LMS Intake stolen!
Originally Posted by PHML
I deliver everything i order to my office....that way, if Im not at my desk, someone else in my office will sign for it.
With that said, in my experience, FEDEX or UPS tend to falsify delivery attempts if they can't deliver a package within normal business hours. This happened to me at least 3 times....so they re-delivered the following day.
When I approached the delivery driver about it, they BS'd me about the door to my office was locked during business hours. Well, its never locked during business hours (7 am - 5 pm).
I guess what im saying is that there is a possibility that its stll to be delivered...and NOT stolen.
GL!!
Pete
With that said, in my experience, FEDEX or UPS tend to falsify delivery attempts if they can't deliver a package within normal business hours. This happened to me at least 3 times....so they re-delivered the following day.
When I approached the delivery driver about it, they BS'd me about the door to my office was locked during business hours. Well, its never locked during business hours (7 am - 5 pm).
I guess what im saying is that there is a possibility that its stll to be delivered...and NOT stolen.
GL!!
Pete
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From: JDM CUZ ITS SO COOL
Just recently I had UPS deliver my item to a DIFFERENT street and different #. His house was not even CLOSE to the # my house was and it was a different street name (but similar)
UPS refused to redeliver and sent it back to the shipper!
UPS BLOWS!
UPS refused to redeliver and sent it back to the shipper!
UPS BLOWS!
Originally Posted by shaolin
but if they didn't drop off the package they wouldn't stated delivered????
Yeah I have a good feeling that my package was stolen by some punksters. There is a middle school up the road from me and I've noticed that they get out about the time my package was delivered. I'm not sure how the whole insurance works and stuff with delivery, but I sure would had to have to call LMS up again and spend another 225+shipping on another intake. Sometimes you can't have a package shipped to work as that address won't match up on our credit card address.
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Damn this sucks. Hope this is not happening to my order from LMS.
Yeah, and if no one wants to take red film, I will take them off your hands.
Also the fogs too. I am local, so I can always pick it up, and bring some beers to have my spoiler done
I actually dont have a good drill... I was woundering... if i can use.... heehee.
But, hopely you get the LMS back from delivery, and we could even install both at sameday cuz I just ordered mine from Steve.
Let me know whats up.
-John
PS: You got yours at 225 +shipping?? OMG I paid mine 255 + 15 shipping, so 270 total...
Did I get scamed or wat?
Yeah, and if no one wants to take red film, I will take them off your hands.
Also the fogs too. I am local, so I can always pick it up, and bring some beers to have my spoiler done
I actually dont have a good drill... I was woundering... if i can use.... heehee.
But, hopely you get the LMS back from delivery, and we could even install both at sameday cuz I just ordered mine from Steve.
Let me know whats up.
-John
PS: You got yours at 225 +shipping?? OMG I paid mine 255 + 15 shipping, so 270 total...
Did I get scamed or wat?
Originally Posted by aznevoviii
Damn this sucks. Hope this is not happening to my order from LMS.
Yeah, and if no one wants to take red film, I will take them off your hands.
Also the fogs too. I am local, so I can always pick it up, and bring some beers to have my spoiler done
I actually dont have a good drill... I was woundering... if i can use.... heehee.
But, hopely you get the LMS back from delivery, and we could even install both at sameday cuz I just ordered mine from Steve.
Let me know whats up.
-John
PS: You got yours at 225 +shipping?? OMG I paid mine 255 + 15 shipping, so 270 total...
Did I get scamed or wat?
Yeah, and if no one wants to take red film, I will take them off your hands.
Also the fogs too. I am local, so I can always pick it up, and bring some beers to have my spoiler done
I actually dont have a good drill... I was woundering... if i can use.... heehee.
But, hopely you get the LMS back from delivery, and we could even install both at sameday cuz I just ordered mine from Steve.
Let me know whats up.
-John
PS: You got yours at 225 +shipping?? OMG I paid mine 255 + 15 shipping, so 270 total...
Did I get scamed or wat?
It's been 16 hours since I discovered my package was missing and I still haven't heard back from FEDEX.
I called them again this morning and they told me I have to wait and hear back from the driver as to where he put the package. If the package is indeed not where he left it and I'm sure it's not because there aren't many places you can leave a package at my house. (either front door or in the back of the house where the garage is) then I will have to contact the shipper (LMS) and they will need to file a claim. God only knows how long that will take. Maybe LMS will be so nice to send me another intake while they wait for the claim money from FEDEX assuming the package has some kind of insurance on it. 
I was actually going to do a before and after dyno today of my car stock and with the intake on, but since I don't have the intake I'm only going to be doing a baseline stock dyno. I'll post results later in the day. My appointment is at 1pm at Ultimate Performance here in Ashburn VA. The dyno is a dynojet in case anyone was curious.
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The classic we had was arriving home to find a note from the courier saying " Parcel left in wheelie bin". Checked bin and found it empty - the reason it was at the front door was because that was the day they came round and emptied it. You couldn't make it up.... I now get everything delivered to my office.
Originally Posted by Big Andy
The classic we had was arriving home to find a note from the courier saying " Parcel left in wheelie bin". Checked bin and found it empty - the reason it was at the front door was because that was the day they came round and emptied it. You couldn't make it up.... I now get everything delivered to my office.
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Call the 800 number on the back of your card. You can add an alternate approved ship to address. I use my office. No worries about packages left on my door step.
Regarding your before and after dyno testing. Good plan with one thing to consider. If you drive in and do your before pulls the disconnect the battery to install the intake your next pulls will be squewed. Resetting the ECU will reset the fuel parameters that the car had learned up to that point. No matter what affect the intake has your numbers will have changed. I have seen this proven on everything from bikes to cars that have computer controlled fuel injection. Try this little test is the dyno shop will let you. Drive in and do your before pulls. Clear the ECU with no other changes and do another pull. The cleared ECU run will show more power. It's a very old trick used by many aftermarket parts suppliers to show gains from their parts. To get an accurate reading from the intake install the car needs to be driven for a few days to re-learn it's parameters. Go do your before pulls now. Once you have your intake install it and drive it for a few days then get your "after" pulls done. Dyno's have software to compinsate for temp changes. On a N/A motor unless there is a drastic temp difference it's not that big of factor.
Regarding your before and after dyno testing. Good plan with one thing to consider. If you drive in and do your before pulls the disconnect the battery to install the intake your next pulls will be squewed. Resetting the ECU will reset the fuel parameters that the car had learned up to that point. No matter what affect the intake has your numbers will have changed. I have seen this proven on everything from bikes to cars that have computer controlled fuel injection. Try this little test is the dyno shop will let you. Drive in and do your before pulls. Clear the ECU with no other changes and do another pull. The cleared ECU run will show more power. It's a very old trick used by many aftermarket parts suppliers to show gains from their parts. To get an accurate reading from the intake install the car needs to be driven for a few days to re-learn it's parameters. Go do your before pulls now. Once you have your intake install it and drive it for a few days then get your "after" pulls done. Dyno's have software to compinsate for temp changes. On a N/A motor unless there is a drastic temp difference it's not that big of factor.
Originally Posted by SilverBolt
Call the 800 number on the back of your card. You can add an alternate approved ship to address. I use my office. No worries about packages left on my door step.
Regarding your before and after dyno testing. Good plan with one thing to consider. If you drive in and do your before pulls the disconnect the battery to install the intake your next pulls will be squewed. Resetting the ECU will reset the fuel parameters that the car had learned up to that point. No matter what affect the intake has your numbers will have changed. I have seen this proven on everything from bikes to cars that have computer controlled fuel injection. Try this little test is the dyno shop will let you. Drive in and do your before pulls. Clear the ECU with no other changes and do another pull. The cleared ECU run will show more power. It's a very old trick used by many aftermarket parts suppliers to show gains from their parts. To get an accurate reading from the intake install the car needs to be driven for a few days to re-learn it's parameters. Go do your before pulls now. Once you have your intake install it and drive it for a few days then get your "after" pulls done. Dyno's have software to compinsate for temp changes. On a N/A motor unless there is a drastic temp difference it's not that big of factor.
Regarding your before and after dyno testing. Good plan with one thing to consider. If you drive in and do your before pulls the disconnect the battery to install the intake your next pulls will be squewed. Resetting the ECU will reset the fuel parameters that the car had learned up to that point. No matter what affect the intake has your numbers will have changed. I have seen this proven on everything from bikes to cars that have computer controlled fuel injection. Try this little test is the dyno shop will let you. Drive in and do your before pulls. Clear the ECU with no other changes and do another pull. The cleared ECU run will show more power. It's a very old trick used by many aftermarket parts suppliers to show gains from their parts. To get an accurate reading from the intake install the car needs to be driven for a few days to re-learn it's parameters. Go do your before pulls now. Once you have your intake install it and drive it for a few days then get your "after" pulls done. Dyno's have software to compinsate for temp changes. On a N/A motor unless there is a drastic temp difference it's not that big of factor.
Sounds like a good plan. I'll dyno today and get a good base line and once I get my intake installed I will drive it around for a few days and go back to the shop for another dyno. Thanks for the great information. It makes complete sense.
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Originally Posted by caymandive
Not really sure about the pricing issue, but I know I ordered mine early so maybe the price has gone up since then.
It's been 16 hours since I discovered my package was missing and I still haven't heard back from FEDEX. I called them again this morning and they told me I have to wait and hear back from the driver as to where he put the package. If the package is indeed not where he left it and I'm sure it's not because there aren't many places you can leave a package at my house. (either front door or in the back of the house where the garage is) then I will have to contact the shipper (LMS) and they will need to file a claim. God only knows how long that will take. Maybe LMS will be so nice to send me another intake while they wait for the claim money from FEDEX assuming the package has some kind of insurance on it.
I was actually going to do a before and after dyno today of my car stock and with the intake on, but since I don't have the intake I'm only going to be doing a baseline stock dyno. I'll post results later in the day. My appointment is at 1pm at Ultimate Performance here in Ashburn VA. The dyno is a dynojet in case anyone was curious.
It's been 16 hours since I discovered my package was missing and I still haven't heard back from FEDEX.
I called them again this morning and they told me I have to wait and hear back from the driver as to where he put the package. If the package is indeed not where he left it and I'm sure it's not because there aren't many places you can leave a package at my house. (either front door or in the back of the house where the garage is) then I will have to contact the shipper (LMS) and they will need to file a claim. God only knows how long that will take. Maybe LMS will be so nice to send me another intake while they wait for the claim money from FEDEX assuming the package has some kind of insurance on it. I was actually going to do a before and after dyno today of my car stock and with the intake on, but since I don't have the intake I'm only going to be doing a baseline stock dyno. I'll post results later in the day. My appointment is at 1pm at Ultimate Performance here in Ashburn VA. The dyno is a dynojet in case anyone was curious.
-john
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I too don't expect this from FEDEX. On the other hand UPS is the worst courier I've ever dealt with and can't believe they are still in business.
I want to order the illuminated scuff plates from Carson but they ship UPS and I don't want to deal with them. No joke, I simply would be worried about even getting them. I have too many bad stories about UPS to even get into it.
I want to order the illuminated scuff plates from Carson but they ship UPS and I don't want to deal with them. No joke, I simply would be worried about even getting them. I have too many bad stories about UPS to even get into it.
Good news and bad news to report.
Heard back from FEDEX and the driver said he rememered making the delivery. So either it was an inside job or some kids walked by and took the package. I talked to Steve at LMS and asked him if he could call FEDEX and make the claim and he said he would gladly do that and ship me a new intake to my WORK address as soon as possible. If his products are anywhere nearly as good as his customer service then he is going to have alot of loyal customers.
Heard back from FEDEX and the driver said he rememered making the delivery. So either it was an inside job or some kids walked by and took the package. I talked to Steve at LMS and asked him if he could call FEDEX and make the claim and he said he would gladly do that and ship me a new intake to my WORK address as soon as possible. If his products are anywhere nearly as good as his customer service then he is going to have alot of loyal customers.
