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yeah one or two! pm him mate. A few others have had things done as well by Andy
Yeah, went in for th eoriginal work, fucked up on the way to FCS so went back in, got it back nad put it back in again, should be getting it back soon i think. Shame nice car and I reckon he'll have lost his passion for it by now!
williams 2
yeah a few decent people have. carl (lucky) has our tb conv and got 3rd quickest 1/4 at fcs, didnt see urs ali on there against anything why not???? chris k's wasnt far behind with his tb conv aswell knocking on the door 0-60 in 5.7secs which isnt shy.
yes we had a few probs with allans but u no not everything goes to plan. It wasnt down to the build anyway why we had teething problems. if anyone has rebilt a f4r engine they will no about the rubbish design at which the big end shells are made. this was what unfortunatly gave way so instead of being quick and sticking in a new shell we removed the engine and gave it a complete rebuild to make sure it was a1! and for the mapping he was not prepared to bring it all the way down here again because its a long way so we have been in touch with a tuning company in scotland and are sorting out what needs to be done!
thanks
yes we had a few probs with allans but u no not everything goes to plan. It wasnt down to the build anyway why we had teething problems. if anyone has rebilt a f4r engine they will no about the rubbish design at which the big end shells are made. this was what unfortunatly gave way so instead of being quick and sticking in a new shell we removed the engine and gave it a complete rebuild to make sure it was a1! and for the mapping he was not prepared to bring it all the way down here again because its a long way so we have been in touch with a tuning company in scotland and are sorting out what needs to be done!
thanks
Ive had a fair amount of work done at GDI. Had a few minor teething problems but thats just the sods law thing with me being at the other end of the country haha
Andy's back up service is second to non tho so can highly recommend him
Am i the only Scottish owner of a GDI modded ph1 172 ??
Andy's back up service is second to non tho so can highly recommend him
Am i the only Scottish owner of a GDI modded ph1 172 ??
thanks for the comments, good bad or otherwise.
we work very hard to get things right, sometimes things dont goto plan and things go wrong.
we always help as much as possible when things dont go 100% to plan, and to me thats more real than trying to pretend that we are perfect. Of course we are not.... thats silly, we are real people and we are dealing with cars that dont do what you want all the time.
what we try and do is be as helpfull as we can in both the good and bad circumstances.
its not easy running any business for any of the companies here that do it, non of us want bitchy comments made about us. We certainly dont try and cause problems........
as a clio owner there is alot of choice in the market of people to work on your cars. who you choose is upto you.......
we work very hard to get things right, sometimes things dont goto plan and things go wrong.
we always help as much as possible when things dont go 100% to plan, and to me thats more real than trying to pretend that we are perfect. Of course we are not.... thats silly, we are real people and we are dealing with cars that dont do what you want all the time.
what we try and do is be as helpfull as we can in both the good and bad circumstances.
its not easy running any business for any of the companies here that do it, non of us want bitchy comments made about us. We certainly dont try and cause problems........
as a clio owner there is alot of choice in the market of people to work on your cars. who you choose is upto you.......
first a less than brilliant rep on RTOC , now getting a bad rep on Cliosport................... I can sense a pattern emerging here
I have never had an personal experience with GDI, but i have it on good authorities their reputation is flawed, for various reasons.
Why is it everytime there is a thread like this...about problems with quality of workmanship and end product, that the thread gets locked/deleted??
Surely it would be best left open so at least Andy could show/explain whatever needs explaining....better public rep perhaps??
but i really would like to know why EVERY thread gets locked....
Why is it everytime there is a thread like this...about problems with quality of workmanship and end product, that the thread gets locked/deleted??
Surely it would be best left open so at least Andy could show/explain whatever needs explaining....better public rep perhaps??
but i really would like to know why EVERY thread gets locked....
And if you open your eyes you'll see he has a fair few more posts than that under his belt...
I have no experience of any of the tuning companies that flaunt their wares on here but I have noticed that Cliosport, are in general, a very fickle bunch!!
I may start Laingo's Automotive Dept as a company and maybe next time I can be flavour of the month. It seems to me that the reaction to the tuners on here is entirely dependent on the 'status' of the person the work is being done for.
If he/she is in a big enough (forum) clique, as it were, then the rest jump on the bandwagon and a companies reputation is damaged as a result.
I have experience of Nick Hill. And aside from the fact he's 30mins down the road from me I can't think why I'd want to go anywhere else. He lets his work do the talking.....
I have no experience of any of the tuning companies that flaunt their wares on here but I have noticed that Cliosport, are in general, a very fickle bunch!!
I may start Laingo's Automotive Dept as a company and maybe next time I can be flavour of the month. It seems to me that the reaction to the tuners on here is entirely dependent on the 'status' of the person the work is being done for.
If he/she is in a big enough (forum) clique, as it were, then the rest jump on the bandwagon and a companies reputation is damaged as a result.
I have experience of Nick Hill. And aside from the fact he's 30mins down the road from me I can't think why I'd want to go anywhere else. He lets his work do the talking.....
hit the nail on the head mateLaingo said:And if you open your eyes you'll see he has a fair few more posts than that under his belt...
I have no experience of any of the tuning companies that flaunt their wares on here but I have noticed that Cliosport, are in general, a very fickle bunch!!
I may start Laingo's Automotive Dept as a company and maybe next time I can be flavour of the month. It seems to me that the reaction to the tuners on here is entirely dependent on the 'status' of the person the work is being done for.
If he/she is in a big enough (forum) clique, as it were, then the rest jump on the bandwagon and a companies reputation is damaged as a result.
I have experience of Nick Hill. And aside from the fact he's 30mins down the road from me I can't think why I'd want to go anywhere else. He lets his work do the talking.....
Laingo said:And if you open your eyes you'll see he has a fair few more posts than that under his belt...
Not that it's obvious at all
Well I think Emma's annpuncement is fair enough on the subject of companies and slagging offs. So long as its constructive then fair enough. I certainly would like to see any company that has a perfect track record. Hopefully Stoddies has been a one off case
CS Dungeon
Once again, the only ones slating a professional 'tuning' company are those who's friends have had work done and not the owners themselves.....funny that especially as about 10 people have posted and have been more then happy with the service.
I bought a brand new Plasma TV, 2 weeks down the line it packed in, so they exchanged it. A month later that one packed in........such as life.
For every bad experience theres 100 good experiences....you just dont hear from them all.
What is even funnier is the fact one of them doing the slating is delerious enough to think they are actually a tuning company because they have a 'Sporty' name ROFLMFAO
Terroristsport....just need to get some stickers made up now and a company to do all my work for me but charge 50% more.
I bought a brand new Plasma TV, 2 weeks down the line it packed in, so they exchanged it. A month later that one packed in........such as life.
For every bad experience theres 100 good experiences....you just dont hear from them all.
What is even funnier is the fact one of them doing the slating is delerious enough to think they are actually a tuning company because they have a 'Sporty' name ROFLMFAO
Terroristsport....just need to get some stickers made up now and a company to do all my work for me but charge 50% more.
I agree with Fred - thats a bit harsh and I have ordered various parts from Yozzasport due to being the cheapest I could find them. Have also fitted and set up suspension for me far better and cheaper than anyone else would.
Admittedly some things they sell are pricey but thats because the parts are good qaulity and as I have said I cant find them cheaper any where else.
I agree with what you said about things breaking but with a car that was running great in the first place then having a couple of mods added and then getting loads of trouble with it to me does not say a lot for the tuning company.
182, SRT8, RS4, GT-R
A few things to say...
Firstly....Fred,should i be worried you think Top Gun is the best film considering it was the biggest Gay Icon film of the 80's?
It appears a tough world out there for specialist Clio tuners. If somebody has had a bad experience i think they should be heard but slightly unfair to jump on the wagon simply because you know said person.
I've used GDI before and so far no problems,his service was 2nd to none but i'm also going to be using Yozza and Ben. Pick and choose whats best for your needs..
Firstly....Fred,should i be worried you think Top Gun is the best film considering it was the biggest Gay Icon film of the 80's?
It appears a tough world out there for specialist Clio tuners. If somebody has had a bad experience i think they should be heard but slightly unfair to jump on the wagon simply because you know said person.
I've used GDI before and so far no problems,his service was 2nd to none but i'm also going to be using Yozza and Ben. Pick and choose whats best for your needs..
Audi A6 (S3 on order)
No, it is not pointless. Let me tell you why (as a customer)
I spent a vast some of money with GDI over the course of a year. Below are just some of the bad points I have experienced.
The wiring loom is shoddy, was meant to be sorted but never has been. I dont even think its safe to be honest. I'd get some pics of it but GDI would lose every potential customer he has on CS .....
Both the OMEX and Racelogic control boxes were left "dangling" in the engine bay ... nice.
The Racelogic traction control was installed incorrectly and GDI were unable to correct this in any kind of reasonable timescale. I have now spoken to racelogic and informed them of this.
The £1k brake kit I bought had to be removed due to poor quality discs that warped and a lack of help to rectify the problem.
GDI manage to blow up pretty much every AFR meter they install, don't ask me how as its about 6 wires and an auto setup program. (Mine and MarkM's both needed replacing)
Even basic things like my recaro's ... I ended up having to fit the drivers one myself because nobody there seemed to be able to do it.
When I pointed out I was losing oil I was told "they do that" have later found out there is actually a leak.
My engine also went pop on the RR allegedly due to a faulty spark plug (at 14k miles) I have had opinions from others and they were more inclined to think poor mapping was the cause (causing the plug to fail)
The rebuild on this alone was £800+
When going to LEDA to have the coilovers fitted they alerted me to the fact that a rear strut top was loose, guess who re-fitted the oe suspension the week before.
So overall I am now very annoyed at how GDI have treated me.
I used to really enjoy dealing with GDI, but the service levels have dropped as they take on more and more work they don't actually know how to do.
I'll stop now.
I spent a vast some of money with GDI over the course of a year. Below are just some of the bad points I have experienced.
The wiring loom is shoddy, was meant to be sorted but never has been. I dont even think its safe to be honest. I'd get some pics of it but GDI would lose every potential customer he has on CS .....
Both the OMEX and Racelogic control boxes were left "dangling" in the engine bay ... nice.
The Racelogic traction control was installed incorrectly and GDI were unable to correct this in any kind of reasonable timescale. I have now spoken to racelogic and informed them of this.
The £1k brake kit I bought had to be removed due to poor quality discs that warped and a lack of help to rectify the problem.
GDI manage to blow up pretty much every AFR meter they install, don't ask me how as its about 6 wires and an auto setup program. (Mine and MarkM's both needed replacing)
Even basic things like my recaro's ... I ended up having to fit the drivers one myself because nobody there seemed to be able to do it.
When I pointed out I was losing oil I was told "they do that" have later found out there is actually a leak.
My engine also went pop on the RR allegedly due to a faulty spark plug (at 14k miles) I have had opinions from others and they were more inclined to think poor mapping was the cause (causing the plug to fail)
The rebuild on this alone was £800+
When going to LEDA to have the coilovers fitted they alerted me to the fact that a rear strut top was loose, guess who re-fitted the oe suspension the week before.
So overall I am now very annoyed at how GDI have treated me.
I used to really enjoy dealing with GDI, but the service levels have dropped as they take on more and more work they don't actually know how to do.
I'll stop now.
182, SRT8, RS4, GT-R
rmccardal said:
Not defending anyone here but surely some of these problems could of been avoided.
You said the racelogic and OMEX was left dangling...why did you pick up the car in this condition?? Surely the answer is to get them to fix it before picking it up and handing over funds?
The brake kit....unless GDI made the discs,is it their fault the discs were crap?
But i can understand your bitterness,you've obviously spent a lot of money with them,they should be able to fit a bucket seat for sure.
williamsclio.co.uk/forum
Dubai182 said:
TBH you shouldnt need to ''get them to fix it'' mate - or ''point it out'' it should be the company (in what ever case) policy to fit all parts correctly.
Sometimes when you collect a car - you need it back that day and cannot wait for mistakes to be rectified by your mechanic.
Companies strive on good reputations - why 'bodge' or 'skimp' on work as it will come back to you in the end is beond me.
rmccardal said:
I hate to have to agree with these comments as it is someones business but I would not recommend GDI. I have spent approx. 5k at gdi so obviously it took me a long time to realise. Here are some issues.
1. Car took 2.5 weeks instead of 3 days as I had been promised costing me a fortune in car rental.
2.Poor mapping lead to various problems. Cold start, fuel economy, smoothness. I also probably question the quoted bhp figure as when I first picked it up the car ran poorly.
3.OMEX fell into the engine bay
4.AFR meter took two visits.
I think Ross is right that Andy has taken on too much work and also a large variety (some of which he is not capable of doing).
I have been in touch with Andy about this so he should be aware. I felt that my car was used as a developemnt tool for the package I paid full price for. It appears that even now (stoddies car) he has not resolved the issues.
Like I say I dont post this lightly but as much as it is Andys business it was my hard earned cash.
I am still looking at spending money on getting the car mapped properly.
I will be getting BenR AWT to do any future work who to be honest was the reason I went to GDI in the first place.
CS Dungeon
Fair enough Ross & Mark I do feel gutted for you.
But surely you both have to shoulder some blame. Why go back after the 1st mishap to have more work done rather then getting the initial problem fixed and going elsewhere to get your work done? It took you both approx £5k to realise??
My car was resprayed (very badly) a few weeks ago....do you think I will go back to them when I want my VW Camper welded & resprayed? No
Ross: Brakes...is that really Andy's fault? Did you get the Brembo kit? Surely its the manufacturers fault, is it not?
So in the whole grand scheme of things we have 5 pages of slating & snidy comments and only 2 dissatisfied customers.....No doubt theres maybe others but isnt that a risk you take with tuning? How many F1 cars make the full race?
I personally know of at least 20/25 people who have had nothing but A1 service and wouldnt think twice about going back to spend there money.
Do you think BBPT, K-tech, Jabba Sport, AMD, Renault, Ford, Porsche, BMW etc all have 100% success rates?
But surely you both have to shoulder some blame. Why go back after the 1st mishap to have more work done rather then getting the initial problem fixed and going elsewhere to get your work done? It took you both approx £5k to realise??
My car was resprayed (very badly) a few weeks ago....do you think I will go back to them when I want my VW Camper welded & resprayed? No
Ross: Brakes...is that really Andy's fault? Did you get the Brembo kit? Surely its the manufacturers fault, is it not?
So in the whole grand scheme of things we have 5 pages of slating & snidy comments and only 2 dissatisfied customers.....No doubt theres maybe others but isnt that a risk you take with tuning? How many F1 cars make the full race?
I personally know of at least 20/25 people who have had nothing but A1 service and wouldnt think twice about going back to spend there money.
Do you think BBPT, K-tech, Jabba Sport, AMD, Renault, Ford, Porsche, BMW etc all have 100% success rates?
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