has ne one did ne bizznass with labjunkies cuz thinking about haveing them do a swap 4 me but they keep changing there prices from 2400 to 2700 with everything for caution im changeing my timeing belt,water pump,alt belt,spark plugs,wires,clutch, ne more in fo about them can help thanks

 

what kind of swap b16a1 b18b1 b18c1
if its for a b16 i think you getting raped

try the junkyards in chula vista (on energy way) for good deals on swaps

"honda acura parts" is were i got my engine

 

its a b16 and i moved to a town by bakerdfield so chula vistas 2 far i know cuz im from national city and it a complite swap with the mounts linkege and headers tuned ecu. ive been to all those junkyards they never have ne thing i want though

 

i paid 2700.00 for my gsr swap 3 years ago
make sure its a usdm engine or have fun trying to smog it

 

u can smog jdm u just have 2 get it referied

 

This is an email I sent them after I got dicked around by these douche bags for 2 months. Its my full story of the ordeal. F**K them forward a copy of this post to everyone you know... PEACE!!!

From: joevelaz1@hotmail.com
To: rob_nice@labjunkies.com; l_c_padilla@yahoo.com; trupunk13@hotmail.com; saul1970@yahoo.com
Subject: 1990 Civic hatch JDM D15B Swap (THE LAB) (LABJUNKIES.COM)
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:49:01 -0700

Hey what's up? I have to say that I'm really disappointed with you guys right now... I'll tell you my story and we'll see about your customer service that you say you take seriously on your website.

Ok..this will not be short as I want you to know everything I went through. I had my car towed there (Gold '90 Civic Hatch with blown engine) You guys said it went out because my fans stopped working and caused it to overheat.

No problem...I asked for a replacement engine and I think I spoke to James througout this ordeal. Anyway, he said he could not get that same engine anymore and could put in a newer JDM VTEC one for $950 "All wired up and ready to go out the door" (these were his words.) I said cool. I also told him that I wanted new NGK plugs and wires and he said "Don't worry about that, that is all included in the price. When he wrote up the paperwork the total price was not $950 it was $1200 and said that it was because it had to be switched from Dual Point or Port or something to MPFI...which didn't make sense as the whole entire engine was being replaced. and if that was the case, he should have told me that on the front end. I said whatever and also asked about changing out my exhaust cuz my stock one was really old and all scraped up. He said $160 on that, and this was cool with me. So total $1360...

I left a $650 check with him and went on my merry way, mind you he said that it would take 2-3 days. 7 days later, my car wasn't done, and I needed it, so you guys put it together, threw a P08 ECU in it and gave it to me making this loud ass whistling noise that you guys said would go away on its own it a week or two as it might be some butterfly valve or whatever. and I had my exhaust done all nice with new piping.. yay :0) I picked it up in the evening and handed James (who was kind enough to come back to the shop afterhours to give me my car) and gave him the balance of the $1360 which was $710 in cash.

OK that was the first time I took it there....after I took it home, I took it to my buddies pad who has civics and all our friends gather there and were all curious to see "The Lab's" work. They pointed out the whistling noise, the fact that the VTEC solenoid wasn't connected to anything, (the wires were run into the cabin through the firewall but were not connected to the ECU) and the RPM's were hopping around at 1800. Also, they pointed out that although, my exhaust pipe was cool, it was old and all scraped up, so I guess I got some dudes old ass pipe. I had to literally stomp on the gas to get it past 2000 RPM so that the car wouldn't jerk. I thought it was the clutch since I was told by you guys that you replaced the clutch.

I am sorry but I have reason to believe that you didn't change my clutch, as I found under hood, that I have some old ass Autolite (or some crappy ass wires) that were probably on that engine when it was first built in '92 and the oldest NGK plugs I
ve seen in a long time. I don't know about you, but I would think that when you put an engine in a car that you would fill it with new fluids, I only say this because when I checked the oil (since it had super old ass plugz) I found that the oil was thick and black, and dirty as f**k.

I called and Chris and James were like, cool, no worries, bring it back and we'll take care of it. I pointed out the whistling noise, (funny cuz when i rolled up to your shop, even your boys were like "What the fuck is that?" A little 'effin embarassing if you ask me, to roll around like that. I told Chris that the ECU was throiwn codes for Idle Control Valve, Knock Sensor, both VTEC codes (think it was 21 & 22) and one other one.

I left and said hey, I know I was rushing you guys cuz my wife was on my ass to get the car back since I was originally told it would take 2-3 days by James when I left the deposit. His words were " If we get the engine in the morning, we can have it dropped in by the end of the day and wired the next.

Anyway, I picked up my car the 2nd time, after another week of waiting (I waited to be called back this time instead of calling and calling to figure out when it would be done.) And all that was done was the ECU was switched from a P08 to a P06, which I was told by my Honda lovin buddies is not even a VTEC ECU (please feel free to correct them at any point cuz you guys are the shop and they are just guys who love their Hondas) I will admit that one of my budz defended you guys and said you might have put a VTEC converted P06 in my car but still doesnt explain why the VTEC solenoid was not connected as VTEC will not work without it.

The loud ass whistiling noise was still there and this sucks because I asked James if it was gonna stay that wat and he said "Pretty much, yeah" That you guys would let a Honda (your specialty) roll out like that is really disappointing. I told James that I was the guinea pig of my crew to test The Labs work to see if it was good. Chris said that all was good with my ride now and that all it needed was a dizzy that he would mail to me once he got it in and I gave him my address. James said if I didn't receive it in 7 days to call. I called (obviously didn't get it) Chris got my address again, and he said he would mail it and this was back in late Jan. I've tried to call (it seems over 1k times) and my calls are ignored. I know this to be true, because when you all used to answer the phone you knew it was me, James would automatically say "What's up boss?" which tells me you have caller ID.

Other shops, have told me I'm not the only one, who has these types of complaints...I'm sorry that I didn't have 5 or 6K to drop at your shop so that I could get VIP treatment cuz it seems that these guys are the only ones that you treat all nice and crap..

My friends and wife have all told me I am wasting my time with you guys but I backed you guys up and told my buddies that Shit Happens and you would make good but to this day I haven't heard anything about my dizzy and still the wiring in my car is not done. I didn't ask for VTEC, you guys offered it and said its better cuz VTEC is the shit.

Let me know whats up, and what can be done to fix my car. Your boys told me, hey try some WD-40 and see if that helps stop the whistling noise....if that would work why wouldn't you guys have done it...My wife is pissed and won't do business with you, my boys are talking about going to Swap Shop Racing in Covina or Import Tek in Upland for their work but I told them I would email you guys and see, misunderstandings happen, and shit gets overlooked but damn, I don't wanna end up feeling ripped off cuz right now, thats pretty much it.

I hope to hear from you guys, cuz short of going down there, I haven't gotten anywhere. Even when I did go down there the first time, you all just ignored me.. I had to ask you all where to leave my car and even then you all were like "ok, yeah, cool then, we'll call you when its done" That is not Customer Service...you all can laugh and shit and that's cool but its business and word of mouth goes a long way. Thats how I heard about you to begin with...

-Jose

 

prolly the second best thing you could do is file a complaint with you local better business Bureau.

that sux you got all these problems

 

Yeah The Joser. Sorry about your bad luck. I feel your pain. My B16 in my 91 Civic Si w/ intake was $3500 in 04. Trust me might seem alot but never had major issues w/ this motor.

Now as far as bad experiences. These mine. I got my Si Oct. of 04. Valentines Day my stock motor went. Sucked. This guy who was like a little brother to me because his older brother hung w/ my 2 older brothers. Anyways, few months later he did a zc swap for $1500.He said break it in for like 300 miles. I did. Motor lasted exactly 1500 miles.
Car was down like 6 months while saving up for a swap. This time this shop name Extreme Motorsports in St Mary's County, MD
did the swap. It was a so called LS B18A. They charged me $3100w/ enjo mounts. I had more issues than enough from Day 1. My 1 & 2 gear was over to the left like a 5.0 Mustang is.So 1st & 2nd smacked my knee.The dizzy was wrong, 5th gear kept poping out gear,my air filter was directly on the tb. No intake. They said if I wanted a intake I needed to relocate my batt. in rear. The engine smoked like crazy. Even when they were doing th swap it took them like almost 2 weeks because they couldn't even get a stock header so the owner Dan said do I want some DC headers since they're having trouble finding a stock one. Of course it was used. They installed my Thermal R & Develop. & cut that up some. Only good thing they did was let me borrow 1 of their rides to get to work. It was so bad w/ swap that every Sat except once since swap was done I had to take my car there & they knew my name 1st hand.
Like I said don't feel bad. Been there.
Since my B16 swap haven't had any major issues. I'm so happy w/ swap. The money I spent on motors alone since 04 I could've had a B18C 210 hp or even a K20.
Sorry A little Long. We all live & learn the hard way sometimes.
Hope you get your ride straight because now days you really can't just throw hard earned money away in this recession.

 

wwwwooooowwwww i remember this guy right here, My honda civic EG6 was there gettng one of the cleanest swaps for the buck of seen for a while (being that im from north SD and most shops try to suck your wallet up before they paint you an image of your bay) and he was there with his wife and she was asking lots of questions about his car, it was night time in san bernardino to be exact on a weekend. well this guy seemed like a lay back guy, but one day i returned to have Chris tune my car, this guy kept calling and calling the shop after james spoke to him and told him his car would be done that weekend after hours:thumbup:, man the lab is so coo they asked if he wanted to come after hours and they would leave their private time just to let him pick his car up! trust me man, everything this guy is saying has to be false, please post some pics or something cause my swap is ver very healthy, no leaks no problems, i mean i might have spent more money than you by a few thousand but hey i think they wouldnt mistreat people cause of their income, money is money perios. I got a B20B swap with GSR trans shifting and running crispy, even looked stock like the dealer swapped it themselves, make your own choice man but i looked up their back-round and they have been open for many years:thumbup:, people who rip (i mean businesses) people off dont last, nor will a car business, its hard to keep good rep and being that they have been in the honda game for like 5years gave them enough credit to touch my car, i love my civic and would only take to the best and somewhere where i didnt feel like i was getting ripped off. as for you gold civic...............wwwooooooowwwwwww im sorry you experienced bad service at the lab but their good guys and as much as i know i dont quite believe your story<<<<:gtfo:

 

I don't know anything about this shop as I'm on the eastern side of the country but I will say this, I know shops down in SWFL that ripped people off left and right and the only ones who caught on where the guys and gals that had the knowledge and such but just not all tools to do certain things, and even then you had to really look close to catch on that you were getting used parts, my family had a shop years back who 'replaced' the transmission in our truck, well not only did we get a used one at full new price, they forgot to put tranny fluid in it bet you can figure where that went a few miles down the road, and we had been going there since I was learning to talk, after that I started learning how to work on cars as I didn't like seeing my family struggle and get ripped. So the point is, a shop *could* be a great shop and have crappy employees screwing you or they can have good employees working at a crappy shop and are supposed to screw you and try not to, could be either or could be the customer screwing up so yeah I'd want either letters or in progress pics from both sources before going to a shop depending on how well their 'good rep' was or just go to one that didn't really have any bad rep to be found never know. I do know this, ripping on a place with nothing to back it up causes issues especially when they can and do prove their value.