GEN 2 RPG OFFROAD - going bankrupt?

[Tomkirkland4]

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Do you have one of these in stock by chance?

I have one sitting in my garage. Sent you a Dm.

 

[ilikebmxbikes]

Im shocked he’s airing this out on frf with like sub 20 posts.

i don’t spend much time on forums anymore. Here is a link to one of my bmw threads from some years back.

Ilikebmxbikes 135i build (1M Conversion + S65 V8)

Ilikebmxbikes 135i build (1M Conversion + S65 V8)

www.1addicts.com

 

[ilikebmxbikes]

There are always 2 sides to every story. 1st person to talk is always believed over the 2nd person.

I would agree with you if this were a personal matter. But its not. When a company takes your money in exchange for a service or product, doesnt deliver said service, and then will not work to resolve the issue, it is fraud. I have invoices, screen shots, emails etc. I am giving RPG two more days to resolve this and if they do not, I'm going to drop all of the information. Its all very clear cut and dry and supported by dated documents. RPG's handling of the project and negligence is indefensible.

I understand some of you may be skeptical about the claims on my build as I do not participate often on the forum, but I linked one of my bmw posts from bimmerpost. I have thousands of posts there and the build thread is fully documented and 52 pages long. I'm no stranger to large builds and complicated projects and typically work hand and hand with companies to finish projects. I worked in the industry. Here is my car on a show some of you may watch.



And some photos of my Raptor since corrected by HRD. I'm going to hold posting photos of the damages, rushed work, invoices etc. until after Wednesday. Last photo is the truck after I ran it Reno to Vegas. My truck likely has the most hard miles on it out of all their 5 link rear conversions.

 

[isis]

Avalanche SCAB? Why didn’t you say so. I believe you now. (I wasn’t skeptical before )

 

[ilikebmxbikes]

Avalanche SCAB? Why didn’t you say so. I believe you now. (I wasn’t skeptical before )

Avalanche, 802a, orange interior - super rare combo. Only thing i would change would be ditching the sunroof.

 

[GEN3LV]

Great looking truck hope everything work out I have been a fan of RPG products. I have had lots of Corvettes over the years and had some nice builds done by A&A Corvette in Ventura County. Andy the owner had told me sometimes they take on to much work and problems happen with customers builds.

I think these shops just don't want to turn work away and they take on to much and builds get rushed to meet the customers deadline. Hopefully they make it right.

 

[Tatonka]

I haven’t been on here since I offloaded my raptors but I’m long time active on the mustang6g and gt500 forums. I’ve known the OP for years and he’s a standup guy and I completely vouch for his integrity. I stumbled on this after touching back for some info I was searching for.

 

[Sunchild714]

And some photos of my Raptor since corrected by HRD.

Bailey and the team at HRD are the best.

 

[Antho]

Your timeline was confusing me. I assume Vegas to Reno is not the actual Casey Folks race but a "run'? Sorry to hear about your Raptor and thank you for bringing the ******** to light. Look forward to more pics!

 

[ilikebmxbikes]

Great looking truck hope everything work out I have been a fan of RPG products. I have had lots of Corvettes over the years and had some nice builds done by A&A Corvette in Ventura County. Andy the owner had told me sometimes they take on to much work and problems happen with customers builds.

I think these shops just don't want to turn work away and they take on to much and builds get rushed to meet the customers deadline. Hopefully they make it right.

RPG was actually the company that set the deadline. they said 2-3 weeks initially. Had my truck for months. Truck was sitting while they released the 5 link, we changed to that order, which they said would add 2-3 months to the timeline. Think I was #2 to order that kit. They had my truck for almost 15 months, most of the time it just sat there disassembled. All this is documented. I was invoiced for the build 12/8/2022 (Total Invoice at time of $61,115.19) and I paid a deposit of $48,766.14 prior to drop off. I was told that ALL of the parts would be on hand at time of Drop off. The Truck was dropped off at RPG 3/20/2023 and was transferred to HRD 9/13/2024. I'm no stranger to complex multi-year builds. This build should not have been one of those builds.

I haven’t been on here since I offloaded my raptors but I’m long time active on the mustang6g and gt500 forums. I’ve known the OP for years and he’s a standup guy and I completely vouch for his integrity. I stumbled on this after touching back for some info I was searching for.

DUDE, TATONKA! Blast from the past! Glad to see you still active with car forums. Were you into fords back then too or like me did you move from BMW's to Fords? Do you have a GT500
?!

Bailey and the team at HRD are the best.

HRD has been great. Really have had a positive experience with them. Their service and communication has been excellent. I was really in a bad spot with this build and Bailey and team really bailed me out. Like I can't even thank them enough. Generally they do full builds and make some awesome stuff and my project was more a job focused around correcting things etc. etc. It wasn't a particularly fun build for any shop to pick up. Ill 100% be doing a full build with them. Would love to give Bailey a Bronco Raptor or Ranger Raptor and just let them do their thing.

Your timeline was confusing me. I assume Vegas to Reno is not the actual Casey Folks race but a "run'? Sorry to hear about your Raptor and thank you for bringing the ******** to light. Look forward to more pics!

Reno to Vegas is just the route. Im based in Northern California and have a group of guys that I go out with. We used to run with EXO back in the day, but now we just go out 4-5 trucks. Generally we run around Reno with Reno to Black Rock or Fallon to Tanopah as our main runs but every year we like to do a larger run. The last large run was Reno to Vegas. Next longer run we are going to do Reno to Barstow. Ill post more pics and videos of the truck.