thingee
EK9 Owner & Proud...
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Hi all,
Going to make this short and sweet. I have been looking around for a while for a DC5/EP3 steering wheel for my EK9 for a while now. Checked out all the usual haunts aswel as ebay and nothing to be found for a decent price. Then a friend of mine suggested to try a breakers yard up north. Euro Auto Salvage. Here's a link to their site (most of which doesnt work by the way). Euro Auto Salvage Ltd - Used and Salvage Subaru, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda
Rang them up and told them what I was looking for and they said. Ye. No probs. I have 12 or 13 EP3 Type R's here. Great stuff. ASked for a price and was told in or around £100 delivered to Dublin. Fantastic, i thought. Here's where it all goes pear shaped!!
Recieved the steering wheel this morning.
1. Its in rage order, very worn and covered in mould, even though he said he'd taken it from a 05 model and it was nice and clean.
2. It's missing most of the rear plastics.
3. It's missing the airbag. (which I specifically asked for)
4. It's missing belt drive for the horn. (which I specifically asked for)
5. It doesnt appear to be a proper Type R wheel.
It's got the momo stamp but the stitching is different from all the pics of ones I've seen previously.
Rang them up this morning, I couldn't have been nicer on the phone, and explained that I did not get what I was expecting nore was its condition acceptable and basically got told I was insaine to think that I was getting an airbag with a steering wheel for that price. Now, admittedly I did think that this was very cheap but I just went with the flow and made sure that I was getting everything that I wanted. I also explained this to him. He wasn't interested. Got told to ring him back this afternoon and he'd see if he can find and airbag but to expect to pay for it!!
So, as you can imagine, I am not a happy camper.....
Has anyone ever had previous experience with these guys?
Is it a lost cause?
And should I just let my credit card company dispute?
Any feedback would be great....Thanks, Mark
Going to make this short and sweet. I have been looking around for a while for a DC5/EP3 steering wheel for my EK9 for a while now. Checked out all the usual haunts aswel as ebay and nothing to be found for a decent price. Then a friend of mine suggested to try a breakers yard up north. Euro Auto Salvage. Here's a link to their site (most of which doesnt work by the way). Euro Auto Salvage Ltd - Used and Salvage Subaru, Toyota, Mitsubishi and Honda
Rang them up and told them what I was looking for and they said. Ye. No probs. I have 12 or 13 EP3 Type R's here. Great stuff. ASked for a price and was told in or around £100 delivered to Dublin. Fantastic, i thought. Here's where it all goes pear shaped!!
Recieved the steering wheel this morning.
1. Its in rage order, very worn and covered in mould, even though he said he'd taken it from a 05 model and it was nice and clean.
2. It's missing most of the rear plastics.
3. It's missing the airbag. (which I specifically asked for)
4. It's missing belt drive for the horn. (which I specifically asked for)
5. It doesnt appear to be a proper Type R wheel.
It's got the momo stamp but the stitching is different from all the pics of ones I've seen previously.
Rang them up this morning, I couldn't have been nicer on the phone, and explained that I did not get what I was expecting nore was its condition acceptable and basically got told I was insaine to think that I was getting an airbag with a steering wheel for that price. Now, admittedly I did think that this was very cheap but I just went with the flow and made sure that I was getting everything that I wanted. I also explained this to him. He wasn't interested. Got told to ring him back this afternoon and he'd see if he can find and airbag but to expect to pay for it!!
So, as you can imagine, I am not a happy camper.....
Has anyone ever had previous experience with these guys?
Is it a lost cause?
And should I just let my credit card company dispute?
Any feedback would be great....Thanks, Mark