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Corbeau LG1 Defective Reclining Mechanism TIMES TWO!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Orange and Blue" data-source="post: 13069619" data-attributes="member: 139292"><p><strong>Sweet Mary another Issue...</strong></p><p></p><p>OK. So I have an update.</p><p></p><p>I told Corbeau that I wanted to swap to their FX1 fixed back seat since I've had 2 reclining mechanisms fail under normal operation. They obliged and sent me a set of FX1's. They seems to be a fairly nice race seat. Nothing terribly fancy. I got the LG1's out of the car, transferred the sliders, and went to put the FX1's in the car. BOOM, another problem! The seat hits the transmission tunnel AND the door seal. I mean, this is the biggest damn seat I've ever seen in my life. And no, I didn't hammer on my tranny tunnel to make the seats fit like the customer service rep recommended (not even kidding in the least). Anyhow, to remedy the situation, I sat in my driveway drinking beer for half an hour until my buddy, GreenSix, got there and consoled me. </p><p></p><p>So, I called Corbeau on last Thursday and told them this new found problem. But, at this point my kitchen looked like this...</p><p> [ATTACH=full]463601[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Plus I had one seat in the car so I could actually drive it. Corbeau said that they have "lost far too much money in shipping" while trying to correct this problem. Also, they said from this point forward, I would have to cover shipping both ways for returning any merchandise or requesting replacement merchandise. :shrug: I mean, come on bro.</p><p>I'm sure this hasn't been an inexpensive field failure for them... but when are customer complaints cheap? Right?</p><p></p><p>So, my last option was to replace the reclining mechanism itself. So, I ripped the upholstery off the seat and pulled the reclining mechanism. </p><p></p><p>It's difficult to see, but you can see some of the teeth are not as long as others. They didn't look sheered, it looked like they weren't formed properly while manufacturing them.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]463602[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This is the replacement mechanism.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463603[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So I replaced some hog rings and got the seat back together. The new mechanism seems to be holding up fine so far. The car goes back on track again in June. If you don't hear anything from me after then, everything is fine!</p><p></p><p>Considering this is my last hope to get these seats to work, I've got my fingers double and triple crossed.</p><p></p><p>:beer:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange and Blue, post: 13069619, member: 139292"] [b]Sweet Mary another Issue...[/b] OK. So I have an update. I told Corbeau that I wanted to swap to their FX1 fixed back seat since I've had 2 reclining mechanisms fail under normal operation. They obliged and sent me a set of FX1's. They seems to be a fairly nice race seat. Nothing terribly fancy. I got the LG1's out of the car, transferred the sliders, and went to put the FX1's in the car. BOOM, another problem! The seat hits the transmission tunnel AND the door seal. I mean, this is the biggest damn seat I've ever seen in my life. And no, I didn't hammer on my tranny tunnel to make the seats fit like the customer service rep recommended (not even kidding in the least). Anyhow, to remedy the situation, I sat in my driveway drinking beer for half an hour until my buddy, GreenSix, got there and consoled me. So, I called Corbeau on last Thursday and told them this new found problem. But, at this point my kitchen looked like this... [ATTACH=full]463601[/ATTACH] Plus I had one seat in the car so I could actually drive it. Corbeau said that they have "lost far too much money in shipping" while trying to correct this problem. Also, they said from this point forward, I would have to cover shipping both ways for returning any merchandise or requesting replacement merchandise. :shrug: I mean, come on bro. I'm sure this hasn't been an inexpensive field failure for them... but when are customer complaints cheap? Right? So, my last option was to replace the reclining mechanism itself. So, I ripped the upholstery off the seat and pulled the reclining mechanism. It's difficult to see, but you can see some of the teeth are not as long as others. They didn't look sheered, it looked like they weren't formed properly while manufacturing them. [ATTACH=full]463602[/ATTACH] This is the replacement mechanism. [ATTACH=full]463603[/ATTACH] So I replaced some hog rings and got the seat back together. The new mechanism seems to be holding up fine so far. The car goes back on track again in June. If you don't hear anything from me after then, everything is fine! Considering this is my last hope to get these seats to work, I've got my fingers double and triple crossed. :beer: [/QUOTE]
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