4-wheel parts truckfest July 29-30

[mattadams]

I got the flier in the mail yesterday for 4-wheel parts truckfest at the merchandise mart July 29-30. It's a sales event but you can usually find some good deals, and theres always lots of cool vehicles to check out (not mine this year, which was in the BF Goodrich booth last year) but lots of other good ones I'm sure :).

[UrbanCowboy]

Why so many things in July? I'm going to go broke

[Heath]

Matt, why won't your X be in there??

[mattadams]

because its stock and its a piece of shit. If I parked in the show everyone would think "this guy lost his way from the parking lot apparently..."

[Heath]

your new plate should read CRBHOPR.

[ProjectAviator]

I plan on heading down. I missed last years. need to pick up my wish books. Not sure which day though.

Tim

[Walking Eagle]

Maybe with any luck, they will have Irok's on sale for $5.99 each.

[Warrlord]

Maybe with any luck, they will have Irok's on sale for $5.99 each.

If they do, pick me up $100.00 worth, I'll paypal you the money :D

[clavos]

I'm thinking of heading down on Sunday. I don't think they'll have much for a G-wagen, but there will be enough goodies to look at that aren't vehicle specific. Now if the guy would just hurry up with the engine.

[mattadams]

yeah I will probably show up on Sunday as well... Saturday I am teaching a dog handling class and then have a wedding to go to.

[thesoundmaster]

i'm heading down sunday as well, stupid work getting in the way of my fun

[Walking Eagle]

Well since I'll probably have my tire situation taken care of tomorrow I was not planning on going, but maybe I'll show up on Sunday as well and look around.

[clavos]

Sounds like Sunday is the day to go. Perhaps we should meet up somewhere first.

[Walker2970]

so im gonna try to make it we gonna meet up anywhere ?

Jake

[thesoundmaster]

if everyone is meeting up before hand, let me know when and where

[mattadams]

I know a few years ago we met at the Wendys near the merchandise mart and it worked out alright.

[4x4 bully]

i will be there for sure...so let me know what time you all want to meet...

[mattadams]

How does 11:00 work for everybody? It's about an hours drive for me and I want to sleep in.... :) 11:00 at Wendys near the Merchandise Mart?
The Wendys is on the south side of 58th, the merchandise mart is on the north side of 58th, its also a little funky to get to Wendys but its easy to see at least :).

[4x4 bully]

sounds good to me 1100 is perfect...

[UrbanCowboy]

You know it opens right at 11:00am don't you?

[mattadams]

I didn't know that but thats alright... i figured eat at Wendys at 11, then head over to the show...

[thesoundmaster]

where on 58th is it?

[Walking Eagle]

where on 58th is it?

On the east of I-25.

[thesoundmaster]

awesome, i'll be there

[cory]

i'll be there

[clavos]

I now have to fix my niece's car. I'll be there if I win the lottery on Sat.

[Walking Eagle]

I now have to fix my niece's car. I'll be there if I win the lottery on Sat.

Well in that case, I'll probably be there. :nana:

[ProjectAviator]

So it is Sunday at 11:00.

I don't really have anything going tomarrow.

Tim

[mattadams]

See you guys there! :)

[Walking Eagle]

I think I had a breakthrough. I actually walked through and did not buy anything.

[thesoundmaster]

I had a fun time at truckfest, and it was great to meet everyone, and yes i am friends with Eli, but don't let that impact your views of me. it was all in all a great experience for me

[mattadams]

Eli's not as disliked as he makes it sound :). It looks like there was a lot of good deals, too bad I dind't really need anything :).

[thesoundmaster]

I was going to buy a couple tow hooks for the Bronco, but decided against it for now. There were a lot of good deals, i was dissappointed in the K&N guys tho, i went to talk to them about the trouble i've been having with my FIPK system and they were complete jerks towards me. point being, like the product, not the people. again, it was great to meet everyone and so forth

[Heath]

Who's Eli???

[mattadams]

smoothengagement...
And hey soundmaster, you will find different results when talking with different companies. SOme are very arrogant like K&N because they think there system is the best no matter what, and any problems must have been caused by you. Others, like EGR, I had a problem with the flares and I mentioned it to them at the SEMA show one year, they thanked me profusely for finding the problem, sent me out replacement clips and also updated hte design for all the other flares that went out.

[Heath]

Ahhh... Thats the reason for his comment...

[thesoundmaster]

yeah, he's the one who got me on here so, i have to give him just a little credit, not much, but a little. he does make himself sound like he's hated by everyone and everyone he knows is hated on the same level, hopefully he's being a dork and its not true... we shall see...

[thesoundmaster]

i'll try to find another vendor directly from K&N and talk to them, it just seems weird to me that while they spend all this money on research and development on the systems, yet when i have a problem they turn around and treat me like crap. It seems to me that it shouldn't me wrong and destroying my filter the way it is. the guy did say to call customer service and see what they could do, but with what Matt was saying yesterday on his ARB, i'm wondering if it will take that long to get through to them and if they replace it, how long before i recieve it.... we shall see... i'm not complaining tho, just baffeled

[mattadams]

I think K&N is better than ARB about warranty work, I'd just try to approach it properly... say "I am sure I followed your installation instructions properly on installation and maintained filter as stated in your procedures at the recommended intervals..." so they can't blame you for anything. I would also tell them why you think you had hte problem, and what you think they could do to fix it... without sounding like a know-it-all... just saying from my experience in dealing with companies thats the best way to get shit done, and it helps you avoid the "you probably installed it wrong" bs you get from some companies.

[thesoundmaster]

true true, and that's the one thing i don't want to get from them, simply because i can see the points from them, but i'm not some idiot who gets happy with a screwdriver and destroys everything. It'll be interesting to see how it all works out, i love my FIPK and hate dealing with problems, as do we all.... but i will definatly use that approach Matt.