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A couple of days ago I went to ARB Wangara so they could have a look at my arb fridge because I had trouble getting down to -18.
I took it in, they tested it and it worked flawlessly. So they came out side and checked my dual battery sockets and found out I was getting too much voltage drop. They checked my wiring and discovered that TJM had wired the earth from the rear sockets all the way back to the battery, and thats why I was getting so much voltage drop.
I took it back ARB the next day so they could re wire the earth to a point much closer to the rear sockets. They fitted me inbetween their other jobs. They said it was going to be a 20min job but they ended up spending over an hour on it because they ended up soldering all the joins that had not been soldered by TJM in the first place and they also replaced the fuse holder for a better quality one, because the one TJM put in was cheap and has been known to fail.
So after an hour the Prado is ready, I go to pay and they say na dont worry! You're all good!
My mind was blown! They spent an hour of their time fixing up poor work from another 4wd shop, when the only money I've spent with ARB was on the fridge and they didn't even charge me!
I spent nearly $7,000 with TJM on what I thought was top notch work and equipment and it was a nightmare from the beginning.
They scratched my new Prado in several places.
They somehow lost my park light bulb
After all the work was done originally it took 4 trips back to the shop, 45mins drive each way. And a half day without the car each time, to get the suspension set up properly because their droop measurments were wrong, and put in the wrong spacers.
they basically doubled the length of my dual battery wiring by earthing back to the battery causing voltage drop.
Didn't solder the dual battery wiring.
I should have gone ARB, but I liked the tjm bull bar and snorkel. I knew ARB had a good reputation for their work and warranty but figured TJM has a good reputation in the eastern states for their work, so I should be ok.
It seems to me TJM in Perth doesn't have the knowledge or experience/skill that the eastern state shops have.
So thats a big thumbs up from me to ARB Wangara.
Without doubt that is where my business will go from now on.
TJM can go jump with their cheap and dodgy work.
Thanks ARB Wangara
I took it in, they tested it and it worked flawlessly. So they came out side and checked my dual battery sockets and found out I was getting too much voltage drop. They checked my wiring and discovered that TJM had wired the earth from the rear sockets all the way back to the battery, and thats why I was getting so much voltage drop.
I took it back ARB the next day so they could re wire the earth to a point much closer to the rear sockets. They fitted me inbetween their other jobs. They said it was going to be a 20min job but they ended up spending over an hour on it because they ended up soldering all the joins that had not been soldered by TJM in the first place and they also replaced the fuse holder for a better quality one, because the one TJM put in was cheap and has been known to fail.
So after an hour the Prado is ready, I go to pay and they say na dont worry! You're all good!
My mind was blown! They spent an hour of their time fixing up poor work from another 4wd shop, when the only money I've spent with ARB was on the fridge and they didn't even charge me!
I spent nearly $7,000 with TJM on what I thought was top notch work and equipment and it was a nightmare from the beginning.
They scratched my new Prado in several places.
They somehow lost my park light bulb
After all the work was done originally it took 4 trips back to the shop, 45mins drive each way. And a half day without the car each time, to get the suspension set up properly because their droop measurments were wrong, and put in the wrong spacers.
they basically doubled the length of my dual battery wiring by earthing back to the battery causing voltage drop.
Didn't solder the dual battery wiring.
I should have gone ARB, but I liked the tjm bull bar and snorkel. I knew ARB had a good reputation for their work and warranty but figured TJM has a good reputation in the eastern states for their work, so I should be ok.
It seems to me TJM in Perth doesn't have the knowledge or experience/skill that the eastern state shops have.
So thats a big thumbs up from me to ARB Wangara.
Without doubt that is where my business will go from now on.
TJM can go jump with their cheap and dodgy work.
Thanks ARB Wangara
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