Respect for keeping it real - I’m in the same boat with many projects I’ve had to go quiet on. As a content creator, it baffles the mind how these companies risk this shit. Considering how big your channel is now, it’s shocking that people are still messing you around. One video could ruin them, but you’ve handled it well. Keep pushing!”
@@jondonnelly3 are you saying that jamie could lose if it goes to court if he doesn't provide sufficient evidence? I can understand that, but going by this video alone im sure he has enough evidence. And this video is probably only telling the half the story.
Agreed, friend or not if they can do it to someone with such a big following and known history of what they do and how much goof it would of done there business, they can't be allowed to do it to others, I know it's deep but something like this could take the life of someone normal its not on.
As a Cupra owner, this brings a tear to my eye :( there is significantly less cupra content compared to alternative cars. Was so looking forward to this build
When my engine was being built, the workshop laced my boot with plastic wrapping, placed all the bolts in a labelled bag, anyhting greasy like driveshafts were wrapped in cloth and all placed gentley in the boot. Further to this, they called me up and requested if i can take my car back home to store while they worked on the engine as they didnt have the realestate to store my car safely for months on end. They took great care and more importantly, they were 100% transparent with set expectations, which i greatly appreciated. In contrast, seeing your video, mate thats borderline horrific. I'd go mad if i never got updates, at least every 2 weeks for big builds.
I guess people have to go through this type of shit to learn, but if you are having a build done everytime you pay them money you need to visit and see the work or get pictures.
Shame he don't watch his boys content, but he did say he don't really care about cars and here he is backing his boy even though his boys interests don't align in this case. Fair play to him
I feel like he doesn't belong in the videos, due to not clearly giving a shit about cars. Cool to have a loyal friend around, but his attitude during this video, while Jamie was showing the A3 to him, drove me absolutely insane. I already disliked him in the Austria video series, but this is just too much. Dude does not even watch the content his friend makes! 👎
@@porkkanaraaste6692 you guys are weird loool you know many movie stars don't watch their finished films. forcing your friend or only liking people who think like you is weird and Childish Grow up you freaks
Ben and Dan from litco, where they run the business out of Ford industrial estate in west Sussex near Littlehampton. They are 50/50 into the business. Ben left devil about 8 months with a bad rep so my guessing he was upsetting a few people in the time he was there. My guesses jamie is having it taken to the guys who done the A3 or over to Austria. where they do the best VR6 engines as we've all seen from the videos on the channel. Good luck fella 💪
They ripped off a guy called Alex with his golf R too. Turbo was blown on dyno and what did they do? Started it back up drove it round yard and charged him 800 for the privilege. DO NOT USE THEM.
I'd used devil's for years until I met Ben and we had words. He then refused to work on my cars that were there Devil's isn't the same without Lee being there
You should name these companies so your followers don't make the same mistakes and take their cars there. Absolute joke to be left with a car like this 😭
They stay out of the bullshit that can come with naming people once the latwers letters arrive. I does not take long to read the comment to find out who to avoid.
Thanks for the update fella and just keeping it real, it's appreciated. I only live down the road from Devils and the unnamed individuals, so we all heard through the local car scene with what's been going on with said people.. but it's mad that even small businesses would treat you this unfairly considering it's their bread and butter and also their reputation on the line. Considering your profile within the car scene here in the UK is well known, it would have been in their interest to stay committed to your projects, considering the money you're throwing at the various projects you've done and the exposure they're getting.
11:15 well they have got away with it cos you wont name and shame them, why not? There's speculation it's Ben but it needs to be said by you. Strad named the company who ruined his lambo build, i dont think people should get away with it
It’s crazy to think in a year you’ve been given a car in pieces. Yet proper companies like Osprey can strip, manufacture custom parts, and rebuild your m240i in 6 months
So sorry to hear this about the cupra. I had a similar situation with a B5 S4, took it to a garage in Romania where I'm from, I wanted to single turbo it and get to 600-700hp reliably as a street car, I've bought forged internals, rectified the heads, bought a clutch that would support the amount of power and torque that I needed, bought a standalone ECU, bought an expensive turbo and wastegate, paid for all the expenses and workmanship and the dude from the garage just sold me a bunch of baloney.... my car stood there for over 4 years and all that was done to the car was the engine assembly and a sketchy mount of the turbo.... dude got lazy and said he wanted to do a hood exit for my car and I said no, that I want a full exhaust as this was meant to be a street car and he said that I can eat sh"t and would do no more work on my car unless I pay him even more money..... but seeing the car that wasn't even halfway finished and in a very poor state like your cupra, I said screw that, I'm not losing more money as I have already invested over 15k euros in parts and workmanship and took the car away from that idiot. Than I was in the position of investing more money into the S4 or just buy a new car. I opted to buy a civic type R ep3 and after a year of owning the civic, I scrapped the S4 because no garage would even dare touch the car as it was in really bad shape. So I feel you Jaimie... it's a shame that some people only sell you dreams and take advantage of your money and trust. I sold the civic as well in the meantime and want to get a big turbo Ibiza 1.9tdi. Hope you can salvage your cupra. Cheers and I'll be watching your progress!
I've been taken on a similar ride....empty promises, rubbish excuses for why I couldn't get my car back etc. Eventually I got the police involved and took it back a year later, found it to be barely running and eventually sold it as a rolling chassis. I'm glad your going to complete the journey and looking forward to the end product :D
It's actually a joke.. especially when we as customers want to pay for the works to our pride and joys.. but want a good service and 10/10 customer service and someone who knows what they are actually doing
@@thisispointless29 Ben has always been a director at Littco. He used Devil Developments to do his work at for years and now he's at his own premises.
Handled very well man, not sure I would have held off naming and shaming the companies that have let you down. Met you in silverstone when you shot some footage in a Lamborghini. I also asked the question when the Leon will be done…absolutely gutted for you. Don’t stop doing what you do, you’re not letting your fans down. Stay focused and make that dream happen. From a fella cupra owner…YOU GOT THIS!! can’t wait to see it done.
I had this with my Impreza . Left it with a mechanic I trusted for repairs whilst i went into hospital for an op. Turned out he and his girlfriend had developed a drug problem. The workshop was always closed. Months later he still had my car and I was worried he would go bankrupt with my car in his workshop. I managed to get it recovered to a specialist in the end. Lots of new dents on it and same, a load of parts in the boot. Cost me a lot more in repairs in the end , but what a relief. He has gone bust now .😮💨
Nope. In Yorkshire. Plenty of dodgy places out there I suppose. It’s upsetting when someone you think is an enthusiast shows no respect for your property.
You know what, this is why as a garage owner myself I stay in my lane and treat everyone’s car as my own. I believe some places take on too much (even tho they’re not upto the job) then fuck it up and sit on it for ages
Somthing rather weird happend to me aswell some ffs mechanic collapsed my 500 bhp seat ibiza 1.8t 20v project. Which was running comfortably 300bhp on low boost. I gave it to this mechanic to do some repairs to my engine. Basically after I paid him in cash. He would not give me the car back and he kept making excuses, and told everyone that he wasn't paid for the work he done. I basically got nicked for bringing beef to the mechanic. It's been nearly two years and I don't have anything left to show for it except pictures of the memory's of my build. While I'm 16k out of pocket walking away from the build walking away from the beef. At least you still got a car with its full integrity still intact, and that's what counts. Big up yourself OG and don't worry your build is safe. I couldn't imagine you being in my shoes with no build at all to even gloat on. Big up gas gang for life.
been there man. Mine was a simple build with forged stock motor, bolt on fuelsystem and power adder all the best parts on the market and was promised 3 months build and tune time which is fine but still pretty long. They had the car 12 months! And kept adding parts to the cost. But still mine got done in the end. Though i had to go back multiple times for small fixes. Ended up selling the car after 2000 miles and £35k invested still with a bunch of small issues. Just couldn't bare seeing it because it just reminded me of all the money i had spent.
Im a vinyl wrapper and i built my own vxr engined corsa c. Full nut and bolt in 4months polybushed. Forged. Stripped cage etc etc did it all myselr at nights and weekends. So really this is super embaraseing for whoever left your car like this. Absolute shambles. Would love to see auto torque finish this build.
A continued series, transport the car to Klaus in turbo elite, they would make it an absolute weapon and you know it would be done 100% and they would take pride in the work 👌🏻
Fair play, bro. Really shit that the garage did you like that, I had a similar situation with an MX5, no where near the amount of money that you lost but the car is in the grave now. Keep up the hard work, it really is admirable
Jamie, this is absolutely ridiculous. I can only imagine how devastating it must be to see your vehicle in this state. I've had a similar experience, and it's really disheartening. Please don't give up on the build, man; you've got this! 💯
I’d be outing the company Jamie, it’s more common than you think. And I’m speaking from experience having currently waited and still waiting on completion of my project nearly 4 years ago.
@@jaycourtuk i second this 100%. Went back to the same a$shole on a monthly basis because he couldn't get a freaking moped running right, for more than 2 years because i paid him. One of the worst decision of my life suffering for a rusted moped
@ I have seen it in the flesh, it’s nearly done. But as Jamie said it’s just been excuses and delays, along with rectification work from previous build.
Name and shame. They don't deserve to be in business when treating customers' pride and joy like this. I can't imagine you're the first or will be the last if they continue to conduct business like this.
Underrated comment. I believe in the name in shame game. For car dealers mechanics and any shady business. What’s unfortunate? Is that these “influencers” aren’t actually real business people and they are afraid they’ll lose their “connections “ i’ve never understood people who willingly bend over, just to receive a free sticker. Shows how fake every one of these people are.
@@Mercedes157facts because if he actually gave a F about his followers,he’d say the name,even tho iv heard it’s that Ben parsons who was at devil developments apparently he set up his own thing & Jamie took his car to him
😢 as soon as i heard the words... "world's first".... i knew it was going to go well. First off.... when you are the first, without you actually capable of doing the fab/build.... YOU ARE THE GUINEA PIG... and nothing will ever go as promised or expected.
Even though your dream looks completely in shatters you still bring that positive move forward vibe your attitude and motivation too keep going is why you will always be my favourite UA-camr
Heartbreaking that, can only imagine the coin toss going in your head... Keep pouring money in and hope or cut your losses 🤕 this build would be godlike if it pulls through
Reminds me of the whole DMO and fabian story.. keep the faith bro.. all good things come to those who wait.. ive got 100% confidence that you'll complete it... I look forward to the videos of the completed car !!
Has Ben lost the plot? I hate to speculate but last time I saw him on camera he looked different! Almost like he wasn’t well! Has he spiralled or something!?
Mate…. So sorry to see this. I know we spoke about this car when you were at our place & how excited you were for the finished product. Gutted for you & as you say it happens a lot but usually gets brushed under the carpet. Dont give up on it, it deserves to be finished one way or another 😊
You have handled this superbly. There are so many that would have gone in guns blazing. The audacity of the workshop involved but have no shame as with one word you could ruin them with the size of your platform. Another note; just goes to show how invested fans are in the channel and you Jamie when they are questioning this project on totally unrelated videos. Love the channel, keep on keeping on!
I hear Austria looks good in winter. Seeing the fat-outlay gear in this build, it just makes sense to have Klaus steer it in the right direction. I guess it's all about budget at this point and 'ol boy over there must charge a pretty penny for the types of builds coming through his shop. I'm sure he'd do a little discount even just out of curiosity to play with a unique setup.
I remember when you came to my house when you first bought the cupra to pick up some bits from me for the integra. Glad you’re keeping it J. Gonna be good when it’s all done - sequential 😂 Mad man
This video hit home so hard for me. I've been trying to build my 04 Mustang GT for track purposes, using various garages for help, and my car is in worse shape than when I bought it. You tell the shops with clear goals and intentions and they'll happily go along with you and then trash your shit. These needs to be a criminal act in my opinion, especially when we are paying for the work and they aren't doing it and making it worse
I know the feeling man..sorry to hear this, I was so excited when I saw the plan for this car. 2 years ago my car had a write off, so I decided to buy my dream car, it was a 2007 Audi S3, it was great until the piston ring “holder” broke and the engine needed a rebuild, my mechanic who I used for 6years said not need to worry he takes it apart and rebuild it, I just need to get the parts I want, so I decided to do a full build, spent over 8k in parts, took them to him and waited, I went every 2 weeks to see how is he getting on with, after a year not even touching the car, I sad ok, i sort out the block and the head, so he just needs to put it together.. I called him to get the parts ready and i pick it up in a week time.. A week later I went to him and the car was nowhere.. He said he sent the car with all the parts to an another garage.. I went to the other garage spoke to them and they told me, because they took it apart and left it outside uncovered the bottom end is done and the head is missing. So I went back to confront the first garage and they said everything in the car and they haven’t done anything wrong.. because I haven’t paid anything to them I can’t even do anything about it.. now I have a rolling shell and an another block that got built, but unfortunately I ran out of budget..I don’t even know when I will be able to afford to get it back on the road.. It’s just so said that people promising and then just stab you in the back.. I wish all the best with the Cupra, I can’t wait to see it finished. Everyone be aware where you take your cars..
Always look on the positive side ! as much as its difficult , a visit to Turbo elite for a real build seems the way to go ! The work there is amazing and this is right up there street ! Cant wait to see this build be what its ment to be. Name and shame of you dont get compensated by the messer !
Thank you for the heads up! I was going to take my Cupra to them for a mad build but luckily for me after watching this video, I'm not. Good luck with the build, look forward to watching the future Cupra vids.
Jamie, a lot of the community know about the issues you've faced. Theres a long line of people who have had similar issues. I would get in contact with either Ares Tuning or Decimal Tenths. They should be ideal to help you with your goals here.
Decimal tenths is the last place I'd be recommending from my personal experience with them. They had 5 attempts to fix the issues they caused when they built my engine and in the end they gave up and washed their hands of it, I had to buy and build another engine and redo everything they done
this is the story of my car too. =( have had my car rest for almost 10 years now, each time just a small bit gets done or no progress. seeing you go through this you have my compassion bro. keep up. im not letting mine stay like this either
With all due respect theres dudes out there who would've done a better job besides their full time jobs. Goodluck on the cupra, being a Cupra 5F owner myself I'd love to see it finished.
Take it to the turbo elite guys you did the videos with Jamie. I would think that would be a series everyone would really want to see and you’ll get probably a build on that extra level that very few can offer. That would probably make it worth the all the effort and headaches. It’s your business at the end of the day and I would think that a build collab with those guys would be a first in the uk or at least one of very very few. 👊
5:50 Look I am just a random bystander, but I would like to point out that shops get all kinds of deliveries with packing materials. I see no reason the removed panels should be allowed to scratch or notch each other. If you know you’re not going to be buttoning it up anytime soon, cover the panels after you remove them. (referring to the garage) Industrial Saranwrap is very cheap. Plastic panels cannot last forever, so covering them if you are slow to deliver is the least you can do….
Not sure how to reply after watching. I wanna say sorry firstly that your car has been ruined. I’ve sadly had similar, my pride and joy, after a £12k bill on wide arching, full respray and resto I then decided to engine swap and had a garage undertake the work. My car came back needing another full respray and a fair bit of body work redoing and they didn’t want to know. I am so glad to hear you haven’t given up, like I have. Can’t wait for the next video and thanks for keeping us updated for the people that care about this build 🙏🏻
Definitely need to hopefully find someone so genuine that can fix this to evm better than you expected!, dont give up on it!, when this is done its going to be hell of a story🤞🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Respect bro for keeping it real, telling the truth. Bro, you are such an awesome person. We don't want you to go through these things, these scam tuners are really a shame to the car world. If I lived in the UK I would have definitely helped you out. Keep it up mate, you'll get through it brother💪
Sorry to hear about the cupra, same as what happened to living life fast on one of his builds a few years back. These companies need to be named & shamed to stop this happening to others. Hope all ends well soon.
Humble guy, how you haven’t exposed people unlike other UA-cam creators is point proven, but honestly bro I’d finish the build and feel greater rewards from it but keep it up love the content ❤
Totally understand your pain and I work in the industry and too be honest I and we would love too know who the builder was as anyone I would catch pulling my pants down would see my wrath I also have many contacts and would not be sending any of my customers to them …..
The thing is i have about 5 friends with littco turbos and they all had at least one blown or problems with it since new, one of my mates blew just after install and it’s mad
@@AlexSisuRo I know many people running littco turbos no issue, for a turbo to blow after fitting they clearly didn’t prime it, you’ve fit a Fastline turbo 😅😅😅 I fit an littco l380x in 2020 and it’s still on the car 4 years later over 30k miles
Respect for not stooping to their level. You could very easily have named them but integrity can't be bought. Best thing you can do is learn from the experience and build new bridges because the truth will come out one day and you'll be the bigger/better man when it does. Having said that, you've got to finish it now and promote the shiznit out of everyone who has helped make it a monster!
What?! 😂😂how is it showing integrity not naminf them to followers who are the reason he can do this stuff who will get ripped off by these people that he’s promoted? F off man he don’t care as long as he makes money he happy for you to lose it or he would say the name.
You had me Jamie. I had my head in my hands thinking this is the worst nightmare anyone who loves cars, let alone having their own car built, would want to see. I did think it was the end during the view and spotted the truck thinking "Just maybe there's a catch here!". Let's go Jamie - let this little beast live! I cannot wait to see this journey continue as a former Cupra owner!
Wondering the same, regardless of earning more money from maps if they take it on and start work it's disgusting to let someone down....name and Shame!!! Plus if a big company like devil developments can screw you over everyone should know...maybe the loss of work will change them?
You need to find a company with a proven track history of building cars like this. You have dealt with people who at best took on more than they could handle thinking they would be able to figure it out.
Performance mechanic for 12+ years here. Arp headstuds dont just break. They're extremely high quality. They've overtightend it on install, likely from wrong torque sequence or un-callibeated torque wrench, or no torque wrench lol.
Amazing to see what has happened with regards to this car! You have defo got to continue this to show yourself you can do it! Appreciate why you wouldn't want to name and shame however these people need to be so others can avoid this sort of thing!
It’s always tougher to continue on from someone else’s work than to have done the job yourself from the beginning. Different way of doing things, a lot of time tracing everything back to see what’s been done/hasnt been done. Really hope you get this one done!
@ my bad, the video is a little confusing cos it doesn’t directly state what the garage is and that Geeza Ben was working on it for the most time in DD etc then after as well so yeah not clear.
Its absolutley shambolic that he could do this to you knowing your reach 😮 Respect to you for not naming him This certain individual also stole parts from my car Just to clarify devil developments are not at fault in this situation A memeber of staff that used to work there used to look after jamies car as he was the so called vag specialist. This particular individual has stolen and robbed of many others inc devil developments .
Had a similar issue with my 89 s-10 blazer. Had to threaten getting a lawyer involved. Finally got back and was not even done right. Never paying all up front again. Only put half down.
Respect for keeping it real - I’m in the same boat with many projects I’ve had to go quiet on. As a content creator, it baffles the mind how these companies risk this shit. Considering how big your channel is now, it’s shocking that people are still messing you around. One video could ruin them, but you’ve handled it well. Keep pushing!”
🙏🏽 love bro
If you don’t name them nothing will change!!!
The stress that must of caused you! 😢
Is the Civic still going ahead?
@@nunovicente34Probably been told not to say anything by a legal team.
If they are not named and shamed they will steal other people's money and dreams.
Have to very careful doing that though. Two sides to every story and all that. Not worth the legal (will make the build look cheap in comparison).
@@jondonnelly3 are you saying that jamie could lose if it goes to court if he doesn't provide sufficient evidence? I can understand that, but going by this video alone im sure he has enough evidence. And this video is probably only telling the half the story.
Think about the fact he may be already doing legal stuff and doesn't want to fuck that
They honestly deserve to be named for how they destroyed your car and took your money
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It's out of your hands, let me an the lads go take a visit
Agreed, friend or not if they can do it to someone with such a big following and known history of what they do and how much goof it would of done there business, they can't be allowed to do it to others, I know it's deep but something like this could take the life of someone normal its not on.
Seems to be a running theme with youtubers getting mugged off with there cars
Ben at devil developments had it and he was so informative on video and so professional too proper shocker this one tbf
As a Cupra owner, this brings a tear to my eye :( there is significantly less cupra content compared to alternative cars. Was so looking forward to this build
Its very sad i own cupra as well😢
Same, I have a 5f 280 DSG
@@haz_raf mine is manual 400hp 500nm
I have an mk4 gti and yall know it's all the same as the cupra it's sad to see that way they did you on this
@@timothyridenour8506 That's not the same thing. This one is comparable to mk7 Golf.
Surely get the guys who did the shit box build? They deserve the chance to do a clean/mega build
100% agree
Yeah couldn’t agree more
Defo spot on
Exactly my tbought
Exactly my thought
When my engine was being built, the workshop laced my boot with plastic wrapping, placed all the bolts in a labelled bag, anyhting greasy like driveshafts were wrapped in cloth and all placed gentley in the boot. Further to this, they called me up and requested if i can take my car back home to store while they worked on the engine as they didnt have the realestate to store my car safely for months on end. They took great care and more importantly, they were 100% transparent with set expectations, which i greatly appreciated. In contrast, seeing your video, mate thats borderline horrific. I'd go mad if i never got updates, at least every 2 weeks for big builds.
Thats what you call good customer service..
Shouldn’t take on a build if they haven’t got room to keep the car
I guess people have to go through this type of shit to learn, but if you are having a build done everytime you pay them money you need to visit and see the work or get pictures.
We all need a friend like James. He seems like a decent guy and loyal bro 👍🏼
Shame he don't watch his boys content, but he did say he don't really care about cars and here he is backing his boy even though his boys interests don't align in this case. Fair play to him
I feel like he doesn't belong in the videos, due to not clearly giving a shit about cars. Cool to have a loyal friend around, but his attitude during this video, while Jamie was showing the A3 to him, drove me absolutely insane.
I already disliked him in the Austria video series, but this is just too much. Dude does not even watch the content his friend makes! 👎
@@porkkanaraaste6692 you guys are weird loool you know many movie stars don't watch their finished films. forcing your friend or only liking people who think like you is weird and Childish Grow up you freaks
Ben and Dan from litco, where they run the business out of Ford industrial estate in west Sussex near Littlehampton. They are 50/50 into the business. Ben left devil about 8 months with a bad rep so my guessing he was upsetting a few people in the time he was there.
My guesses jamie is having it taken to the guys who done the A3 or over to Austria. where they do the best VR6 engines as we've all seen from the videos on the channel. Good luck fella 💪
This should be pinned.
They ripped off a guy called Alex with his golf R too. Turbo was blown on dyno and what did they do? Started it back up drove it round yard and charged him 800 for the privilege. DO NOT USE THEM.
I'd used devil's for years until I met Ben and we had words.
He then refused to work on my cars that were there
Devil's isn't the same without Lee being there
@AI-Records24 Yeah, I see that video of his golf r he is also on UA-cam and had to rebuild part of his car himself
@@mattevans7793 Ben Carson?
You should name these companies so your followers don't make the same mistakes and take their cars there. Absolute joke to be left with a car like this 😭
Ben parsons is my guess
They stay out of the bullshit that can come with naming people once the latwers letters arrive. I does not take long to read the comment to find out who to avoid.
Thanks for the update fella and just keeping it real, it's appreciated. I only live down the road from Devils and the unnamed individuals, so we all heard through the local car scene with what's been going on with said people.. but it's mad that even small businesses would treat you this unfairly considering it's their bread and butter and also their reputation on the line. Considering your profile within the car scene here in the UK is well known, it would have been in their interest to stay committed to your projects, considering the money you're throwing at the various projects you've done and the exposure they're getting.
It’s mad was gona get devil developments to forge my 1.8t
Would cut you say I shouldn’t do that now?
@@enzoUKSC it wasn't Devil Developments that did this, the car left there a year ago
@@enzoUKSCit wasn't Devil, it was the 2nd unnamed garage that did this
Why did he have to take it away from the devils is the valid question
@@mA-ug5ts yes good question
This makes sense why Jamie was reviewing all those high power VR engine cars at TurboElite the other month, can only be going there surely!!
11:15 well they have got away with it cos you wont name and shame them, why not? There's speculation it's Ben but it needs to be said by you. Strad named the company who ruined his lambo build, i dont think people should get away with it
It’s crazy to think in a year you’ve been given a car in pieces. Yet proper companies like Osprey can strip, manufacture custom parts, and rebuild your m240i in 6 months
For real, this is why I’m only going to Places like them or Tom Wrigley if he is not busy.
@JusGoody yeah apart from tom wrigley is overpriced
@@trutroops9656 When you call someone who does something well and charges a premium for it "overpriced" you are an idiot.
So sorry to hear this about the cupra. I had a similar situation with a B5 S4, took it to a garage in Romania where I'm from, I wanted to single turbo it and get to 600-700hp reliably as a street car, I've bought forged internals, rectified the heads, bought a clutch that would support the amount of power and torque that I needed, bought a standalone ECU, bought an expensive turbo and wastegate, paid for all the expenses and workmanship and the dude from the garage just sold me a bunch of baloney.... my car stood there for over 4 years and all that was done to the car was the engine assembly and a sketchy mount of the turbo.... dude got lazy and said he wanted to do a hood exit for my car and I said no, that I want a full exhaust as this was meant to be a street car and he said that I can eat sh"t and would do no more work on my car unless I pay him even more money..... but seeing the car that wasn't even halfway finished and in a very poor state like your cupra, I said screw that, I'm not losing more money as I have already invested over 15k euros in parts and workmanship and took the car away from that idiot. Than I was in the position of investing more money into the S4 or just buy a new car. I opted to buy a civic type R ep3 and after a year of owning the civic, I scrapped the S4 because no garage would even dare touch the car as it was in really bad shape. So I feel you Jaimie... it's a shame that some people only sell you dreams and take advantage of your money and trust. I sold the civic as well in the meantime and want to get a big turbo Ibiza 1.9tdi. Hope you can salvage your cupra. Cheers and I'll be watching your progress!
Needs some of that Fireman Sanj sauce I reckon.... what a guy
I've been taken on a similar ride....empty promises, rubbish excuses for why I couldn't get my car back etc. Eventually I got the police involved and took it back a year later, found it to be barely running and eventually sold it as a rolling chassis. I'm glad your going to complete the journey and looking forward to the end product :D
Finding a good and trustworthy mechanic is like rocking horse s**t very rare
It's actually a joke.. especially when we as customers want to pay for the works to our pride and joys.. but want a good service and 10/10 customer service and someone who knows what they are actually doing
No we aren’t
It’s not hard look for specialist in your make and model and the further down the line you got to book in you know they are good 😂
@wolfman1273 hard to find a specialist on my car when the is less than 60 in the UK
@@2010-b8w do tell what you got ?
What a nightmare I don’t get why people don’t just say “I’m too busy I can’t do this” instead of stringing you along for years.
@@CalvinsCarDiary exactly this Calvin, people will respect you a hell of a lot more in doing so
Did ben parsons not take the job on when he left devil developments or is he the reason its like it is now?
🤣🤣 Full goverment name 🤣TBH best to name and shame!
@kings-art957 🤣🤣🤣
What as in Littco Benjamin Parsons? 😂. Is that the name/company he’s trading under or is there something else I’ve not seen
@@thisispointless29renamed Benscamin from now on
@@thisispointless29 Ben has always been a director at Littco. He used Devil Developments to do his work at for years and now he's at his own premises.
Handled very well man, not sure I would have held off naming and shaming the companies that have let you down. Met you in silverstone when you shot some footage in a Lamborghini. I also asked the question when the Leon will be done…absolutely gutted for you. Don’t stop doing what you do, you’re not letting your fans down. Stay focused and make that dream happen. From a fella cupra owner…YOU GOT THIS!! can’t wait to see it done.
This happens to some of us and we dont have the platform to make a change, use your gift& hardwork to make a change by highlighting who did this
I had this with my Impreza . Left it with a mechanic I trusted for repairs whilst i went into hospital for an op. Turned out he and his girlfriend had developed a drug problem. The workshop was always closed. Months later he still had my car and I was worried he would go bankrupt with my car in his workshop. I managed to get it recovered to a specialist in the end. Lots of new dents on it and same, a load of parts in the boot. Cost me a lot more in repairs in the end , but what a relief. He has gone bust now .😮💨
are u based in scotland?happened to me when i had an impreza as well
Nope. In Yorkshire. Plenty of dodgy places out there I suppose. It’s upsetting when someone you think is an enthusiast shows no respect for your property.
Do these garages not know Jamie has DMO on speed dial?🤣
😂then they are finished
Literally lol
If you know The FCA are on to DMO
@@fivezerofivezero8357 really? How come
@@fivezerofivezero8357background info??? This sounds mad !
You know what, this is why as a garage owner myself I stay in my lane and treat everyone’s car as my own.
I believe some places take on too much (even tho they’re not upto the job) then fuck it up and sit on it for ages
Facts
Hell yeah custom fab work is no joke. Especially as the top notch guys have huge cnc setups to make the parts they need for build.
Taking it to VaraTechnik ?! 🚀🚀
If they can do that with the sh!tbox, imagine what they can do on the Cupra.
That will be the choice there
Vagbuilders tunning
Loving the VR turbo build.....so sick and nothing beats the vr noise
Take this car to those Austrians you were with a few months back, I’m sure they could help get this up and running 💪🏼
Somthing rather weird happend to me aswell some ffs mechanic collapsed my 500 bhp seat ibiza 1.8t 20v project. Which was running comfortably 300bhp on low boost. I gave it to this mechanic to do some repairs to my engine. Basically after I paid him in cash. He would not give me the car back and he kept making excuses, and told everyone that he wasn't paid for the work he done. I basically got nicked for bringing beef to the mechanic. It's been nearly two years and I don't have anything left to show for it except pictures of the memory's of my build. While I'm 16k out of pocket walking away from the build walking away from the beef. At least you still got a car with its full integrity still intact, and that's what counts. Big up yourself OG and don't worry your build is safe. I couldn't imagine you being in my shoes with no build at all to even gloat on. Big up gas gang for life.
been there man. Mine was a simple build with forged stock motor, bolt on fuelsystem and power adder all the best parts on the market and was promised 3 months build and tune time which is fine but still pretty long. They had the car 12 months! And kept adding parts to the cost. But still mine got done in the end. Though i had to go back multiple times for small fixes. Ended up selling the car after 2000 miles and £35k invested still with a bunch of small issues. Just couldn't bare seeing it because it just reminded me of all the money i had spent.
Hahaha hahaha haha 😂 😂
@@CamJowlViewer what? This is funny?
Unreal dude honestly gutted for you, thousands spent on parts and they treat it like that! Looking forward to the updates on this one!
I'm so glad you're not scrapping the build. Lets go!
Im a vinyl wrapper and i built my own vxr engined corsa c. Full nut and bolt in 4months polybushed. Forged. Stripped cage etc etc did it all myselr at nights and weekends. So really this is super embaraseing for whoever left your car like this. Absolute shambles. Would love to see auto torque finish this build.
A continued series, transport the car to Klaus in turbo elite, they would make it an absolute weapon and you know it would be done 100% and they would take pride in the work 👌🏻
100%.
Fair play, bro. Really shit that the garage did you like that, I had a similar situation with an MX5, no where near the amount of money that you lost but the car is in the grave now. Keep up the hard work, it really is admirable
Jamie, this is absolutely ridiculous. I can only imagine how devastating it must be to see your vehicle in this state. I've had a similar experience, and it's really disheartening. Please don't give up on the build, man; you've got this! 💯
what a nightmare man, props for sticking with it cant wait for it to be back up and ripping!!
I’d be outing the company Jamie, it’s more common than you think. And I’m speaking from experience having currently waited and still waiting on completion of my project nearly 4 years ago.
After 4 years you goto realise it's not getting done. Best thing to do is get your carvand take it somewhere else
@@jaycourtuk i second this 100%. Went back to the same a$shole on a monthly basis because he couldn't get a freaking moped running right, for more than 2 years because i paid him. One of the worst decision of my life suffering for a rusted moped
@ I have seen it in the flesh, it’s nearly done. But as Jamie said it’s just been excuses and delays, along with rectification work from previous build.
@@richardstubbings6962 wish you all the luck mate🤞🏼
Unfortunately they could force him to take the video down for defamation. That's why he didn't name them
You have everyones support brother, we all know this beast will be done and it will be one of a kind, we are all locked in so lets get it!
Name and shame. They don't deserve to be in business when treating customers' pride and joy like this. I can't imagine you're the first or will be the last if they continue to conduct business like this.
Underrated comment. I believe in the name in shame game. For car dealers mechanics and any shady business. What’s unfortunate? Is that these “influencers” aren’t actually real business people and they are afraid they’ll lose their “connections “ i’ve never understood people who willingly bend over, just to receive a free sticker. Shows how fake every one of these people are.
100% agreed.
Pick ya self up brother....... For the culture brother.....now Go get it.
@@Mercedes157facts because if he actually gave a F about his followers,he’d say the name,even tho iv heard it’s that Ben parsons who was at devil developments apparently he set up his own thing & Jamie took his car to him
@@tonylyons9772exactly they don’t care if you get ripped off just that if they do and how to make money on showing you how they got ripped off
Wow man… that’s sad to see hope you get it sorted bro! 🥺
😢 as soon as i heard the words... "world's first".... i knew it was going to go well. First off.... when you are the first, without you actually capable of doing the fab/build.... YOU ARE THE GUINEA PIG... and nothing will ever go as promised or expected.
Dam feel for you. Samething happened to me. Been 10yrs. Let's go! Great you keeping the cupra. I'm sure it will be worth it in the end!
Stick with the project bro, you got this
Even though your dream looks completely in shatters you still bring that positive move forward vibe your attitude and motivation too keep going is why you will always be my favourite UA-camr
Heartbreaking that, can only imagine the coin toss going in your head... Keep pouring money in and hope or cut your losses 🤕 this build would be godlike if it pulls through
Reminds me of the whole DMO and fabian story.. keep the faith bro.. all good things come to those who wait.. ive got 100% confidence that you'll complete it...
I look forward to the videos of the completed car !!
Has Ben lost the plot? I hate to speculate but last time I saw him on camera he looked different! Almost like he wasn’t well! Has he spiralled or something!?
Mate…. So sorry to see this. I know we spoke about this car when you were at our place & how excited you were for the finished product. Gutted for you & as you say it happens a lot but usually gets brushed under the carpet.
Dont give up on it, it deserves to be finished one way or another 😊
Fireman sanj is waiting with his hat and extinguisher 😂
You have handled this superbly. There are so many that would have gone in guns blazing. The audacity of the workshop involved but have no shame as with one word you could ruin them with the size of your platform. Another note; just goes to show how invested fans are in the channel and you Jamie when they are questioning this project on totally unrelated videos. Love the channel, keep on keeping on!
It’s got to be going out to Austria to see that mad man building those mental R32’s and R36’s 😬
Was thinking the same. That guy knows his stuff!
Austria bound
I hear Austria looks good in winter. Seeing the fat-outlay gear in this build, it just makes sense to have Klaus steer it in the right direction. I guess it's all about budget at this point and 'ol boy over there must charge a pretty penny for the types of builds coming through his shop. I'm sure he'd do a little discount even just out of curiosity to play with a unique setup.
I remember when you came to my house when you first bought the cupra to pick up some bits from me for the integra. Glad you’re keeping it J. Gonna be good when it’s all done - sequential 😂 Mad man
This video hit home so hard for me. I've been trying to build my 04 Mustang GT for track purposes, using various garages for help, and my car is in worse shape than when I bought it. You tell the shops with clear goals and intentions and they'll happily go along with you and then trash your shit. These needs to be a criminal act in my opinion, especially when we are paying for the work and they aren't doing it and making it worse
It's going to Austria,
My guess any ways be a mad build.
If not josh
I know the feeling man..sorry to hear this, I was so excited when I saw the plan for this car.
2 years ago my car had a write off, so I decided to buy my dream car, it was a 2007 Audi S3, it was great until the piston ring “holder” broke and the engine needed a rebuild, my mechanic who I used for 6years said not need to worry he takes it apart and rebuild it, I just need to get the parts I want, so I decided to do a full build, spent over 8k in parts, took them to him and waited, I went every 2 weeks to see how is he getting on with, after a year not even touching the car, I sad ok, i sort out the block and the head, so he just needs to put it together.. I called him to get the parts ready and i pick it up in a week time.. A week later I went to him and the car was nowhere.. He said he sent the car with all the parts to an another garage.. I went to the other garage spoke to them and they told me, because they took it apart and left it outside uncovered the bottom end is done and the head is missing. So I went back to confront the first garage and they said everything in the car and they haven’t done anything wrong.. because I haven’t paid anything to them I can’t even do anything about it.. now I have a rolling shell and an another block that got built, but unfortunately I ran out of budget..I don’t even know when I will be able to afford to get it back on the road..
It’s just so said that people promising and then just stab you in the back..
I wish all the best with the Cupra, I can’t wait to see it finished.
Everyone be aware where you take your cars..
If they done this to you…..
so sad but you the man to make it happen 🙏🙏🙏
Straight cut gears would sound lovely too!
Name and shame the melts Jamie
Ben & Dan @ Devil Developments
@@Gentlemen_london_ben used to work for devils but hasn't done for a year, dan has never been anything to do with devils
@@Gentlemen_london_ They will be going bust next week then. I would suggest anyone with a car there to go get it back ASAP
You're a true gentleman total respect to you, you'll get it sorted bigger and better than ever 👍👍
Varatech... Sanj with firehat will sort it 😂😂😂
Always look on the positive side ! as much as its difficult , a visit to Turbo elite for a real build seems the way to go ! The work there is amazing and this is right up there street ! Cant wait to see this build be what its ment to be. Name and shame of you dont get compensated by the messer !
Literally EVERY bodyshop. The same feeling 😅
never paint anything!
Thank you for the heads up! I was going to take my Cupra to them for a mad build but luckily for me after watching this video, I'm not. Good luck with the build, look forward to watching the future Cupra vids.
Jamie, a lot of the community know about the issues you've faced. Theres a long line of people who have had similar issues. I would get in contact with either Ares Tuning or Decimal Tenths. They should be ideal to help you with your goals here.
What’s the issue
Plz tell
Decimal tenths is the last place I'd be recommending from my personal experience with them. They had 5 attempts to fix the issues they caused when they built my engine and in the end they gave up and washed their hands of it, I had to buy and build another engine and redo everything they done
@@ceeedubyaha... still spreading bullshit lies on the Internet 🤣.
True that we all had that in some shape or form hats off to you and Ricky for what we get to see
Sad to see what happened to this legend but i have a feeling this thing may be going to austria to turboelite
this is the story of my car too. =( have had my car rest for almost 10 years now, each time just a small bit gets done or no progress. seeing you go through this you have my compassion bro. keep up. im not letting mine stay like this either
With all due respect theres dudes out there who would've done a better job besides their full time jobs.
Goodluck on the cupra, being a Cupra 5F owner myself I'd love to see it finished.
I know this polish guy in Scotland who would build this is a heartbeat best mechanic I have came across and really fair priced mate
Take it to the turbo elite guys you did the videos with Jamie. I would think that would be a series everyone would really want to see and you’ll get probably a build on that extra level that very few can offer. That would probably make it worth the all the effort and headaches. It’s your business at the end of the day and I would think that a build collab with those guys would be a first in the uk or at least one of very very few. 👊
5:50 Look I am just a random bystander, but I would like to point out that shops get all kinds of deliveries with packing materials.
I see no reason the removed panels should be allowed to scratch or notch each other.
If you know you’re not going to be buttoning it up anytime soon, cover the panels after you remove them. (referring to the garage) Industrial Saranwrap is very cheap. Plastic panels cannot last forever, so covering them if you are slow to deliver is the least you can do….
Thats why you never work with people who dont have PASSION !!! The money amount does not matter.
Not sure how to reply after watching. I wanna say sorry firstly that your car has been ruined. I’ve sadly had similar, my pride and joy, after a £12k bill on wide arching, full respray and resto I then decided to engine swap and had a garage undertake the work. My car came back needing another full respray and a fair bit of body work redoing and they didn’t want to know. I am so glad to hear you haven’t given up, like I have. Can’t wait for the next video and thanks for keeping us updated for the people that care about this build 🙏🏻
As an American, i love when he says “Let me pop the bonnet”
Definitely need to hopefully find someone so genuine that can fix this to evm better than you expected!, dont give up on it!, when this is done its going to be hell of a story🤞🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Respect bro for keeping it real, telling the truth. Bro, you are such an awesome person. We don't want you to go through these things, these scam tuners are really a shame to the car world. If I lived in the UK I would have definitely helped you out. Keep it up mate, you'll get through it brother💪
Keep going bro it will be worth it these are projects not investments so don’t worry about the money
Give the car to VaraTechnik!! Gotta reward them for all the work they did to the s***box.
Other people had issues there
Sorry to hear about the cupra, same as what happened to living life fast on one of his builds a few years back. These companies need to be named & shamed to stop this happening to others. Hope all ends well soon.
Humble guy, how you haven’t exposed people unlike other UA-cam creators is point proven, but honestly bro I’d finish the build and feel greater rewards from it but keep it up love the content ❤
Totally understand your pain and I work in the industry and too be honest I and we would love too know who the builder was as anyone I would catch pulling my pants down would see my wrath I also have many contacts and would not be sending any of my customers to them …..
The thing is i have about 5 friends with littco turbos and they all had at least one blown or problems with it since new, one of my mates blew just after install and it’s mad
@@AlexSisuRo I know many people running littco turbos no issue, for a turbo to blow after fitting they clearly didn’t prime it, you’ve fit a Fastline turbo 😅😅😅
I fit an littco l380x in 2020 and it’s still on the car 4 years later over 30k miles
@ That’s good man hopefully you never have a issue with it
Respect for not stooping to their level. You could very easily have named them but integrity can't be bought.
Best thing you can do is learn from the experience and build new bridges because the truth will come out one day and you'll be the bigger/better man when it does.
Having said that, you've got to finish it now and promote the shiznit out of everyone who has helped make it a monster!
What?! 😂😂how is it showing integrity not naminf them to followers who are the reason he can do this stuff who will get ripped off by these people that he’s promoted? F off man he don’t care as long as he makes money he happy for you to lose it or he would say the name.
@@AI-Records24 you don't know much about business do you.
@ love when people say that because I guarantee my turnover is higher
You had me Jamie. I had my head in my hands thinking this is the worst nightmare anyone who loves cars, let alone having their own car built, would want to see. I did think it was the end during the view and spotted the truck thinking "Just maybe there's a catch here!". Let's go Jamie - let this little beast live! I cannot wait to see this journey continue as a former Cupra owner!
Why was devil developments messing you around as well?
Wondered the same
Same
Because these companies make more money doing maps on a daily basis than long term one off projects
Wondering the same, regardless of earning more money from maps if they take it on and start work it's disgusting to let someone down....name and Shame!!! Plus if a big company like devil developments can screw you over everyone should know...maybe the loss of work will change them?
Name and shame the builder. People need to be warned about garages that treat dreams this poorly.
Ben & Dan from Devil Developments! They don't work there anymore.
@Gentlemen_london_ wasnt Devil Developments
Ben used to work there, dan has never been anything to do with devils
You need to find a company with a proven track history of building cars like this. You have dealt with people who at best took on more than they could handle thinking they would be able to figure it out.
You need yo name these people to stop this happening to others, as thats alot of money.
Period
Performance mechanic for 12+ years here.
Arp headstuds dont just break. They're extremely high quality.
They've overtightend it on install, likely from wrong torque sequence or un-callibeated torque wrench, or no torque wrench lol.
I'm still waiting to see the bmw 335D.only real OG'S will remember this
Bmw 335D diesel yeah lol
Who's gonna tell him😒,so you a real OG huh?
he doesn’t have the 335d anymore… X4M competition is the new daily
@@sinclairhadebe5867 I'm not talking about the white one from last year, the one I'm on about was 3+ years ago
Let's go bro. Can't wait to see it running. Much love from the USA.
Why did you take it away from Devil Developments?
Because Ben left devil's and he was in charge in the cupra r36 build
Amazing to see what has happened with regards to this car! You have defo got to continue this to show yourself you can do it! Appreciate why you wouldn't want to name and shame however these people need to be so others can avoid this sort of thing!
Name and shame so more people don’t become victims 🙄✊🏻
A think folk already know his name he was a feature on og videos for years and done so much of his work and tunning. He’s ginger remember ?
@@jackwatson5400no he removed it from devil developments and took it to someone else who did this.
He don’t care if you do
It’s always tougher to continue on from someone else’s work than to have done the job yourself from the beginning. Different way of doing things, a lot of time tracing everything back to see what’s been done/hasnt been done. Really hope you get this one done!
Boycott devil developments innit.
It wasn't devil Developments that did this
@ didn’t he take it out of devil developments, that’s what he said in the video isn’t it?
@@jakemoore6605 correct, but it was after it left that this video is about
The car left devils nearly a year ago
@ my bad, the video is a little confusing cos it doesn’t directly state what the garage is and that Geeza Ben was working on it for the most time in DD etc then after as well so yeah not clear.
This happens too often to good people, sorry you had to go through this man
Its absolutley shambolic that he could do this to you knowing your reach 😮
Respect to you for not naming him
This certain individual also stole parts from my car
Just to clarify devil developments are not at fault in this situation
A memeber of staff that used to work there used to look after jamies car as he was the so called vag specialist.
This particular individual has stolen and robbed of many others inc devil developments .
Does this certain individual have a name with 3 letters? Surely not him
@@N1NJAKIDD Ben?
How is it respect for not naming him when others can fall victim because he didn’t name and shame? Nah
@@AI-Records24 Jamie can't name him because he could be forced to take the video down. It's called defamation
Had a similar issue with my 89 s-10 blazer. Had to threaten getting a lawyer involved. Finally got back and was not even done right. Never paying all up front again. Only put half down.