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Old 08-18-2010, 08:01 PM
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Noticed after i had installed afew of the rivets on each side on the air tubes hanging down abit--I had to lift up and down to make everything fit and I gess they came loose--I dont think they will go any where but that is BS--Cant get to them with the z06 screens--really the quality is true ****--
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Noticed after i had installed afew of the rivets on each side on the air tubes hanging down abit--I had to lift up and down to make everything fit and I gess they came loose--I dont think they will go any where but that is BS--Cant get to them with the z06 screens--really the quality is true ****--
That seems the be the biggest complaint with them. Thats the only reason I didnt buy one. I cant spend $250 on something and hope it fits the way it should.

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There are some real good vendors on this Forum and there are
also a few real bad vendors on the Forum. Lousy customer
service and they will actually confront their customers. All I
can say is be careful who you do business with.
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There are some real good vendors on this Forum and there are
also a few real bad vendors on the Forum. Lousy customer
service and they will actually confront their customers. All I
can say is be careful who you do business with.
This has nothing to do with a vendor--its the product quality--the vara most likely works but to have rivets or screws come loose is pure BS
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This has nothing to do with a vendor--its the product quality--the vara most likely works but to have rivets or screws come loose is pure BS

when i bought mine, i opened the box and looked at it and just started shaking my head at the quality.
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I've heard a lot of complaints here on the forum about the quality of the Vararam fit. That's too bad since the product does seem to work. But for the money, it should be a higher quality product.
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I bought mine thru jegs and can't believe they would let something of that quality even in there door. I could understand if it was $100 cause thats about all it's worth but $350 give me a freaking break !!!!! and the instructions change the ink in your printer !!!!! cause I couldn't even read it.

I about returned it and bought from a reputable company.
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That seems the be the biggest complaint with them. Thats the only reason I didnt buy one. I cant spend $250 on something and hope it fits the way it should.


That is exactly what is stopping me from buying one. Oh well, guess its just the ziptie mod for me!
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I wish I had a buck for every post about how the build quality is for what they charge, I would be a rich man.
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That is exactly what is stopping me from buying one. Oh well, guess its just the ziptie mod for me!
same here.
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I wish I had a buck for every post about how the build quality is for what they charge, I would be a rich man.
You think they would figure it out by now............
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Another reason i went with the Callaway Honker.
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Yeah am done with my Vararam, its way too expensive to have to jerry rig it so it does not leak air, or scoop up dirt. I think that by now they would have gotten it also but they won't until it starts to hit them in the pocket book. The less people buy from them, they will figure out that a substandard product is not what we as customers want.
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Mine fit great. Perhaps it's a QC issue?
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Another reason i went with the Callaway Honker.
Me too, whatever very small performance advantage the Vararam might have over the Honker was not worth the risk of having my engine suck dirt and sand in due to the poor quality/fitment issue that have been experienced by so many on here.

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Originally Posted by bobby777
Noticed after i had installed afew of the rivets on each side on the air tubes hanging down abit--I had to lift up and down to make everything fit and I gess they came loose--I dont think they will go any where but that is BS--Cant get to them with the z06 screens--really the quality is true ****--
I really never had any problems with mine - You could re-rivet it

In all reality it is one of the best for our Vettes hands down IMHO!

Thanks,Matt
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The one that I had on my car wasn't the best quality either. I had to put weather strip around the one corner because of a 1/4" gap. Finally went with a supercharger and lost the VR.
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Old 08-19-2010, 11:19 AM
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I do agree with the build quality of the VaraRam being sub-par, however I have had mine installed on my car for about 7 years now and have not had one problem with it. I remember when I installed it thinking, "I'm putting this POS on my car!", and 7 years later its still the same as when I installed it.

Another reason I like the VaraRam is that if you take the cheesy sticker off the front, when it's installed it looks like factory equipment and the smog ***** don't know any different.
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Contact the vendor you bought it from and send them pics and an explanation of what happened. VR has great customer service. They've fixed a few minor issues for my customers in the past. Even issues the customer/installer caused (including myself).
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Two years and many 1/4 passes with zero problems with codes, trash or water.Quality could be better,true,but it works better than anything else out there.
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