Forged Perfomance and my G37 TT build
 

My name is Juan and I have seen the recent threads on certain forums about my motor. I have tried to move past this incident, but knowing that Sharif is using my bad experience to promote his shop makes me want to tell the world about what I went through with Forged Performance. I have tried to tell my story before but I was bashed off of the forums because I couldn’t write well enough to explain my experience. English is not my first language – so to keep from having a repeat experience, I have had someone help me edit this thread. To help keep it simple, I will explain using bullet points. All of these are facts. No lies or stretching of the truth.

Back story:

• I took my new G37 to Forged Performance for install of the GTM Stage 3 turbo kit.
• My stock motor blew while Sharif was tuning it on the dyno.
• Sharif told me that 500whp was safe and that the stock motor would hold. His advice is what I took when making decisions for this build.
• The stock motor did not hold and Sharif blamed it on bad rods from the factory or damage caused by a previous owner.
• The car had 1500 miles on it when the motor blew. There was no previous owner and no prior work performed.
• I was made to pay for parts for a new short block. I never wanted a built block. I wanted the safe 500whp promised on my stock motor.
• I did take my car from the shop while having a balance, but it was only because there was no work done on the car for months. Sharif kept promising work, but none was ever done. I admit it was not the best strategy, but there was no theft involved. The keys were given to me by a Forged Performance employee.
• I posted an “apology” thread so that Sharif would finish the work promised. Posting that thread was not my idea.
• After another month of Sharif not being able to get the car to run properly, he shipped the car to Sam @ GTM so that Sam could diagnose the problem. The car was supposed to be fixed and shipped back to Sharif for finalization. I chose to leave it with Sam for all final repairs.

Damage done to the car while at Forged Performance:

• Wiring harness was damaged and ground to VVEL left off. This is why Sharif could not get the car to run properly.
• The car was backed into a lift damaging the rear bumper and tail light. Sharif wanted to replace this with parts from a junk yard.
• Shift knob was removed using pliers and damaged beyond repair.
• Holes were drilled through my VIN plate on the firewall when mounting the fuel pump regulator.
• Chassis was cut to make GTM turbo kit fit. This was not needed. The kit was installed improperly.
• Plastics were cut to make the turbo kit fit. More unnecessary modification due to improper install of turbo kit.
• Intercooler piping was cut to make it fit (again unneeded) and left metal shavings inside.
• Intercooler piping crushed to make room for an oil return line.

Cost to me:

• Nearly a year without my car and over ten thousand dollars in additional expenses repairing the damage Forged Performance caused. Sharif did pay for part of the GTM bill.

Once more for clarification, English is not my first language, so I have had help formatting this post. But all things said are 100% true and factual. Pictures have been included so that you can see the state my car was in when it arrived at GTM and after Forged Performance could not diagnose the car’s inability to run properly. Because I have a hard time writing in English and have a family to take care of, I will not be reading or responding to this thread. I just wanted to let my Forged Performance experience be known. I am sure Sharif will defend and deny. It is his right. I will let the post and pictures speak for themselves. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

Damage to rear brake light.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...mance/fp12.jpg

Bolt left loose.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp1.jpg

Bracket left unsecured.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp2.jpg

Power steering lines hitting intercooler piping.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp3.jpg

Thin wire cutting into oil return line.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp4.jpg

Wrong piece of intercooler piping used. Bracket cut off instead of using correct piece of piping.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp5.jpg

Plastic undertray cut to fit piping. Plastics left loose and unsecured.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp6.jpg

Sub-frame cut to clearance piping.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp7.jpg

Piping crushed to clearance oil return line.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp8.jpg

Intake and intercooler piping zip tied together. Debris on intake filter and connection.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...rmance/fp9.jpg

More of same zip tied piping and debris.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...mance/fp10.jpg

Reason for debris on intake. Tire was rubbing intake due to improper installation of kit.

http://i917.photobucket.com/albums/a...mance/fp11.jpg

All I can say is Daaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmnnn.

So you paid an extra 10K besides what the original price was? Honestly I would take em court for reimbursement. Your pics show good proof to support your claim.

Thanks for posting this Juan.

When I first heard of this incident, I could only scratch my head. This makes things a lot more clearer.

oh damn. wow. :eek:

Yup i would defently take them to court. This is total bs. I wonder what Sharif and Sam have to say about this.

Forged Performance = :wtf2:

No can defend pics.

Holy Shit!!!

:wtf:

Just looks like a rookie put that together with out a care in the world.

:eek2:

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I hope you get reimbursed for this total shade tree fabrication! It only proves my previous point of finding an insured reputable shop.

if that happened to me... OMGWTFBBQ!
lets see what forged performance has to say about this...

gtm's response "so whos up for some pizza"

:facepalm: Forged Performance... :shakes head:

:eek:

So we have a bunch of Z1 and IP folks looking at this thread... when will Forged or GTM get in here so we can hear the whole story?

Now you guys know what I was talking aboutand why my car will not go back there!

Man i never had a problem with Forged but i never did anything to complicated with them but now ill just stick with Injected engineering like i did with my CBE

GTM actually fixed Juan's car! This work was strictly done by Forged Performance and when Juan got his car back he turned to GTM to help him fix and finish the build.

I'm not sure what GTM has need to say. If I read the OP's post correctly, GTM is the one who finished this build and I would guess that they are the ones who took those pictures.

All I can say to this thread is FSCKING WOW.

wow. sorry you had to be the eye-opener..... the filter thing was the most "whoa." the rest just seemed like laziness and inexperience...

so this was originally a GTM stage 3 kit that forged was trying to install..... so was anything wrong with the actual kit? or was this all poor install?

Looks like poor install. Like someone didn't read the directions.

^^ its kinda obvious that it was a poor install. zip ties, cutting frame, crushing tubes, bolts missing and loose, filter rubbing against tire????
poor brand new car

wow...there's a lot wrong with that install, stuff I'd never try and jerry rig in my own driveway let alone get paid to do in a shop.

IMO the car should be stripped and motor should be pulled for anything beyond bolt-ons. Some SC kits might be able to be installed with only the bumper coming off, but that's not a sure thing.

That backyard turbo install by the 2 drunk kids was more professional than this, jesus.

Hopefully GTM took it apart and put it back together the right way because that job was just shameful.

Dang... that looks really bad. Only heard things about it but never saw the pics til now.

Awesome sig! Back on topic...........

Here is your answer




Sam

:eek:

So, the engine stops abruptly because you ran out of fuel? (That's what you posted on the YouTube comments section.)

"Back from the dead ......."

Nice :tup:

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Pictures speak for them selves. I really hope that built block (that I can't find the post now) they show built in the middle of a dirty shop is not in your car also.

W - O - W is all I can say! From what Ive heard in the community Forged has a pretty good reputation and Sharif is a respected tuner. However, this TT install is clearly the biggest hack job POS half-*** attempt ever. This has lawsuit written all over it.

And I must give Juan props for presenting a very professional, WELL documented public complaint instead taking the low road with profanity, threats, and zero proof, pictures, etc. Those pictures tell the whole story. If the same care went into dyno tuning this G that went into the install then its a safe assumption that negligance blew this VHR.

And the way I read it is that GTM saved the day...they fixed what Forged f'ed up. Props to them.

Unbelievable. The twin turbo install I did myself on my gto with ZERO experience looked MUCH better than this. Ridiculous.