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#81 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (phantomgti24v)

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Thanks for actually reading my post before you responded unlike the previous guy. I think that when they took it my ecu from my car at Waterfest. They might have dropped it or something like that and with the driving and summer heat ,whatever it was that was weakened from their carelessness caused my ecu to die. An ecu doesn't typically just die and I had no issues for the 45k miles prior to the flash but low and behold, I get my car flashed and 6 weeks later my car is being towed to the dealer.

ya thats what i dont understand here on the tex most people read the words but dont understand what you said
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seems to happen a lot on here. i just think its weird that when u get it flashed something goes wrong.
 
#82 ·
Re: (cpchillin)

dont compare EIP with the dealership....they both charge way to much and neither know what there doing......my father was lead honda mechanic and his number one rule with any car was "never take it to a dealership" there like bodyshops they will replace anything they can to wrack a bill up...its how they make there money....it may be hard to understand but yeah dealerships are there to MAKE MONEY.........
and as for them screwing you guys......if you have aftermarket parts on you car you should know that you pretty much not gonna get anything from a dealer....i've seen totall mechanical failures on engines been blamed on aftermarket head units....you just gotta except the fait you chose.....if you wanna go fast VW isnt gonna cover what work "YOU" perform.....would you warrantee another companies work???? so before you make this a "STEALERSHIP" thread know that if your taking you car to a stealership you probably need more education on car's
sorry but i just hate when people get into flamnig on the dealership....we all gotta make our money just understand there role




Modified by Corradokcid at 11:16 AM 12-13-2006
 
#83 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (ratgeberin)

just ordered a peliquin diff from them, head gasket, and clutch so far i havetn recieved anything but customer service was nice when i called them asking questions and they helped me out alot.. and i got alot of cash off for the discount being a vortexer!
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so far i'm happy as hell form them
 
#85 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (phantomgti24v)

Quote, originally posted by phantomgti24v »

Thanks for actually reading my post before you responded unlike the previous guy. I think that when they took it my ecu from my car at Waterfest. They might have dropped it or something like that and with the driving and summer heat ,whatever it was that was weakened from their carelessness caused my ecu to die. An ecu doesn't typically just die and I had no issues for the 45k miles prior to the flash but low and behold, I get my car flashed and 6 weeks later my car is being towed to the dealer.

OK, so they dropped the ECU... do you have proof of this? And what does summer heat and driving have to do with weakening anything? What happens when cars are in wrecks? Do you have to replace every control module including the ECU because they've been banged around a lot harder than a "drop." You basically have no proof that EIP did anything wrong, yet you blame them for you bad ECU.
Like I said, the DEALER FRIED my ECU when adapting it to another car. That's doing nothing but running diagnostics on a ScanTool. Same thing could've happened. Your dealer is probably pointing the finger on anything aftermarket so they don't have to warranty it.
 
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#88 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (MeiK)

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Whelp I just ordered my Head Gasket Spacer from them. We'll see how this goes. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
I have high hopes.
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Shipped today. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
So as long as it's a good product - that's my " http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif " for EIP!
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#90 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (NOVAdub)

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You are not the first to have problems with EIPs software. Their hardware is very well made, but they seem to need to work on the software development. Hopefully they will take care of this for you.

This seems to be a common theme across all their products.
Streetwerkes uses APR, VF uses GIAC, HPA uses HGP, but EIP does everything all in house. I've asked Rich in the past about the qualifications of the software code writers, but for whatever reason he never replied.
 
#92 ·
Re: Anyone have experiences with EIP Tuning... (MeiK)

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Shipped today. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
So as long as it's a good product - that's my " http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif " for EIP!
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Got it yesterday. http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
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That's at least one " http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif " for EIP
 
#93 ·
minor hardwear stuff normally isn't an issue. It's an issue with softwear and major parts shipments.
I even used to say that all their hardparts were good, but it was only their softwear that was bad...aweful...terrible...really bad....really really bad.
however, now that I'm back into Hondas I really take notice of EIP's shortcomings. There were far more shortcuts taken with the kit I had on my car than I noticed at first. I do think that they have OK products on an individual basis, but the turbo kits as a whole are NOT well thought out. To route vacuum lines on top of the exhaust manifold blows my mind. And for the money spent on their kit, I should have gotten stainless piping and T-bolt clamps. "Development costs" is a crock of schitt. The only think that should have really taken any time to develop is the softwear, and that wasn't developed. They get through life on the premise that people don't know how a turbo works. They're very simple. Anybody with a pipe bender can fab up a kit. They only parts of that kit that have to be developed particularly for a certain car are the charge pipes, the down pipe, and the manifold. EIP's a joke and they succeed as a business because VW people "know" less as a whole than other import people when it comes to performance. Now, I'm sorry to Kyle if he ends up being the one to respond to this. Kyle seems to me to be a great guy that got a job at a bad company. But the bottom line is that EIP makes a crap product. I'm not saying they shouldn't sell it, but they SHOULD sell it for about 2500 bucks and WITHOUT softwear.
 
#94 ·
Re: (Flite)

could not have said it any better myself. To me EIP is basically a sister company of Eastside. Same tactics/practices....just slightly better spoken! Any yes I feel for Kyle and the rest of the employees. seems as if they are constantly taking the hit for the lack of business ethics. If you are in the MD area and need *quality* work/products check out NGP or Blacksmith performance to name a few.
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#95 ·
Eastside and EIP are no where in the same league! Dave used to work for EIP and ventured out on his own. There have been some VERY bad rumors about Eastside that are worse than ANYTHING that EIP has done. Flite is the first person I've ever heard of to bash EIP's quality. Any piece I've ever seen has great build quality. I've seen pieces that could've been better thought out, in my eyes, but my idea of better thought out might not work.
NGP is a great shop, but do they have their own turbo set-up? I know of a couple great shops that do awesome work but they couldn't design a turbo set-up. I know one guy that could and has but says it's not worth the money.
 
#98 ·
Re: (cpchillin)

well know you can add me to your list. I have *first* hand experience with crappy EIP *hardware* to put it bluntly it does not work. I have been in the VW aftermarket industy for over 5 years and I can tell you that EIP and Eastside have LOTS in common.
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