Circuit City hacks up a 07 Civic
03-31-2008, 11:23 AM
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Circuit City hacks up a 07 Civic
Installs gone wrong certainly aren't all that uncommon, but the tale told by one VTECnical of the 8thcivic.com forum is undoubtedly a cut above the rest, and could well have you reconsidering that suction cup option. As VTECnical tells it, he bought a Pioneer AVIC Z2 GPS unit and some other components from Circuit City last July for more $3,000 and decided to let their installers do the installation work for him -- apparently after he was told that it'd slide into his Honda Civic without any modifications.The problems then allegedly began when the installer whipped out a heat gun, which was purportedly intended to be used to mold a mounting guide for the GPS unit but instead wound up melting one of the Civic's heating ducts. As if that wasn't enough, the installer apparently also used tape to hold the GPS unit in place, installed the antennae on the inside of the car instead of the outside, and used a glue gun to install the speakers instead of bolting them in place. All told, that apparently not only resulted in over $12,000 worth of damages but, according to the estimate from a Honda dealership, left the car "unsafe to drive." For its part, Circuit City apparently did eventually remove the equipment and refunded the full $3,000+, but VTECnical is now left dealing with Circuity City's third party insurance company to recover the rest of the damages.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhUhJmBStg
I am a installer at circuit city and if i know the person that did the install, i'd ***** slap the **** out of him for giving me and my crew a bad name @ circuit city concord, (we consider ourself to be best in the area, atlest used to before staff changes). thats some idiotic stuff that we'll make fun of best buy and fry's doing and especially GM Car Electronics, i've seen some pretty bad stuff comming to my store that came from gm, gm is just horrid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMhUhJmBStg
I am a installer at circuit city and if i know the person that did the install, i'd ***** slap the **** out of him for giving me and my crew a bad name @ circuit city concord, (we consider ourself to be best in the area, atlest used to before staff changes). thats some idiotic stuff that we'll make fun of best buy and fry's doing and especially GM Car Electronics, i've seen some pretty bad stuff comming to my store that came from gm, gm is just horrid.
03-31-2008, 01:10 PM
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when you do install, make sure to break off two little clips on top of the toyota pocket or else the radio wont sit right.
03-31-2008, 02:34 PM
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03-31-2008, 09:10 PM
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Wow... I am not really all that surprised... Circuit City is kinda hit or miss... The first time I went in there I got $300 worth of equipment (HU + Subs) and let their tech do the install on my Legacy Outback... It took 7 hours for them to install just the HU... I had to leave and came back another day for the subs... Everything worked... It wasn't until a few months later when I pulled apart the center console to put in the some switches that I realized there weren't and screws! everything was just clipped back into place! I was pissed and I never wanted to go back there...
But the the Subs stopped working... I had the protection plan so I went back to CC to get them replaced... the tech determined that they were blown and he was going to install a new set... halfway through the install he calls me and asks me where all of the screws are... I told him that the last CC tech that worked on my car had them... but he was cool and put new screws in all of the places where the old screws should have been...
But the the Subs stopped working... I had the protection plan so I went back to CC to get them replaced... the tech determined that they were blown and he was going to install a new set... halfway through the install he calls me and asks me where all of the screws are... I told him that the last CC tech that worked on my car had them... but he was cool and put new screws in all of the places where the old screws should have been...
03-31-2008, 09:22 PM
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Yeah, i hate those cats that give CC installers a bad rep. That fool should be fired. imma installer at CC in santa rosa. I heard about concord, u guys do pretty good. But damn .. 12k? that's deep . .
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