Okay, this is a bit of a gripe, but i wont add buisness names in the post.

My story is that i need to get a Haltech Interceptor installed & tuned for my car. I have found that there is only two haltech endorsed places in the NT, one of which doesn't work on weekends, so i decide to go for the one that does due to the fact i live in katherine and have to travel on the weekends.
anyway i call the tuner, who is free for that weekend and is more than happy to tune my car. orgainse it for the weekend, places, times etc... come friday arvo i decide to call to make sure that it's all still good and i get a "oh, i forgot, sorry i can't do it this weekend, will book it for same time next weekend"
good thing i checked otherwise i would have wasted a 600km round trip.

so next friday comes along and i call again just to be sure..
"oh, i forgot about you, sorry i wont be in darwin, can't do it, it will have to be next weekend"
by this time i'm a little frustrated, but it's the NT, you have to live with it.

So, the next weekend comes around and i check again before i leave to go to darwin, and yes he is in darwin and it's "all good to go" according to the tuner. I leave on Sat morning, and when i get to darwin the first words out of the tuner's mouth are "hello, i don't think i can do it this weekend as i don't have your car's wiring diagram !!" you would think that you would check this before your customer arrives don't you ???

i'm very annoyed, and after running around to the dealers to find them closed, and calling about 12 interstate dealers to try and locate the wiring diagram, I give up, and have to go home "empty handed"
however the tuner has said that he will "drop by my work on Tuesday the following week to install it for me".
cool i thought, that's the least he can f&cking do after stuffing me around.

anyway come tuesday, no show, no word from the tuner at all. after trying to call him several times on his phone i finally get to him and he says "sorry i was held up, will be there tomorow morning at 10:30".
I am pissed off, as i had to go through a lot of hoops to try and get approval to get this clown to my workplace as i work on the RAAF base at tindal.

anyway, it's now wed arvo and i'm still waiting for the clown to show up. but guess what, no show, no word from him, no answer on the phone....

I wouldn't be so upset if he just called now and then to tell me of what's going on, as i have to stuff around for two work days to try and cater for him, but he fails to show both times. and this is after two previous occasions where if i didn't call to confirm, i would have wasted trips to darwin and my weekends.

you just can't win in the NT. but screw this tuner, i'm going to his competition in the new year, i reckon they may appreciate my money a bit more than this guy.

and if you are reading this Mr tuner, pick up your game. from what i have heard from others, this is becoming a common occurance with you.


end rant

Hmmmmmm...... I wonder

I'd like to know the tuner, pm me.

id like to know too.... got the same excuses from one of the haltech dealers in darwin (this time the problem was microtech related)... turned out that despite having claimed to have used the system for years he was a complete novice and was trying to buy himself time.

Best advice i can offer is to give it a shot yourself! more then likely it will turn out to be pretty straight forward - plenty of people around who will give you expert advice over the phone and through the internet

hey can u pm me the tuner, dont wana be stuffed around when i get my haltec

does the tuner come from alice buy any chance ? work out of pecky's shed ?

i wont give anything away over the net, but you might be on to something there walky...

there may be people here who have had good experiences with this tuner, and that is all good and well, but my experience has been bad. very bad.

well just say your tuner is the one the guy at work used

he is supposed to be a magna engine nut

screwed the guy i work with over and over, promise this promise that never did anything the magna is now sitting dead cause of a luck of customer service
i here that name and your better of flying someone up from down south or find a local tuner that will do it, cause that guy is nothing but a waste of your time and money as u have already experinced

i have found that his unreliability is what has given me the sour taste.

pity, i really wanted the ECU installed before x-mas....

anyway

dun worry mate, Dallas did EXACTLY THE SAME FUCKING THING to me. Unfortunately, he is the NT distributor for Haltech.

Dont listen to a word or an excuse that he gives you.I let him shaft me with a prickly stick for three months before threatening him. He will tell you all the bullshit under the sun and string you along forever. Useless as tits on a bull.

I let Haltech know about mine and others cases at the time. They basically didnt give a rats.

"We cant tell our distributors how to run their business"- which is true. Doesnt help me or you though does it.

FWIW an Autronic can be had fro similar money these days, and lots fo people can tune them.

eDamage are pretty popular too, and will let you maintain all your factory settings for idle/ac/overrun/ etc... Yes, they are an interceptor, but technically so is my E11v2, as I kept the factory ecu.

unfortunately thats Darwin for you, for every good business and service, there's at least 2-3 that will let you down, hope you get it sorted for a discount or some other freeby

I feel your pain.

But, on the other hand, you are lucky you found someone that will work on a weekend.

HTT FTW.

Well you're very lucky there bud! Coz the taste would be a lot more sour if he'd actually done the work for you. The quality of his work is absolutely abysmal. I speak from very bitter experience with this tossbag. HTT ftw.

can u pm me who this fella is

cheers

Pm sent Shano.

i would like to know who it was too as i run a haltech stand alone and i wont be taking it to him...

read above, his name has been posted, I believe he works out of pecky's shed

sorry i missed that, ive got a mad headache and just read the first post...

well, it looks like i'm not alone with my issues.
didn't see that coming. but yeah in the new year i will be going to High Tech tuning on a WEEKDAY !!

i have heard that dave does good work with microtech and haltechs.

smart move

pitty dave can't replicate, poor bugger is working 24/7 practically

driven past a few times, and cars still out the front and lights on in shed, i think it was about 10pm or so the otehr day, maybe later

Um chuck why do you need a Haltec you got a brand new Lancer.....?

Anyway keep ringing the guy get him to come down to your work....? When he gets to the base and calls tell the guys at the gate not to let him in.... Send him on a trip down and back with out any results to deal with see how he likes it......?

^^^^^^nasty bugger i like very much

He doesn't do fibreglassing as well does he must be SHANE's brother
This is why its good to air a complaint (forum wise)and then let poeple make there own mind up if they go a head or not with the same operator

hmmm myself and a couple of my friends where stung by this guy.. dead set drop kick ... no management or business skills no ethics... if you dont want your car towed away burnt to the grown id take it south or east to a professional.




pst me if your after details

is there a reason nobody will name names exactly?

if someone rips me off....i will post them right up...i would have no problem with doing it.

im sure some other boost members i know would do exactly the same.

just because we live in darwin miles from anywhere.....we should not have to put up with this...

spit it out... i wana know who are rip off merchants......








EDIT: re-read.....im gettin the picture....still guys..... dont mess around...we owe it to each other...

pm is your friend Dougie.

yeah PM is the best way. People can comment on an engine that blew up and blame the builder because they had this misconstrued thought in their pee sized brains that there car will be all that it goes boom due to a mechanical fault unbeknown to the mechanic. Maybe a previous damage. Than the mechanic can get on here read all the chit chat and boom LAW suit for defamation of character and so on. Two much hassle if you really wanna know then use PM but remember just cos someone tells you they got ripped off may just be because their said vehicle did not run a 6 sec 1/4. SEE WHAT WE MEAN.


Aint that right Ken

Exatcly as BJ said, names of a business will only be shared in PM, not mentioned in the forum, due to legal reasons.

Is there a 4WD (AWD) dyno in Darwin?? Are the tuners there any good + what software do they promote/use?

premier fuel injection has the only 4wd dyno that i know if. The tuners tune haltech power fc micro teck wolf i think that bout it but i have been out of the full on performance scene for a while so may be more or less not sure. hope that helps

yeah your right .. dont name names if possible.. keep to Pm only.. But people do have the right to know. i wont openly slander this business or mechanic but will happly give details in PM

but just to confirm the magna in the pics was built and tuned primarily by this tuner .. fuel system ... engine... management ect ....

and the Mr2 had a Haltech ecu installed with new fly loom and fuel system modifications including lines and fuel tank modification(all shown on invoice) .... took the man ... 6-8 months ... 12 hours after owner paid and picked up the car fuel line came off and torched the engine bay and the rest of the car within minutes..

Premier is the only workshop with an AWD dyno, almost any workshop in Darwin can hire it out and take your car there to tune and stuff. Because its the only one I believe the price is up there a lil. The guys for JSM told me they were getting one and will only charge $99.... Don't know when thats happening tho.....................

points taken on board guys
(i didnt realise there was any legal ramifications)

where is premier fuel??

i do believe they are on anictomatis (spelling) road near the prison

is that in darwin champ?

Thanks for the info.....great that Premier hire it out.....though I thought they might as I'd heard of tuners coming up from Sydney (mainly MRT). Might get a few runs done later in the year to verify my tune is still as safe as I want it to be.....plus get the factory speed limiter shifted up a little bit.....damn Foz has one at 210 and it hits it on the straight at HV.

i don't get ripped off from workman ship done in darwin (mind you i only use like a very few places), im also prepared to wait, its certain places down south that send stuff to me that is where i feel short changed


sort behind hose power

yeah mate sure is near the prison in berrimah

cheers...

what about good tuners that people know of?? any sucsess stories?

Got my 100,000k service and front mount installed the other day. Took 2 and a half days and cost me $2000. They didn't even get around to installing the other stuff I had. Everything was only ment to take 2 days and was quoted $2000 for everything. Just went there and picked my car up anyway, I'll get someone to install everything else later in the week... Never go back.

JSM?

Across the road....

Isn't the 100k km service "The BIG one" with WRXs and generally cost in excess of 1200 by itself anyway? - Timing belt replacement (amongst other things)

Yup. Timing belt, all fluids, spark plugs yada yada

yeah so that leaves $800 for a bolt on FMIC install??????

'bolt on' normally doesnt mean that it 'bolts on' normally takes a few hours to get an intercooler setup. in saying that - what was the reason you got charged more then the quote?

Timing belt on an EJ is a prick of a job.

well i'm heading into high tech on thursday to get the haltech installed.
and i've double checked... they do have the correct wiring diagram