tunernewb92
15+ Year Contributor
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- Sep 10, 2008
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North Canton,
Ohio
Mods - not sure where to post this one as I'm just asking for advice. Feel free to move
I have seen a large demand/requests from the Spyder community to have a lightbar available for purchase. One of the cleanest Spyder's on here, Omar has been trying to buy one for a while but to my knowledge unable. I've seen the struggle and luckily for me, I have a light bar that I pulled out of a junkyard. Sergio from Carbonetics posted in a thread on Facebook that if somebody would send him one, he would mold it and make it. I've bought parts from Sergio ($2800 worth) before from a previous iteration of my build. I've watched him push out custom parts for multiple platforms on Instagram for months. I've seen he is involved heavily with building bodies for Baja. I figured I could send my part to him and trust I'll get it back eventually. I talked with some of the bigger builders who deal with him and they all have his parts and seem to trust him and said they felt comfortable sending him parts to mold.
So I sent my lightbar off to him in March with the promise it would be done in 10 weeks. 12 weeks go by and I haven't heard from him. So I ask, hey what up what's the status? He says he had some issues with the workers and his business partner and is bringing new people in to train and it set him back. I asked if I would have my bar back before the end of the year and he said yes absolutely give him two more months and it will be done. Well now here we are, on the eve of going to the Shootout and I still don't have my original light bar. I've tried to get him to respond for over a week and he won't respond to me any longer (although he hasn't blocked me). I requested my part back. I even offered to send him a return label paid for by me.
I'm not exactly sure what to do here. Should I start putting my story out on social media? I'm really just frustrated. I just want my parts back, it took me years to source that bar for my build.
I have seen a large demand/requests from the Spyder community to have a lightbar available for purchase. One of the cleanest Spyder's on here, Omar has been trying to buy one for a while but to my knowledge unable. I've seen the struggle and luckily for me, I have a light bar that I pulled out of a junkyard. Sergio from Carbonetics posted in a thread on Facebook that if somebody would send him one, he would mold it and make it. I've bought parts from Sergio ($2800 worth) before from a previous iteration of my build. I've watched him push out custom parts for multiple platforms on Instagram for months. I've seen he is involved heavily with building bodies for Baja. I figured I could send my part to him and trust I'll get it back eventually. I talked with some of the bigger builders who deal with him and they all have his parts and seem to trust him and said they felt comfortable sending him parts to mold.
So I sent my lightbar off to him in March with the promise it would be done in 10 weeks. 12 weeks go by and I haven't heard from him. So I ask, hey what up what's the status? He says he had some issues with the workers and his business partner and is bringing new people in to train and it set him back. I asked if I would have my bar back before the end of the year and he said yes absolutely give him two more months and it will be done. Well now here we are, on the eve of going to the Shootout and I still don't have my original light bar. I've tried to get him to respond for over a week and he won't respond to me any longer (although he hasn't blocked me). I requested my part back. I even offered to send him a return label paid for by me.
I'm not exactly sure what to do here. Should I start putting my story out on social media? I'm really just frustrated. I just want my parts back, it took me years to source that bar for my build.