Shipping Company's Failure

[KA-T_240]

Short story is:

0/4 on Carbon Fiber hoods. One more is in shipping right now, probably going to show up damaged also. So, soon to be 0/5 on them. Thank God for shipping insurance. This is only the start of stuff I have go damaged in shipping.

[itRfan]

damn man that sucks faber

[Krazy_Kling]

be thankful for the insurance god.

[ichibankilla]

Might be better to just go and get the part yourself or you may never get a good one.

[KA-T_240]

Drive to socal in a pickup. I think not.

I have 2 hoods here already.

[MisterCMK]

:pics:

[KA-T_240]

Hood #1
Never Made it to fargo back 3 years ago.
Hood #2


Hood #3
Damaged and unshippable in LAX
Hood #4

This is as far as we unwrapped it. It also turns out hood is for a S13 Silvia, ROFL

[MisterCMK]

lolol

What carrier is it? Does the company you bought it from have anything to say or are they getting ticked?

[KA-T_240]

BAX Global brings them from Chino, Cali to the cities, and I can't remember who bring them here.

They deal with it all the time. Claim lots of hoods. Suprised the shipping company isnt getting pissed. Just for this one order they have paid out $1,980 just for the MSRP on the hoods plus what ever it costs for shipping.

I am the one getting pissed. Order was placed before 1st week in december. Then they send me the wrong hood, after waiting like 7 weeks to get the new ones shipped.

Damage has been on the same spot on both hoods that have showed up. With the wood support piece being damaged.

[bubba]

That sucks to hear...

[inspector01]

It also sucks that so much carbon fiber is being wasted because once it is made, it can not be recycled or reused other than cutting out flat pieces from what is there, or trying to repair what it damaged. Just tell them to give you your money back, and then paint over the damage and be done. Color match the whole hood, or leave a center strip of carbo.

[KA-T_240]

on a S13 with popups it would look like ass. I have a car with a color matched center. If they were vented, maybe it would be different.

What is happening with the 2 damaged hoods, I do not know.

[Afsil80]

Shit, I woulda probably bought that Silvia hood.

Thanks for lettin me know, haha.

[KA-T_240]

Peter the silvia hood just showed up today.

[Afsil80]

Nevermind.

I didn't bother reading it since all that's on my mind is that my car runs like a champ again.

[MisterCMK]

It sounds like they need to be protecting the corners a little better than they are currently.

[KA-T_240]

^lol!

All they do is those little wood pieces, and bubble wrap. However, they make them here from Japan undamaged.

[Afsil80]

That's because the Japanese shipping/freight companies are the only ones that give a crap about Japanese parts.

Don't even get me started on DHL.

[capitlj]

Its things like this that make me happy I drive a domestic. Hope you can get it worked out Faber.

[KA-T_240]

^WTF?

How would me having a domestic affect bad luck with shipping. This kind of thing happens alot whit shipping body parts. Its just fiber glass, metal, fpr...... are more accepting of damage.