My Designa Dubs experience

[jimbo]

i have just fell of me chair reading this thread. i didnt think garages who are heavily in the dub scene would dare release a completed job in that state.
to me it looks like they have let some owd boy do the car. if an apprentice was used to do the car you should of been warned and they should of double double checked the car. if this conversion has been done regulary they should have a standard list of parts to be fitted and standard set of brackets pre fabricated to enable the conversion.

its a sorry state to be in and i feel very sorry for you dizzie.

for me this just reinforces the fact that if you want a job done properly do it your self.

[Dizzie]

like I said. now I've had the car back after a 2nd time there were still teething problem, but I have fixed these myself and I am happy with the engine and the way it performs. Richandhazel will back up how it goes 

it was just a shame that within days of getting it back I had to take of various bits and attack head on with the wet 'n' dry to get it to the condition you see in my pics now. on well. I'm sure you'll all see it if we meet up soon so you can see it in all it's glory

[tinman]

I said that the engine looked like it was out of a scrapyard and someone commented on them not having to clean it up to be like new, but it would of gone along way to their workmanship.

i think your comments about the work being sub standard are quite fair, but i think the bit above is being a bit unfair.

the problem is that you got the job done to a price and they aren't going to do anything more than is needed. if you wanted a show car then they would probably of charged an awful lot more than 4k.

[mr.brown]

i have just fell of me chair reading this thread

I would have too if I wasn't lying in bed.

Well done Dizzie on keeping it fact based and going to such trouble to document the evidence. Shocking. I feel like posting a link on the DD forum and asking for their comments

[richandhazel]

like I said. now I've had the car back after a 2nd time there were still teething problem, but I have fixed these myself and I am happy with the engine and the way it performs. Richandhazel will back up how it goes?

it was just a shame that within days of getting it back I had to take of various bits and attack head on with the wet 'n' dry to get it to the condition you see in my pics now. on well. I'm sure you'll all see it if we meet up soon so you can see it in all it's glory

I can certainly vouch for its performance, fun,fun,fun

[Dizzie]

mr.brown, there was a thread on the DD forum about the comments made over this on clubgti forum. I said "so hand on your heart matt, my engine was completely to a safe and satisfactory level of workmanship both times?"

he replied something along the grounds that I wasn't happy with mine so I went about the right way of sorting it out by telling them, etc. if they say to a customer about changing certain bits and they refuse to do that then that's something they can't cover.

I replied the only thing I didn't change that they advised were the engine mounts because I couldn't afford to do them and I'd only just changed the front one anyway.

The thread was then deleted before I could read anymore if anymore was written.

[AudiA8Quattro]

I read the thread about DD on clubgti last night, and all i can say is oh dear 
Looks like clubgti has some sort of ties with DD, as otherwise why was everything being censored?
Thats something i find quite appalling, if a company puts out such crap work then people SHOULD know about it, thats the idea of these forums.
I noticed there was some clever knob on clubgti that reckoned people shouldn't comment unless they had a engine conversion done themselves, but why?, its not very difficult to assess that the work originally done on dizzie's car was infact sh!t 

[VeeDubGTI16v]

red_golf on here works for them, have you got any input

[Overseer]

I noticed there was some clever knob on clubgti that reckoned people shouldn't comment unless they had a engine conversion done themselves, but why?, its not very difficult to assess that the work originally done on dizzie's car was infact sh!t?

for real.. i'd have hit the roof had my car been handed back with an unsecured radiator, intercooler.. and bare wires... its disgusting. its also disgusting that clubgti allowed themselves to be manipulated like that.. they're meant to be for gti fans arent they? not driven by warning this may not be true please dont file against me or JV crap like "if you dont get rid of the anti DD stuff we'll stop the clubgti deals".. that is what appears to have driven this unfair, biased censorship.

[G6dub]

"if you dont get rid of the anti DD stuff we'll stop the clubgti deals".

I really don't think this is the case, being someone who is very involved in club gti I can't think of one deal or anyway that DD has helped the club out.

No I am not sticking up for DD at all. I think there work is un speakable! I can coment cause have had engine conversions done before lol sorry had to get that bit it!  How stupid!