I Am Looking at gettitng a Stage 3 kit from Cobalt-Addiction and wanted to see if any one had any experince with them, hows there products and Is it worth the money.

and with a stage 3 should i order a stage 2 clutch or will mine be fine (stock)??

 

terrible. i've heard nothing but bad experiences from them & i will never do business with them ever. they take months to ship product. it's terrible.

 

wow not what i was expecting but thanks

 

the truth. maybe they've gotten better since then but i doubt it... they're too busy putting DVD players in their doors...

 

ive done plenty of business with them and never had any problems at all. kenny is a very nice guy. hell i ordered something at like 5pm on a wed and i got it by like 1pm the next day.

 

yeah they're too hit or miss for me...

 

**** vendor bashing at it's best.
I use them for everything, no issues.
and for their stage kits... check out www.youtube.com and search under black06g85 to see what they can do.

 

there's no in between here. people either love them, or hate them.

 

I used them to get my GM stage 2 kit and plugs. They said they would give me money to make up the difference between their price and crateenginedepot.com (I think it was) and I never got that refund. But the stuff showed up quick and in great condition.

 

but what your forgetting black is you can go drive over to there shop whenever and you were there guinea pig so of course they are gonna be good to you

 

The only thing I ordered from them was the Column pod and I was one of the 1st to order it. Shipped fast and I didn't have any problems. I got every other part from TTR (stg 2 from ced)

 

Ordered once from them, no notification that i had to wait for aeroforce to build my gauge, or warning for that matter, but once i emailed them, they got back to me... pretty good, hey could just be a little clearer about their wait times.

 

every part on my car is from them inculding stage 1 3 and 4 and all tuned by them and no problems ever

 

i ordered my plugs and 2.79 pulley from them and it was at my door 2 days later..

 

Ordered a catless downpipe, it was improperly packaged, damaged in transit because of it and the bolts shipped with it were worthless. Quick to take my money but not to ship my product. Wait time was almost a full week and a 1/2. I am unsure if I want to order from them again... They never told when I can expect it until AFTER it was already delivered , I can look in my crystal ball and tell you the same thing.

-Mike

 

Been trying to email them now for 2 months. Still no respond so I took my bussn. else where. TTR, Crate Engine Depot, and a few others are very good vendors. It does seem like CA is hit or miss and it has been awhile since I have heard anything from them on this site. Don't even see them post anything latly so I don't know.

 

nuthing but problems...

 

LOL people's expectations of shipping times are hilarious. people are counting weekend days as ship days. FYI--only factor in business days.

I got my pulley and spark plugs from CA in 7 BUSINESS DAYS. That = NOT BAD AT ALL.

Some people are like, "I ordered it on Friday and it took until the TUESDAY after to get here, do you believe that!? I will never do business with them again! I was like waitinggg and waitinnnnggg..." LIKE ZOMG! No **** that's 7 business days, or 10 days total, OR a week and a half!! Yay math!

 

usps, ups, and fedex deliver on saturdays therefore they count as shipping days

 

i was going to saw the same..i ordered my stage 2 from ced on a friday and got it on the following tuesday, i did not pay for the faster shipping, go with ced, they wont let you down

 

they do if that is the selected method of shipping and the item was shipped out on a friday. an item shipped on thursday with saturday delivery isn't technically set up correctly, so it would be delivered that monday.

there is no such thing as a shipping day. they count as business days. i worked with them for 9 years prior to my job now which i use both all the time.

 

you guys really have no idea how hard it is to keep up with supply and demand.

 

it's communication. that's the issue. if there was communication it wouldn't be such a problem. but so many people call, email, pm, etc. and don't get responses. of course they'll be upset when they don't get a response. you ever try calling them? i have. see how long it takes them to get back to you. preparing for a show, attending a show, working on cars, etc. is no excuse to not get back to you. if you can't handle the workload yourself, have someone answer the phones at least. it's not a hard concept.

i agree, some people have some unreasonable expectations. i don't think that a week and a half is a long time at all to wait for something. being upset about that is rediculous. but placing an order, and not being told something is out of stock and having to wait 2 months with zero communications, that's bad business, i don't care what the reasoning is.

 

Ive ordered a CF wing section, AVS light covers and a billet grille all sent on time and rather quickly ive had absolutely NO problems w/ them

 

i have worked in this industry for about 8 years now. i know the ins and outs. i deal with bitchy customers on a daily basis. the customers i deal with daily, are the people you talk too. jobber accounts {shops} and various other forms. there is a much bigger picture to this than people realize. if you don't recieve a part, most likely the person they ordered it from either A. didn't call them to let them know about the shipping delay. B. the maker of the part itself didn't ship it, or it got shipped wrong. {this happens a lot} or the jobber is putting stuff on hold to save some money on shipping, or to get a better deal.


you're only seeing one side of this, when in reality it is a three sided deal. well four if you count the end user.

manufacture
me
jobber store
you.

i have been the person buying parts from people. i have been the person behind the counter, i have been the person making the parts.

also, communication plays a huge role in customer satisfaction. hence why tnt is no longer a vender here. i have literally thousands of stories of customers in all aspects of this being happy, or unhappy. if someone things this is easy. go open a shop.