Chassis Tech / Aim products

[alwhite00]

Originally Posted by Beyond Static©

My truck has had a 2/4(spindles, shackles, hangers) drop on it from 1990-november 2003, racking up 160,000 miles! No problems whatsoever with the drop. I still have the spindles, and I sold the hangers to a friend, whom drives on them everyday still!

Another friend of mine bought the I-beams for his f150, got in a 110 mph wreck with a tree, totaled his truck, and slightly bent the I-beam! The tree hit his front end, and almost killed him! I say thats pretty strong parts.

Another guy just bought a cowl induction hood for his obs, and it fits great! Cheaper, and stronger than the "good" companies. The painter/bodywork person asked where he got the hood, and that it was the best quality he's ever seen!

This just goes to show that AIM does produce some good stuff, but have screwed others too. I personally havent had anything wrong with AIM parts.

Now you just jinxed it for yourself, Wait till the next time you buy from them.

LK

[Beyond Static©]

I wont buy from them due to most of yalls stories, but, I have had great parts by them.

[DjLunchbox]

wow...interesting stuff... i'll still never buy from them. jsut don't trust them. and how can you f*** up something as simple as a switch box!!! seriously!...lol jsut goes to show they have no quality controll. i hope they get their act together.

[Low88]

a similar thread to this made me drop 20 more dollars on DJM spindles...But it was on a different forum...

"As you guys know, I work for in the industry. Chassis Tech is a big advertiser, so we are forced to push the product a schmooze them, eventhough it is complete scary crap. The guy who owns it is rich (I know, I have been to his house in AZ). He is not a car guy, he is a guy who makes his money off restocking fes and returns, he has done this in other industries as well."

[Low88]

"I used to work for Chassis Tech A.K.A AIM Industries about 8 yrs ago. I was a sales manager. The owner, Joe Morrow, has to be the biggest prick I have ever had as a boss.

The stuff they sell is crap. Their "engineer", Isaac, is a complete idiot. You should hear the horror stories I have of customers who's spindles, shackles, control arms have snapped while driving down the freeway.

We'd be forced by Joe to sell stuff to people that we knew would NOT fit. Then when they'd call we'd gladly accept the part back but charge a 20% re-stock fee. That money is pure profit for the owner because the sales people would not get commission on a return. It was his way of screwing the sales people and his customers at the same time.

I was there for 8 months. In that time I saw his entire sales team turn over twice.

Seemed like every month the company was getting sued. The owner knows how to make a crapload of money by screwing the customer. It's true.

I won't get into the drug habit, IRS and other issues of the owner I learned of while working there.

Do not under any circumstance buy Chassis Tech."


from the same thread i quoted before...

[alwhite00]

Originally Posted by DjLunchbox

wow...interesting stuff... i'll still never buy from them. jsut don't trust them. and how can you f*** up something as simple as a (INSERT ITEM HERE)!!! seriously!...lol jsut goes to show they have no quality controll. i hope they get their act together.

LK

[00 GMC 4x4]

Well Guys,I'll say this is really interesting!One thing I am happy about is that I bought this stuff from a local shop and didnt buy direct from Chassis Tech and I know the Owner pretty well where I bought it,so I think I'm covered if there is any problems with this stuff.I think I'm gonna go with this kit and give em a try.I may regret it,but for the price I paid I dont think I can go wrong?Something I'm a stickler about is making sure everything is right so I'll go everything with a fine tooth comb,but if something goes wrong I have been WARNED!!!

As for the body parts,roll pans,bumpers,etc. Honestly how many aftermarket parts have we bought that actually fit as well as OEM weather it be fiberglass or metal?I used to have a 90 FSC with everything you could get and there was alot of "tweakin" here and there to make the roll pan,hood,bumper,etc.line up and look factory.I really dont think we can knock any aftermarket parts cause I've never really seen any fit as well as OEM!

Thanks for all the input and if someone has something else to add I'm all ears!

[crewcab03]

if you are going to run the set up, just make sure the shop you bought from will stand behind any of the products purchased, and make sure the bolt kits with the items are of a grade 8 material.

[00 GMC 4x4]

Originally Posted by crewcab03

if you are going to run the set up, just make sure the shop you bought from will stand behind any of the products purchased, and make sure the bolt kits with the items are of a grade 8 material.

Gotcha!!

[DjLunchbox]

good luck and be careful!

[chevy8869]

My experience I have 2" drop spindles on my 88 from AIM and they have been on there for over 5 years no problems. I have 3" drop spring on my 69' from them and no problems either after 5 years. I also got a front bumper for the 88, it was a good deal but did need some finish work. I have been screwed only once by AIM. I bought some 150 PSI Digital Gauges. They ended up being the 300 PSI model and hence did not read correctly, so I called and spoke with Harley, he said they accidently sent out the wrong sending units so call him back in a day or two and see if they had any in yet. So I called back and he says "Well actually you'll have to send back everything we can't just send out sending units to you. Send us back everything and then we will send you a new kit" Hell no it's already installed I said I'll think about and call him back. SO I call back two days later and ask for Harley. Rep says "Harley doesn't work here anymore." "WTF" I say. "yeah he quit on Friday," rep says. I ended up selling the **** on Ebay, as it turned out they should work for someone runnin over 160-300 PSI. So if you like 75% customer satisfaction go to AIM.

[TBIcsherm]

I know first hand
I took him to small claims court......
You should heard what the Atty General had to say.....
Reason for my sig - I will make sure everyone knows

[lowryder99]

do we get to hear the story?

[TBIcsherm]

Long story short...
I had a set of shackles fail.
And fail badly with unfortunate results.
Their cust service rep was rude as .....(you know)
I wrote letters
I made phone calls
I took dig photos of the shackles and welds and what failed.
I had an expert metalugist (sic) examine the shackles
Did a lengthy and very accurate and detailed account of my experience with AIM
Finally got an atty - who had communications with the Atty Gen in AZ
and took AIM to small claims court.
It comes down to this...
He and his company will not do anything for the rodder and this market
He is out for the money
He knows that not very many folks will pursue him.
Not this hot rodder...

[alwhite00]

So, What was the end result in your case? I suppose you had to only pay a 40% restocking fee and the shipping for the new shackles? Any pictures of the damage?

LK

[scrapen]

i had a kit ordered from them and it was surprisingly a good price since i went through a guy that got a discount from them for their hydraulic parts...the kit was decent except that the bag mounts were all terrible...one front mount broke while installing it...and another broke a few weeks later when i was driving down the highway and punctured a bag...also..and we basically threw away the rear brackets since they were to be mounted off the axle instead of on the axle and looked not safe at all...but nowadays most people i know just get everything from suicidedoors

[Pyrite Z]

having just read all the posts in this forum i thought I would add my 2cents.
Without knowing anything about SHAIM's rep I ordered a compressor kit from them last year. the 3/4 horse 100% duty cycle DC5000 kit with the 3 way valves and manifold.
heres my personal experience:
I called aim the sales rep was fairly decent guy and listened to all my questions and answered them fairly honest i guess.
when I gave my order I told him what I wanted and the price quoted in truckin mag. he than procedes to tell me thats the "chassis tech ad" wholesale price and that it was wrong it was a "wholesaler" price....lol I said NO thats the listed price and no where on the page did it say wholesale! he then agrees with me and I get it for the quoted price. by this time I'm thinking the ole bait and switch!
ok onto the next thing
I need hoses and fittings no problem there as a matter of fact he talked me into upgrading to 3/8 instead of 1/4 (same price and the since the valves were 3/8 i figured what the heck)

I also ordered a remote shaved handle kit no prob.
other than the "little price discrepency" sweet transaction.
UPS day!!! ok my package arrives!!!! woo..hoo!!!!!
on inspection I notice a large hole in the bottom of the box!
and upon opening the box I see loose fittings rolling around in the box.....
I inspect each box inside the big box and see everything is ok
only one thing is missing my check valve! but I did end up with twice the fittings that I had ordered!!!!!!but I wasn't charged for them!
well I give aim a call back and get to talk to the same rep ( i had to call a few times "he was busy or at lunch"...
I tell the rep Everything was ok but there was a hole in the shipping box and my checkvalve was not in the box.. no prob he says and ships one to me which I recieved within 3 days
on to the install:
upon reading their directions I soon figure out that theyre WAAAAYYY off they forget to mention that you have to wire the pressure switch to a relay this resulting in me burning out the switch!!!
the valves had to be flipped on the manifold! the install shows them one way and I had to flip them over 180 degrees.
but other than that everything works great!
but I do have one more issue the valves on my back setup are starting to leak down this sucks I know but I didn't put a water trap on the system till a later date so I write this one off to inexperience not their valves (how can I prove faulty valves)
I will say this their compressor is a horse I have had it up to 200 psi!!!!due to no pressure switch and me leaving it on too long...lol and the 150 psi rated valves handles the pressure!!!!
this system is now over a year old and has survived its first winter just had a couple of stuck valves when it got below freezing here.
I havent installed the remote handle kit yet I am going to suicide the doors in the future so I dont know how well or if the kit will even work yet.
but I will say this after reading this I don't think I will be ordering anything else from them! I am going to buy my suicide hinges from jason at suicidedoors.com. a little more expensive but his reputation is impeccable!!!!!!!!!! after seeing all the posts reccomending him on this board and at streetsourcemagazine.com!
sorry for the long post but I had to tell my story too...lol

[classicescalade]

I agree some of the stuff they make is grabage. But some of it, is really good & you cant beat the prices. Like any suspension parts as far as spindles or springs. there good. there 3/4HP compressor is good to for the price, My freind baught 2 and has been running them for almost 2 1/2 years problem free. there bags are really cheap quality though. There bumpers & rollpans are good..

[Physh1]

Um...their spindles blow. More than 1/2 the people I know of that ran them had them break in half or had ball joints fall/break right off them. They don't make anything that is good quality...period.

Also, anyone who buys from them, nomatter what the product is keeping them in business. They have had more reports to the BBB about them and more lawsuits than I could count on all the 10,000 plus pairs of members hands on this site.

Cameron

[groundscraper5]

My question to the people that say some of their stuff is good would be: Why gamble when you have only a 40% or less chance of getting a decent product from AIM? I've heard twice as many horror stories than I've heard good ones. IMO, it's better to just spend the extra bux and buy from a respectable company. Their prices might be low, but they compensate on shipping and that ridiculous scam they call "restocking fee."