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#151
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I just realized that I've known him for 20+ years. I have some insight to his personal situation which I will keep private, but all I can say is that I’m saddened as to how things are today.
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#152
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Rear Camber Correction Kit NEW! Part # G2-2021
i even posted a thread on it a year or so ago,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...amber-kit.html
you even commented on it, but if you wouldnt mind and you recall it one day, will you ask him about it for me please? thanks
#153
Northern California Regional Officer
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per a phone conversation we had awhile ago glen, i know you two still see each other right? can you ask him what ever became of the daizen camber kits for the gs that has been under development for years now? i have ALL their other bushings but im still interested in them
Rear Camber Correction Kit NEW! Part # G2-2021
i even posted a thread on it a year or so ago,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...amber-kit.html
you even commented on it, but if you wouldnt mind and you recall it one day, will you ask him about it for me please? thanks
Rear Camber Correction Kit NEW! Part # G2-2021
i even posted a thread on it a year or so ago,
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sus...amber-kit.html
you even commented on it, but if you wouldnt mind and you recall it one day, will you ask him about it for me please? thanks
Regarding the camber kit, Todd helped Daizen develop all their products, but as I can best recall, the camber kit design did not pan out to their expectations. I suspect the rear camber kit design would of been similar to the rear SPC kit currently out. That kit has a very limited level of improvement (~ 1 degree?), which is why I suspect Daizen never released their version.
Back in the day, Todd was already a hard person to reach by phone. We understood that as a one man operation, it was difficult for him to get work done and keep answering the phone. He had A LOT of business back then and for a bit he did have some administrative help, but YOU KNOW how people want to talk directly to the man. When I called, my discussion would be short, to the point and then I'd let him get back to work. I knew of others who couldn't get a hold of him very easy, but he'd usually pick up FOR ME when I called. I wonder why that is? If he didn't pick up, I would leave a message and sit tight and usually not call back because I knew he would eventually call me back.
With all the complaints about his service today, it leads me to believe that he is overwhelmed with e-mails and questions and people bugging him relentlessly and taking up his time for the sale of what are relatively low dollar parts. Though I don't support his new found attitude or behavior, and though I know that answering questions is a part of doing business, it seems apparent that after a customer "sucks up" a certain amount of his time, you get on his bad side. I can only speculate that if you **** him off enough, that he'll just refund your money back and tell you sorry "THEY" are "PROBABLY" out of business. I don't know how he can afford to blow off customers and make a living and why sell a product if it is so much hassle, but it is what it is.
Excuse the long winded answer, but i needed to get that off my chest and the point of this is, even I can't reach him now. I do know of someone that has recently been in direct contact with him for a significant business transaction (not for a piddly bushing sale), so he's def still local and active, per se.
Last edited by RMMGS4; 12-16-10 at 10:35 AM.
#156
Lexus Champion
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rmm gives a decent explanation. I had nothing but a good experience with him responding to emails a couple of months ago. I believe that if you want professional service, you have to be professional yourself, especially when you know a person picks and chooses who he wants to deal with by the CUSTOMER'S attitude.
#159
I ordered the steering rack kit last Friday. I got the kit nicely in the mail on Wednesday. So I went and ordered the lower arm kit from him as well. So far so good as far a TM goes.
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since you guys know more than i, since i couldnt get the set from ™ i just ordered all the new parts from sewell. since then i have found two other places on here to get the plastic style control arm bushings….. should i still take out the new rubber one that will be in the new control arms, or leave the oe in???? my 2000 gs rides like a caddy with the stock rims and tires but the 20 i just bought vibes at 55-60 so i took them off for now. would 18 do the same??? thanks
#161
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If you are lowering the car, then change atleast the lower bushings. The stock ones will last you 50k miles or more if you are lucky so it also may depend if you going to hang on to the car that long. It costs a lot less to change the bushing now versus taking everything back out and in to change the bushings down the road. Pay now or pay later.
If you change all the bushings, 20's are not an issue as long as you road force balance.
If you change all the bushings, 20's are not an issue as long as you road force balance.
#163
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since you guys know more than i, since i couldnt get the set from ™ i just ordered all the new parts from sewell. since then i have found two other places on here to get the plastic style control arm bushings….. should i still take out the new rubber one that will be in the new control arms, or leave the oe in???? my 2000 gs rides like a caddy with the stock rims and tires but the 20 i just bought vibes at 55-60 so i took them off for now. would 18 do the same??? thanks
#164
I placed the order for the lower arm bushings tonight, I got an email from TM that the supplier (Daizen) won't be sending them a shipment until 2-3 weeks time. They asked if I wanted to hold the order or cancel. I'm gonna hold out until they come in as I heard about them being out of stock beforehand so it was no surprise. I don't daily drive my GS so I can wait to get the parts, I honestly just don't want to put OEM rubber bushings back into my car, especially after the rejuvenation in my steering after new lower ball joints and the steering rack kit.
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http://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/200...m_bushing.html is control arm
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