DO NOT BRING YOUR CAR HERE!!! I had used Lee a couple times in the past to install an audio system and sound deadening on my former vehicle (a stock Ford Focus ST) with the only issue being me overhearing him say "that fu#@er said he was gonna call me back" to his wife when he called me and didn't realize I had already picked up the phone. When I got my new car (a Ford Focus ST with a larger turbo and meth injection system), I called him to transfer the equipment over and return the old car to the stock system as I never had a problem with his actual work. He assured me that he would "take care of me" but was evasive every time I asked him for a hard quote. Nevertheless, I trusted his words and dropped my car off. Big mistake.
He proceeded to tear my car apart from top to bottom to install sound deadening material even though all I told him was I simply wanted him to transfer the system over and install a radar detector. Again, he assured me that we were "going to do it right" this time and he would take care of me so I didn't object.
After over a week of waiting, my car was finally ready to be picked up. When I arrived, I immediately noticed a giant blue "Impact Audio 248-366-6900" sticker on my rear windshield. He saw me looking at it and let me know I could take it off but that it "looks really good with this color". He was showing me the work he had done when he said "this car has some weird horsepower with the front wheel drive". I looked at him dumbfounded and he tells me, "I took it for a little spin". I was pretty much speechless at this point. He then proceeded to hand me a bill for $2,600 which was about $1,000 more than I wanted to spend and assured me that it was a "really good deal". However, I found the radar detector online for $350 but Lee charged me $550 for it ($200 to install a radar detector?). A while later, I got a message from the radar detector saying "Speed trap approaching" on I-75. This detector let's you mark areas where you see speed traps but I had never done so. This makes me think he sold me a unit that was already used. But this was only the start of my problems.
The next day, I noticed the roof was bent very badly in the corner where it meets the windshield and the airbag light was on. Lee assured me that the airbag light would go away by itself but to bring it back to fix the roof. However, he he was ultimately unable to fix it. Also, shortly after, my water / meth injection system went out. The mechanic I brought my car to told me in all likelihood, the guys at impact audio grounded it out and fried it when they were installing the system. They also commented on the shoddy electrical work they had done (using scotchlocks instead of tying the wires together). Fixing this ultimately cost me $500.
When winter started, I noticed that the rear defroster didn't work. I took the car back to the same mechanic who asked me if I had took out the center console. I reminded him about the work Impact Audio had done and he said there were all kinds of things broken behind it, screws missing etc. and that whoever was back there "didn't give a fu@k about your car". This was the reason the rear defroster light was broken and the airbag light was on. Another $150 out of pocket.
Take your car to Mickey Shorr or any other large shop but save yourself the $$$ and heartache and do not bring it to Lee. read more