Thorney Motorsport

Gaijin · 22 Mar 2010 at 01:29

I remember there were a few people who didn't exactly think much of Thorney Motorsport, so I thought some may find this of interest,

Make what you will of this as there are two sides to every story and only one side is told here, but it just sounds (and looks) awful.

http://www.lancerregister.com/showthread.php?t=313678

stulid · 22 Mar 2010 at 01:39

This tuning outfit really sound like a bunch of muppets.

I remember they cocked up someones vxr on these forums too?

Alex_6n2 · 22 Mar 2010 at 02:14

After 13 grand? I wouldn't have given them a penny until the car was in a state I was 100% happy with.

Problem is, there are so many monkeys about. There always has been and always will be... the only way to be 100% sure it's done right is by doing it yourself, but alas this is not always possible :/

SHEDDER1uk · 22 Mar 2010 at 02:34

Wow no money would have been leaving my hands till it was right.

BigglesPiP · 22 Mar 2010 at 02:45

I can understand why you'd pay a company to do some race-prep on your car, but for me half the fun of a race car/track day car would be working on it. I'd do the work myself then have stuff like the mapping an geometry done by a specialist over a day.

thepharcyde · 22 Mar 2010 at 07:33

Sounds like a knob. I know I will never be using them.

Hopefully this is posted on the VX forums too, guy like this does not need customers.

danza · 22 Mar 2010 at 07:51

Not quite as bad as the utterly butchered 350Z that was doing the rounds 18 months back or so (the one with skirts held on with chipboard screws), but shocking none the less.

Poor bloke, I bet he's utterly furious/at his wits end with all this.

grudas · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:06

^^ i remember that.. but i bet he did not spend 13k on the 'Z'... i know for sure i wouldn't have left it like that and payed him.. no frickin chance..

mast3r · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:14

Damn, 13k. for what...

Too me, i pay for a job to be done, i expect that job to be done, nothing more.

Scratches... well i would have rage quit there and then.

peterattheboro · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:20

danza said:
Not quite as bad as the utterly butchered 350Z that was doing the rounds 18 months back or so (the one with skirts held on with chipboard screws), but shocking none the less.

Poor bloke, I bet he's utterly furious/at his wits end with all this.

http://my350z.com/forum/the-lounge-...op-experience-details-inside-350z-ruined.html

Need to see more pics of the CSL aswell.

I would never use Thorney tbh.

-Ad- · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:30

One of the guys at work has known John for years. Told me how he changed into quite the business man, and it clearly shows with the amount of these stories popping up these days.

Looks disgraceful!

paradigm · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:36

What CSL?

That's an e36 M3 Evo.

grumpybeard · 22 Mar 2010 at 08:42

That is disgraceful. Having been a member of the VX220 forum for a number of years I thought Thorney's was the place to go for VX220 tuning. Poor guy, 13k down, ****** up car and stressed out with the farce as well.

TomO · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:05

paradigm said:
What CSL?

That's an e36 M3 Evo.

E46 no?

phoenix yellow?

sounds like a shame with Thorney, I had him remap my M5 about 5 years ago and the experience was good. maybe I was lucky, maybe times change as well.

antijoke · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:10

Oh my.

paradigm · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:18

TomO said:
E46 no?

phoenix yellow?

EDIT: actually no, you're right, its a 46.

4T5 · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:34

peterattheboro said:
http://my350z.com/forum/the-lounge-...op-experience-details-inside-350z-ruined.html

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That is Unreal, I'm gutted for the pair of them.

Housey · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:37

Very poor. This is becoming a theme it would seem, not good.

antijoke · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:38

That 350z is one of the funniest things I have seen, if it was my car I would probaly be physically sick upon seeing it for the first time.

Dup · 22 Mar 2010 at 09:50

I wouldn't want that back, what a mess. You would have very little faith in that car after that.

What a set of *****