should be no welding required.

 

well i just installed (myself) a 4" superlift on my 2006 a month ago and there was no welding involved......just an FYI