Agreed. If you in the NE, look up Billman250. If you live around Tenessee, look up Jordanksartell. There's also Wadzii in NC which I believe has some good reviews of his work. I will be taking my car to him for most things (if needed) since he's closer to me at only an hour and a half away but I've also gone to Jordanksartell to swap my head with a refreshed one he did and he does excellent excellent work and more importantly, he cares.

Best of luck.

 

Get things fixed right (btw, wheels can be repaired if the damage isn't excessive -- go to a wheelsamerica.com kind of place), have the shop(s) you work with document what they fixed and what -- in their expert opinion -- caused the damage, and save your receipts. That way if you decide to pursue a small claims court action, you can do so relatively easily. In this type of situation, if you have good documentation (and the initial shop has admitted they screwed up), the court is extremely likely to side with the customer.

 

They probably didn't repair your lugs, to do so requires removing the hub assembly and pressing it apart which also ruins the wheel bearing which would have also need to have been replaced. And if they did replace your studs then pray to God they did the wheel bearing.

 

There's NO way I'd have allowed the very same shop that caused the problem in the first place to touch the car again to 'repair' what they did improperly in the first place.

Instead, I'd have called my insurance company and had them handle dealing with the shop, while taking the car to a *reputable* shop for full, proper repairs

 

100% my feelings as well. And your insurance company (or yourself for that matter) would sue the original shop for all expenses incurred with correcting the issues.

 

I was just about to post this. There's no way they replaced your lugs. He's lying if he says they did that. We're talking about a guy who doesn't know his ass from his elbow and can't remember to install lug nuts. No way he went through the trouble of removing the hub, etc to replace the lugs for free.

 

This! If they replaced the studs they had to pull everything apart and replace the hub/wheel bearing, there is no other way on the S2000. They are totally bull shitting you man.

 

Should be pretty obvious if they replaced the studs. If you look at the photos, the ends of the original studs are rusted.

 

nothing a dremel with a wire wheel cant fix for the illusion ^^^^

 

I'd sue them for gross negligence. Get them for everything they're worth!