Quote: Originally posted by Z28racer I think a lot of us are waiting on them, and you do need to chill out, sometimes things take longer than expected, materials take longer to be delivered or are out of stock, or maybe someone has a lot of annodizing to do and they mounts are waiting for that, just the same with spohn taking longer than he initially expected to have the new SFC's ready, parts take time, especially custom units like these, my car is not getting new front struts, which it needs badly, until i get my set, all of us have to wait, not just you, take a chill pill or something..... Thats the problem with this world, people like you. You don't get it, do you? Hunter, unlike Spohn, Has my money and has promised 6 weeks give or take a week. That came and went. I take deposits on jobs I contract on a monthly bassis- I ALWAYS keep to my deadlines, It is bad businees practice not to. If you can't understand that then I don't know what to tell you? I simply stated in the first reaction that hunter should have told us from the beginning a more relisistic time frame that he could keep to. If it was to maybe take 2-3 months then just say so up front before you take anyones money.

Oh yep, the problem with the world is people that are patient and understanding, we should all be insulting demanding little pricks such as you are being ? That definetly doesnt help things, sorry mister everything always goes according to schedule.

My appologies to all who are getting antsy because we are a bit behind schedule.

My appreciation to all those who are "still waiting paitently" - you will not be disappointed.

Tomorrow I will be posting again. The news will please all of you I am sure.

i personally see both sides of this, but i'd rather wait a few more weeks for a quality product than have hunter rush them and skimp on the quality. i'm hoping that the mounts look as well as the boxed motercycle frames on the new rockets.as i am going to polish mine to shine like a mirror.
ps my car is also waiting for the new koni yellows on the shelf so i want these as bad as anyone.
pete

(spoken in a very moderate, calm voice)
Son, you'll learn someday that patience and understand don't cut it in the business world. People rely on schedules. When one person backs things up, it most often causes a chain reaction of events fouling up lots of other peoples schedules. I again am simply stating that next time (If there is a next time) that he be more realistic in his schedule and factor in the possibility that things can be delayed because of whatever unexpected events.

Now I have been patient for several weeks after the expected finish date until I posted this inquiry. I would like to get this car back off of jack stands in the middle of my garage floor. This is the reason I sound a little upset. I feel for Hunter if he is under unanticipated stress, however he also needs to understand his clients situations as well. I'm not being unreasonable for questioning his time frame.

Hunter, thank you for the update. I appreciate you checking in.

Ok i've been looking around online, and I believe this was brought up before, but maybe its been looked into more now, Hunter, or anyone else who may have looked into this, whats the likelyhood of these working with the Roadtech coil over setup ?

Those who have paid deposits will be getting e-mails this week with instructions for final payment. We still need to make some bushings and insert the bearings - but as you can see - we are VERY close.

Thanks again to everyone who has made this possible, and thanks for your paitence.

sshhhhhaaawwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

Yeah baby, I see mine right there on the bench! :rockon:

Sweet! But I've got one question....are those pink ones the ones that are supposed to be purple.......And if they are, is there any way to get them darker at this point, because that sure does look awfully pink to me. Sorry if I sound like I'm being whiney, but that isnt my idea or purple....

Here's a pic of what I had in mind:

KArl will you cut a deal if i come and PICK them up?

Good question...would also like to know...im assuming it would...dont see why it wouldnt

WOOHOO...

karl any idea on the time for those of us without a deposit in yet?

I did some checking into this before I purchased a set of Karl's strut mounts. I spoke to Karl on the phone about it and it appears that they won't work because the thicker aluminum inside "can" area where the coil will go into is smaller on Karl's units than the stock steel units.

Is this a limited time production or will I be able to order a set at a later date?? When will the first sets be sent out, I'd like to here some customer feed back on these.

I should read the suspension board more often. This is the first I've seen of these things. They look purdy.

I've got a question though... does the mounting pad that rides on the inner fender take up the same footprint? I just mounted my strut tower brace with it up against the stock pad, so I'd have to make a mess out of my STB to relocate it.

Still waiting..................

just wondering if anyone has recieved final payment instructions yet.as i have not.and would assume the bare stock height i ordered would be among the first shipped.
pete erickson
perfectsparks@aol.com

Nope!!

nothing here either so it's not just one of us...I'm not to worried about that though......he WILL get them to us, take your time get it done right.

Haven't received final payment instructions either. Doesn't matter. I'd wait a year for these things. I won't be installing them for several more.

Easy guys, some of us have been waiting that year. Besides, AGoodTime is going to have a heart attack here shortly. ;-> I was pretty sure I'd have those babies strapped on for this weekend's stint at California Speedway. So, I too am somewhat disappointed about the extra time it's taking.

It is more rare than it should be to see thirdgens at these open track/club racing events.

Take a look at www.touringcarclub.com to see an example of one of these clubs and look at the 2.88 mile California Speedway road course!

That happens to be my Koni strut &
HAL coilover in your pictures.

To answer your question somewhat -
I'm not sure it will work. The
Road Tech coilover top mount includes
a plate for the spring top to push
up against the underside of the strut
tower. This plate also utilizes larger
through-bolts than the stock piece.
The top mount looks almost exactly like
the ones your buying from Hunter except
the Road Tech version is steel. The
Road Tech plate also uses a replaceable
spherical bearing. Here's a pic of an
unpainted version....
http://207.53.239.181/~terry/images/castor-camber.jpg

hth,

T.

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Theres my heartattack,
I didn't want to disapoint Christabol!

Karl, an update would be nice....

Good news guys, Karl called me about my anodizing problem, and told me everything will be taken care of. He said to expect emails about final payment in 2-3 days

whoo hoo.

i know that all this wait will be well worth it.

thank you karl for doing this for all of us who have been wanting these for a LONG time.

Thank you Karl, I just sent my payment.

Ditto!

Woo hoo! My payment is off. Now we have to wait for them to go through customs and the USPS.....

paypal sent....all information is confirmed.
thanks!

well guys - sorry but I've got bad news.

I just got off the phone with the fire department and it seems the shop has burned to the ground and all the mounts are now melted into a pile of aluminum.

JOKING!!! HAHA - had you sweating.

so on thursday I will get all the customs documents and stuff from UPS that I need to have them all go smoothly across the border - and on friday I start shipping!!!!!!!

I am sure when AFrikanGoodTime gets out of the hospital and has recovered from his massive coronary he and all the rest of you will be able to enjoy your long awaited strut mounts.

Thanks again everyone. :rockon:

Karl,

Thank you sir!!

Ed

karl, i have not recieved an e-mail.

does this mean that i am out of luck and not getting a set?

paypalled seconds ago,cant wait to get them on and try out my new koni yellows looks like it will still be this year.
pete

Received the email this morning. Money Order will be out tomorrow. Thanks to all that made this happen, especially HMS. Custom stuff rocks.

I paypaled final payment last night. All I can say is thanks Karl!!

Sent the cash!!! (Pay Pal of course)
So the saga finally ends!

Thank you again Karl for taking on this project and allowing the select few of us to use your talents on our cars!

How about custom "K" members and Tubular A arms??
I would be up for that! (Road Racing Style)

Hint... Hint...

Karl, taking orders for Island REsidents? Victoria...

As soon as I get all the guys that have been waiting so long (the ones who gave me money a while ago) taken care of - I will see whats left - and those who have e-mailed me expressing interest will be taken care of in order. Who knows - maybe there will even be enough interest to make another production run in the near future - but I make no promisses. We will work it out.

Thanks again guys. Shippinig starts Friday :rockon:

Hey Karl, This is bar none the best "Birthday" present I have ever paid for! Hope to see them before the 6th. It has been a long wait but I believe it will be well worth it!

I take it you've never bought yourself a top floor hotel room in Vegas with 6 strippers attached!

Then again I should probably lay off the Viagra with this heart condition I've developed....

Post pics, post pics!!!!

Lets be real Scott, Its probably the best present I've ever bought my self also.

(damn that stripper thing sounds go though, maybe we can get together on a grand purchase for it.)

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THANK YOU KARL

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That's great......... Maybe I can get a set sometime this year.

Karl, when will shipping begin?

It already has, mine shipped out on the 28th

Funny, I didn't get an e-mail informing me that they had shipped.