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[1990minicity]

Any one have any experiance with smart performance.
Thinking about getting a 1275 head from them.

Thanks
John

[Bungle]

he is a member on here

[cooperdan]

Yeh he pops up here n there have a search

He is nice chap,

I got see it

[mister bridger]

He did a 12g295 head for me with excellent results. Highly recommended.

[h4wx1e]

excellent service from smart in my opinion, got mine rolling roaded with him very good

[maggies_minder]

excellent service from smart in my opinion, got mine rolling roaded with him very good

+1 me and h4wx1e were over his way a couple of weekends ago, he sorted my mini out a treat, its now a little beasty with 70ponies.

i'll be heading back over at some point thats for sure.

[sx_turbo]

he's banned from selling on this forum, and i'm sure he is also banned on turbominis aswell,

some people are pleased with his work some are not,


i ad the same scenario a year or so ago now with my starlet, i had an engine built by a supposed reputable that not smart performance broke after 600 miles, but from day 1 i was complaining it didnt run right, after about 6 months of fighting and threatening legal action though i only managed to get £1000 of the 5 k it cost me,

yet

there seems to be loads of people out there happy with his work, and people still use him (even a good friend of mine used him recently after i warned him not to, and low and behold his engine got ruined aswell and he is having the same issues as me lol)


so read what people say and make your own decision, are you willing to take the risk?????

i have used the above story as an example,

Edited by sx_turbo, 02 March 2011 - 11:40 AM.

[Deathrow]

As stated above, some people have had some problems with him but some people have had nothing but great service.

It's worth reading this thread in our traders area before making your decision though:

http://www.theminifo...howtopic=168879

[01smartc]

I am not banned on Turbo Mini's! Whoever told you that? I deal with alot of happy customers on TM.

Alot of people are very happy with the engine work and tuning work we do. A couple of problems last year that were made very public on here seem to still be causing problems with me on this forum.

Everything is now sorted with Roofless and we still deal with each other all the time now.

It annoys me that posts from long time ago keep reappearing... A guy gets a couple of engines with problems and all of a sudden he's banned from selling and he's the devils child!

We are very happy with the quality of our work, as are the vast majority of our customers.

Chris @ Smart Performance

[Tommyboy12]

Have to say I was very happy with the rolling road session I had with Chris last year.

[maggies_minder]

you need to remember that bad news goes further than good.

there will always be happy customers you never here about but then you'll always hear those that arent happy.

[robsrallymini]

Did a great job setting my mini up , Aldon automotive told me my carb was badly worn and needed replacing ,took it to smart and it runs great now with the same carb.

[Darkscamp]

It annoys me that posts from long time ago keep reappearing... A guy gets a couple of engines with problems and all of a sudden he's banned from selling and he's the devils child!

I'm afraid they will always crop up every now and again. Usually by people who still hold a grudge or by people who just want to turn the topic into a 'bandwagon thread'. Look at the Morspeed thread (your previous employer i believe), it keeps cropping up every now and again, usually by the same people for no reason. I have confronted several of the members who have posted on the topic and via PM they admit they have neverdone business with Simon, yet on the thread they claim about all the problems they have had.

You just need to ignore them i'm afraid, and i would advise taking down peoples TMF names (if they agree) when they place orders so you can accuratey reply to what ever they are trying to stir up about you and your company. 9/10 when they make bad comments about you its to get a reaction from you that looks bad to potential customers.

[twrminisport]

^^ agree with that. Morspeed took alot of flack that they didnt deserve. Some additmitedly yes but at the end of the day their camshafts are epic

[wolfie]

he's banned from selling on this forum, and i'm sure he is also banned on turbominis aswell,

Totally agree with darkscamp, he is not banned from TM this is just stirring for stirrings sake!

Keep to the facts by lying no-one can take your post as credible.

Edited by wolfie, 02 March 2011 - 11:08 PM.