I've never written a yelp; nor a negative review on here before, but all it took was one phone call and now i'm off on my horses.
I was searching for lifts for my fully independent suspension 2010 ford explorer, with suspension of similar setup of a crown vic, I felt like it was appropriate to contact this business seeing as they sell lifts for crown vic's also of that would accommodate my suspension with one exception; a differential drop. Although this fabrication process would be an easy go, I felt more comfortable letting a bigger business that's known for lifting independent suspensions take the lead in such an idea.
I called their number around 4pm EST yesterday (3pm in their time zone; as to the times listed as hours of operation on their website) I let the phone ring for a little bit, and all I could hear was "CAN I HELP YOU ??" of course I asked if this was universal car lifts; as to the man replied with "yes it is"... oh wow okay off to an amazing start. Such professionalism! I'd totally want this guy to build a suspension for me that i'll be driving around on!
I explained that I had a 2010 Ford Explorer; to which I got violently cut off to "an explorer??" ... then I politely explained that I'm on an independent suspension and saw that his business was very familiar to lifting a suspension such as mine. Again I got cut off; "WE DONT HAVE ANYTHING FOR THAT" okay, I understand; I just wanted to see if this was a project your shop would be willing to take on. He searched up my year make and model; "YUP WE DONT HAVE IT". Wow dude, can I explain myself? Can I speak? I just gave up. I said "oh alright; thank you" to which he replied "MHM" and that was it.
Now, I've been in the lifted community for such some time; and i've contacted multiple fabrication shops to lift my explorer to 7.5"... all of them would either take it on or decline. Which is fine; it's your business and I can't hold you to that! But I wish I could've just even so explained that I wanted to commission, or maybe even just talk to him about what would be needed to go up a little more on my strut spacers, but I couldn't even get a full sentence out on the phone.
Please read the reviews on here, what a shame. What's even more of a shame is that I have a budget of $8K to go towards this project & was excited to share this with a business that seemed to know what they were doing, but what a fool I am for contacting a universal lift kit business to acquire about a lift kit.
Luckily, I am now i'm contact with liftabrand.com! If ANYONE needs a donk kit or any questions regarding an independent suspension lift; GO TO THEM! DO NOT CONTACT THESE PEOPLE. Liftabrand has AWESOME customer service and won't cut you off when you have an idea or question. That's all you want from a business!
If you care about your car, love your build; and want to feel the same passion and fire about it with the people making it, again;;;; LIFTABRAND!!! read more