Hey man, I’m local to you and I had just bought a 2016 Jeep SRT that had a factory motor but was procharged. I drove it 1,100 miles here to Denver from North Carolina and it didn’t skip a beat. It was scheduled for a tune from the same shop that you went to and everything seemed fine but then I made the mistake of asking them to “look at” a noise I heard from the bottom end. They told me they would just lift it up in the air and check it out. I ended up being charged $2000 on top of the tune because they told me they went ahead and replaced the exhaust without my approval from a newer SRT they had sitting in the shop that the guy initially told me he would charge $200 for. That wasn’t even the worst part, the motor blew up less than a week later, only 200 miles were put on it from when I got the tune from them. I bought a 426 stroker and swapped it into the jeep. I took it to J&S performance who gave me the best tune as well as customer service I could ask for. I just wanted to share my experience. The shop we both ended up going to has a HORRIBLE reputation and J&S says that they have a lot of people come to them after getting screwed by that shop. Good luck!
@@JoshShare I totally feel your pain dude. When so much time and effort goes into building a car and it's not quite 100% I know how frustrating it is. I also know the grief of constantly dealing with shitty businesses/tradesmen... I had a garage door fitted recently and the job was shocking. I still had to pay the guy because he came up with loads of excuses. Annoying because had I been in slightly better health, I would have done the job myself... Instead I had to pay for a rookie job. Very frustrating.
Awesome video man. I feel your pain man . Time to do it on are own. So sick of the crap and like you said it needs to stop. I deal with this shit all the time and it sucks.
As they say, treat someone like how you'd like to be treated. Many don't care and take it just as a quota and bare minimum. With that said, it's really hard to find someone you can trust, is dependable, will do it right the first time. Not like how they would fix something but change or break something else to get the car back and charge more, especially diagnostic fees.
@@JoshShare I hear ya, hang in there and like you said, as much as you'd like to support your local community but got make sure your stuff is taken care of properly and customer service is good. Love your vids, as always, stay cool and calm. Be safe
I understand its one of the most frustrating things is when you try to get your car fixed but then they give you car back with something new that wasn't there before.
I don't remember the torque but my 2013 Jeep SRT made like 380hp factory tune and then jumped to 403hp with a tune by a local shop in here in Texas. Also it was in the heat of summer. Just had AFE exhaust and catless mids. But I think my torque number was just under the hp number.
I made 395/395 on my factory motor and tune. I got 390/427 on the built motor and “pro” tune. I lowered the compression from 14:1 to 9:1 to accommodate for boost but it shouldn’t feel slower than factory
I feel your pain we have to start exposing these mechanics. Its the only way for people like us that works hard for our cars. I have very bad experience I share them with people so they won't go through headaches like I did (we).
Took my jeep to the audio shop my shop uses. Guy knows I'm in the mechanic that sends him all of our audio work. Quotes me on shit that's double the price of my cost and not even what I asked for. Customer service was shit so I did everything myself. I feel your pain
I watch your videos for a while you’re a very smart guy don’t blame your self man a lot of garage shops now a days are not honest and sneaky and charged to much money I wish you the best in live respect from south Iraq
Communication should be key! No exceptions. We're paying good money so they should provide good service. Period! Sorry you had to deal with this bro. Hopefully all the tuning issues get worked out soon 🙏🏾 Good chatting via FB. Subscribed!!!
Your story sounds like mine when I went to RPM for a tune. Long story but much like yours. Ended up doing email tunes with HP tuners which cost me way more than a dyno tune buy I'm happy with my performance
What a crazy situation, you have a great heart & kind demeanor Bro don't let this crap get you down, some people just don't get it. On a lighter note I like the tone of that exhaust , but mite be a little loud for the little one If sitting in the back & if you have "Any" Drone noise it will drive you nuts as did my Roush Racing exhaust on the Mustang. And now to that Jeep carbon fiber trim pieces in the SRT is going in the ditch! you know especially the one over the glove box it's a friggin nightmare..are you still thinking on making the Trim piece yourself? I'm definitely not replacing it again as it keeps doing it..this was replaced once under Warranty and twice for the adhesive film. We Appreciate you Bro & the content you create . Cheers .
Yeah it’s an unfortunate situation. But at least my business is concluded with that shop. The exhaust doesn’t drone at all off throttle on the highway but wide open throttle definitely gets some attention. As far as the trim goes, I’m not worried about it at the moment.
Have I just been in the top 1% so long that I’ve just come to expect that level of service? It’s ridiculous… it’s almost like I get back burnered because I’m in the industry
Appreciate the comment! The only things I have other people do are things I’m not capable of. Machining and tuning being the extent of it. I’m about to grab a laptop and software to eliminate the tuning part of it. That should take care of most of it.
BTW I had the noise as well. I had to get the OEM springs that connect to the connection pipes. When I installed my catback I didn’t add the springs and after I installed the long tube headers the exhaust was rubbing on the front diff I believe… After I installed the springs and bolts to the catback it was gone. The noise almost sounded like a binding noise where I thought it was the diff going back or a cv joint
Man, not only is it hard to trust Hemi specific shops, to go with that there aren’t too many. It’s a problem throughout all Auto shops though, might be your calling to start a dependable shop in your area…
I had it tuned professionally. Or so I thought. Basically went into the engine computer and changed the settings to accommodate all the aftermarket stuff I did to it
Man i hear you... getting good service is so hard to find. Im not recommending anyone but I'm suggesting Dontex in Melbourne Australia if you need remote tuning. They would tune a modified hemi on a daily basis. Anyway mate best of luck and have a great Chrissy
Sorry to hear about this. I would recommend Adam from Spankintime he is one of the most known hemi tuners. Let me know if you want his contact. He is located in Hurricane Utah
@@JoshShare Adam Is an expert in All American Muscle Cars. He also fixed my buddys whipple 3.0L Durango that I sent you images a few weeks ago. He has an enouous list of Record Holder Builds. I can guarantee you he will get your tune right. He also works closely with Dusterhoff and a few select tuners that have been the leaders in American Muscle Tuning. Again if you want I can shoot you his number and you can try to send him some logs and see if he can help. Otherwise he will be about 400 miles from you. Either way I know this feeling man, when it rains it pours but only on you 😂 Take a step back and enjoy this holiday season with your family. Happy Holidays!
I have heard more bad than good from that tuner. I was going to do them originally when I got it to Colorado. The guys that tuned my Jeep are great however with the rpm act BS they have kinda stopped tuning anything new. What is the tuner you are running, my guys can’t and wont run a Jeep on the dyno due to the awd system and don’t want to even chance it so its only drive tuned. Running 7.5lbs of boost on a completely stock motor. With crap heavy runflats I’m almost in the 12’s at bandimere
Look at it this way how long did it take to find a tattoo artist you trust. Same should be said about a lot of things vehicles are generally the second biggest purchase you will make. So if you don’t look around and see what kinda work they do or tattoo style I want number 7 kinda deal instead of taking the time to really look at wants going on
@@JoshShare the guys that ended up tuning my jeep also compete in the Rocky Mountain race week. If you fallow that at all the beautiful mustang with the blower and of course the 22’ long hearse.
It literally sucks when you can’t trust a shop that’s “dependable”. Most of the time it’s better to do it yourself, and if not just get guidance on what it is and then working on it yourself 😂 But I’d say disclose the shops name. Everyone should get to know the good and the bad side of some of these shops. As far as tuning, go with someone that is well known in the Mopar world to even remote tune it, might even be better like that going off a emailed file than someone that is “highly recommended”. Hope everything works out and can’t wait for more content !
@@JoshShare True. Sometimes it’s not worth it but hope everything gets resolved and more content can be in the way. Hope the blower is still in the works as well 🙏
Hey man, I really appreciate your videos. And a trustworthy shop is invaluable. Sucks you're dealing with crap. Just got a ’14 SRT and I'm up in Evergreen. Anyway, I'd love to pick your brain on a high pitched rattle that I hear under acceleration since I'd like to take advantage of my 100 day warranty. Any ideas?
That's rough man, I'm the same way with my stuff I don't trust anyone. It seems like for whatever reason it's always the people in the industry that get the oops we forgot about you. No idea why, it's happened to me, so yes. Do it yourself. And let's do a colab at some point 🙂
Dude for real. No idea why the industry does that to its own people. Ridiculous. What’s even more ridiculous is I didn’t try to pull the RUclips discount thing. I paid full price like everyone else no questions asked. And I still got treated like that
@@JoshShare At my shop everyone gets treated the same, above and beyond customer service for everyone. We don't pull stunts like that and it's super frustrating to me that other shops do. Now if you walked in with the "I'm a RUclips influencer I want 50% off" attitude sure I might drag my feet a bit.
You are just about the same person as i am lol i don't like leaving my car anywhere like the dealer i am a master mechanic and there is recalls and updates i do not like it but i have a tracker in my car it would be smart if you install one .Also i was looking for another 6.4 to build it like you are but the hassel and back ordered i am not doing it i am going to look at a trackhawk sunday i think i will trade in my srt getthe track hawk same color same everything just inner core faster lol
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Hey man, I’m local to you and I had just bought a 2016 Jeep SRT that had a factory motor but was procharged. I drove it 1,100 miles here to Denver from North Carolina and it didn’t skip a beat. It was scheduled for a tune from the same shop that you went to and everything seemed fine but then I made the mistake of asking them to “look at” a noise I heard from the bottom end. They told me they would just lift it up in the air and check it out. I ended up being charged $2000 on top of the tune because they told me they went ahead and replaced the exhaust without my approval from a newer SRT they had sitting in the shop that the guy initially told me he would charge $200 for. That wasn’t even the worst part, the motor blew up less than a week later, only 200 miles were put on it from when I got the tune from them. I bought a 426 stroker and swapped it into the jeep. I took it to J&S performance who gave me the best tune as well as customer service I could ask for. I just wanted to share my experience. The shop we both ended up going to has a HORRIBLE reputation and J&S says that they have a lot of people come to them after getting screwed by that shop. Good luck!
I’m sorry to hear I wasn’t the only one. That’s why I’m getting the tune rechecked asap. Thanks for sharing your experience
Great video.
I particularly enjoyed when you dusted that red car off the lights haha.
Would love to get the Jeep figured out so I can do more of that lol
@@JoshShare I totally feel your pain dude. When so much time and effort goes into building a car and it's not quite 100% I know how frustrating it is.
I also know the grief of constantly dealing with shitty businesses/tradesmen... I had a garage door fitted recently and the job was shocking. I still had to pay the guy because he came up with loads of excuses. Annoying because had I been in slightly better health, I would have done the job myself... Instead I had to pay for a rookie job. Very frustrating.
I feel you brutha! Hang in there man 💪🏾 Not a lot people we can trust to work on our shit lately!
I got the car cleaned and that noise figured out. I already feel so much better. Update in the next video 👍🏼
Awesome video man. I feel your pain man . Time to do it on are own. So sick of the crap and like you said it needs to stop. I deal with this shit all the time and it sucks.
Experiences like this motivate me to never treat my clients like that. No matter who it is
As they say, treat someone like how you'd like to be treated. Many don't care and take it just as a quota and bare minimum. With that said, it's really hard to find someone you can trust, is dependable, will do it right the first time. Not like how they would fix something but change or break something else to get the car back and charge more, especially diagnostic fees.
Idk all I know is it’s a pain in the ass. This is supposed to be a fun exciting experience. But it’s only been stressful and aggravating
@@JoshShare I hear ya, hang in there and like you said, as much as you'd like to support your local community but got make sure your stuff is taken care of properly and customer service is good.
Love your vids, as always, stay cool and calm. Be safe
I understand its one of the most frustrating things is when you try to get your car fixed but then they give you car back with something new that wasn't there before.
I don't remember the torque but my 2013 Jeep SRT made like 380hp factory tune and then jumped to 403hp with a tune by a local shop in here in Texas. Also it was in the heat of summer. Just had AFE exhaust and catless mids. But I think my torque number was just under the hp number.
I made 395/395 on my factory motor and tune. I got 390/427 on the built motor and “pro” tune. I lowered the compression from 14:1 to 9:1 to accommodate for boost but it shouldn’t feel slower than factory
I feel your pain we have to start exposing these mechanics. Its the only way for people like us that works hard for our cars. I have very bad experience I share them with people so they won't go through headaches like I did (we).
I’ll probably address it in the next video 👍🏼
Took my jeep to the audio shop my shop uses. Guy knows I'm in the mechanic that sends him all of our audio work. Quotes me on shit that's double the price of my cost and not even what I asked for. Customer service was shit so I did everything myself. I feel your pain
Dude for reallll. This was definitely an emotional roller coaster between angry af and not. It’s highway robbery and unacceptable
I watch your videos for a while you’re a very smart guy don’t blame your self man a lot of garage shops now a days are not honest and sneaky and charged to much money I wish you the best in live respect from south Iraq
Appreciate it man. Time to do some damage control
Communication should be key! No exceptions. We're paying good money so they should provide good service. Period! Sorry you had to deal with this bro. Hopefully all the tuning issues get worked out soon 🙏🏾 Good chatting via FB. Subscribed!!!
Your story sounds like mine when I went to RPM for a tune. Long story but much like yours. Ended up doing email tunes with HP tuners which cost me way more than a dyno tune buy I'm happy with my performance
Found more tuner issues. That place is still haunting me….
What a crazy situation, you have a great heart & kind demeanor Bro don't let this crap get you down, some people just don't get it. On a lighter note I like the tone of that exhaust , but mite be a little loud for the little one If sitting in the back & if you have "Any" Drone noise it will drive you nuts as did my Roush Racing exhaust on the Mustang.
And now to that Jeep carbon fiber trim pieces in the SRT is going in the ditch! you know especially the one over the glove box it's a friggin nightmare..are you still thinking on making the Trim piece yourself? I'm definitely not replacing it again as it keeps doing it..this was replaced once under Warranty and twice for the adhesive film. We Appreciate you Bro & the content you create . Cheers .
Yeah it’s an unfortunate situation. But at least my business is concluded with that shop. The exhaust doesn’t drone at all off throttle on the highway but wide open throttle definitely gets some attention. As far as the trim goes, I’m not worried about it at the moment.
You work at in the top 1% of the industry. The worst customer service/quality you would ever provide is 10 fold higher than most people's best.
Have I just been in the top 1% so long that I’ve just come to expect that level of service? It’s ridiculous… it’s almost like I get back burnered because I’m in the industry
Well, now you know you can’t let anyone work on your SRT. If I had your skills, no one would touch my vehicle!!! Keep us updated. Sorry!
Appreciate the comment! The only things I have other people do are things I’m not capable of. Machining and tuning being the extent of it. I’m about to grab a laptop and software to eliminate the tuning part of it. That should take care of most of it.
I hear ya buddy, hang in there !
Appreciate it! We’ll get her figured out
BTW I had the noise as well. I had to get the OEM springs that connect to the connection pipes.
When I installed my catback I didn’t add the springs and after I installed the long tube headers the exhaust was rubbing on the front diff I believe…
After I installed the springs and bolts to the catback it was gone.
The noise almost sounded like a binding noise where I thought it was the diff going back or a cv joint
My springs are slightly modified because of the Kooks headers to the factory mid muffler. I’ll replace them with new ones tomorrow and I’ll update you
I just went through this same shit I feel like I have to damn near rebuild my Jeep
Dude Im just glad my business with them is concluded
Man, not only is it hard to trust Hemi specific shops, to go with that there aren’t too many. It’s a problem throughout all Auto shops though, might be your calling to start a dependable shop in your area…
I’d love to but I’m just not in the position to take on something like that right now
Sounds like my kind of luck trying to get shit done.
It’s infuriating.. If you want something done right and in a timely fashion you need to do it yourself
I thought being a auto tech you can maintain your own car?
I had it tuned professionally. Or so I thought. Basically went into the engine computer and changed the settings to accommodate all the aftermarket stuff I did to it
Man i hear you... getting good service is so hard to find. Im not recommending anyone but I'm suggesting Dontex in Melbourne Australia if you need remote tuning. They would tune a modified hemi on a daily basis. Anyway mate best of luck and have a great Chrissy
Yeah once damage control is done I’m gonna relax until after the new year 👍🏼 appreciate the comment!
Sorry to hear about this. I would recommend Adam from Spankintime he is one of the most known hemi tuners. Let me know if you want his contact. He is located in Hurricane Utah
I’ll have to look into them!
@@JoshShare Adam Is an expert in All American Muscle Cars.
He also fixed my buddys whipple 3.0L Durango that I sent you images a few weeks ago. He has an enouous list of Record Holder Builds.
I can guarantee you he will get your tune right. He also works closely with Dusterhoff and a few select tuners that have been the leaders in American Muscle Tuning.
Again if you want I can shoot you his number and you can try to send him some logs and see if he can help.
Otherwise he will be about 400 miles from you.
Either way I know this feeling man, when it rains it pours but only on you 😂
Take a step back and enjoy this holiday season with your family.
Happy Holidays!
I have heard more bad than good from that tuner. I was going to do them originally when I got it to Colorado. The guys that tuned my Jeep are great however with the rpm act BS they have kinda stopped tuning anything new. What is the tuner you are running, my guys can’t and wont run a Jeep on the dyno due to the awd system and don’t want to even chance it so its only drive tuned. Running 7.5lbs of boost on a completely stock motor. With crap heavy runflats I’m almost in the 12’s at bandimere
Look at it this way how long did it take to find a tattoo artist you trust. Same should be said about a lot of things vehicles are generally the second biggest purchase you will make. So if you don’t look around and see what kinda work they do or tattoo style I want number 7 kinda deal instead of taking the time to really look at wants going on
I’m on HP Tuners. Gonna hook up a laptop and check the tune. I’m just praying he didn’t lock the ECU
That’s a really good way to think about it 👍🏼
@@JoshShare the guys that ended up tuning my jeep also compete in the Rocky Mountain race week. If you fallow that at all the beautiful mustang with the blower and of course the 22’ long hearse.
It literally sucks when you can’t trust a shop that’s “dependable”. Most of the time it’s better to do it yourself, and if not just get guidance on what it is and then working on it yourself 😂 But I’d say disclose the shops name. Everyone should get to know the good and the bad side of some of these shops. As far as tuning, go with someone that is well known in the Mopar world to even remote tune it, might even be better like that going off a emailed file than someone that is “highly recommended”. Hope everything works out and can’t wait for more content !
Appreciate your comment! I considered putting this shop on blast but it’s not worth it…
@@JoshShare True. Sometimes it’s not worth it but hope everything gets resolved and more content can be in the way. Hope the blower is still in the works as well 🙏
It definitely is. Once I resolve these other issues
@@JoshShare you have to so other people will not get ripped off bruh
Hey bro thanks for all the videos, but you need to fill people in so we won't go through the B.S. it's only right
I’ll probably say something about it in the next video 👍🏼
Hey man, I really appreciate your videos. And a trustworthy shop is invaluable. Sucks you're dealing with crap.
Just got a ’14 SRT and I'm up in Evergreen. Anyway, I'd love to pick your brain on a high pitched rattle that I hear under acceleration since I'd like to take advantage of my 100 day warranty. Any ideas?
Stock exhaust?
Yessir. All stock as far as I know
I’d look into the back pressure valves in the exhaust. They like to rattle
Awesome, I appreciate it. Thanks for the help.
Well from what i can hear, tuners are the same around the world :/
Good tuners are hard to find and tuning itself is like an art form
Bad ass cold start. Is that new exhaust ? AWE ?
Ah yes, i”ve comented before watching to the end.
Have you taken a look at Satera tuning? They have a channel and a bunch of reviews
I’ve checked into a few people. I’m not happy. Appreciate the recommendation
Josh wait to the dash starts wrinkling
That's rough man, I'm the same way with my stuff I don't trust anyone. It seems like for whatever reason it's always the people in the industry that get the oops we forgot about you. No idea why, it's happened to me, so yes. Do it yourself. And let's do a colab at some point 🙂
Dude for real. No idea why the industry does that to its own people. Ridiculous. What’s even more ridiculous is I didn’t try to pull the RUclips discount thing. I paid full price like everyone else no questions asked. And I still got treated like that
@@JoshShare At my shop everyone gets treated the same, above and beyond customer service for everyone. We don't pull stunts like that and it's super frustrating to me that other shops do. Now if you walked in with the "I'm a RUclips influencer I want 50% off" attitude sure I might drag my feet a bit.
You are just about the same person as i am lol i don't like leaving my car anywhere like the dealer i am a master mechanic and there is recalls and updates i do not like it but i have a tracker in my car it would be smart if you install one .Also i was looking for another 6.4 to build it like you are but the hassel and back ordered i am not doing it i am going to look at a trackhawk sunday i think i will trade in my srt getthe track hawk same color same everything just inner core faster lol
I feel you man
Yeah that shit sucks