rubbish imported from china.

[optic]

I made a big mistake when i went the cheap road on fitting out the GU. Im retired.
I got a roof top tent that leaks and is un sewn on the corners. I had to hand sew it. Water stains inside it.
I got a roof rack that had the powder coat falling off it in the first week and is the wrong form to suit the roof. The rails on the rack are all bowed down which has created a major problem putting stress on the gutter rails and has torn the roof at the end of the gutters both sides.
I also got a wrap around annex, which broke off at the hinge points, when i took it back to show them 2 more broke off in front of him, this was swapped for a straight pull out awning which also had a mozzie net, problem is the net does not reach the ground and the hinges also broke on it. So i made new ones out of ally, a solid block of 50 x 25mm machined to suit.
My design, so the owner gets 700 made in china to cover what he has already sold.
All the so called bolts have rusted im about to replace them with 304 S/S bolts.
Im a retired Engineer i do know my stuff, i am from the old school.
I am a retired Engineer, i do know my stuff.
And to top it off the owner that sends things off shore to be copied says dont worry ill see it right. Quote.
Do not deal with these people, ill name them in a PM only. I have seen their name on here many times.
It is going to cost me big time to have the tears in the roof repaired.
I will take pics of all of these problems i have mentioned when the weather permits.
And im more than happy to post them up as a warning to others.
So if your after a cheap roof rack, roof top tent and awning let me know.
Buy local Australian made, have what we all need, confidence in what we buy.
Because this China stuff does not make the grade.
Having come out of industry i should have known, not one part from china was ever right.
It looked the part but failed in quality and specs.
And im talking tons of the stuff.
Now im looking for some one to remove the rust and weld the tears in the roof.
Serious stuff, so beware you have been told.
Spend the money and be confident in what you have.
The only way ill come out on an even par with my problem is a court case against them.
Which i would win due to being sold a product that does not do what was stated.
EG. A GU roof rack that does not suit the roof form of a Nissan.
A water proof tent that leaks.
An awning and mozzie net that does not reach the ground.
My Nissan is a standard it is not a raised unit.
Thats my sook, i am not a happy chap.

[healy]

I wouldn't be impressed if I had all those dramas

[Punderhead]

can you PM me the company mate? A mate of mine is looking at roofracks/awnings at the moment.

Cheers!

[the ferret]

It's all about the fast buck mate, always is.
The blame also lies with the store that imports this crap, again, fast buck.
People balk at the price of Ozzy made stuff fair enough but time tells.
The person driving the sewing machine or the welder making these things doesn't give a rats how long it will last.
Fast buck.
Cheers, the ferret.

[MudRunnerTD]

11 wild cats I reckon. Sorry you had a bad run mate. Shame the industry magazine has a Financial interest in the Cattery and you won't read a bad thing.

[Winnie]

That's the worst part MR. They will advertise the crap out of it, people read the magazine and take it for gospel. Will see a huge amount of people with more and more of this gear now. Mate of mine was gonna buy one of their winches but I managed to talk him out of it.

[threedogs]

X 1000 with you Ferret and you know what I do. Got to vent the spleen somewhere, might as well be here.
Too many fly by nighters, just making crap copies, with crap steel, charging you/us the customer a premium price too.
Don't need to PM know who your ticked off with. I'll have more to say on this but just make sure the product you buy is from the person who
1 designed it
2 did all the R&D on it
3 fitted and tested it
4 If you buy copies of my products ,just re read top post again
5 Just getting started

[the ferret]

11 wild cats I reckon. Sorry you had a bad run mate. Shame the industry magazine has a Financial interest in the Cattery and you won't read a bad thing.

I remember years ago there was an ad, "put a tiger in ya tank" lol la lol!!
Cheers, the ferret.

[krbrooking]

Really sorry to here that mate, if it makes you feel better I have the same prob with my egt and boost gauge with the lights no longer working and being smoked lenses I can't see the needle unless I take the lens off which I have. I sent the seller a msg regarding the problem and the sent one msg back which didn't really help me at all. I then sent them another and never got another reply even after sending at least 5 or 6 other msg's. I then put a complaint into eBay and they turned around and said my best bet would be to discuss the matter with the seller and try and come to an agreement.

Go figure!!!

[threedogs]

Maybe a thread should be started where people have had good service, great products. this will get them away from the copies and inferior stuff