Hydraulic steering leaking profusely and locking up
Brakes won’t stop the vehicle
Failed inspection due to missing catalytic converters and e-brake
Rollcage was never powder coated as promised
E-lockers never installed as promised
Locking front hubs never installed as requested
No skid plate was ever installed under the vehicle as promised
Rear axle housing is wrong width and highly corroded. Never should have been used.
Rear axle housing has heat cracks in multiple places @ shave job and leaks from driver hub flange
ABS electronic lines continue to be crushed by bumpstops.
Rattle can overspray on my brand new steering, front axle, rear gas tank etc…..
I have already paid 4wpw over $4500 to install selectable lockers and front hubs, Ripley’s exhaust $1500 to fix exhaust and attempt brake fix. TAG estimates over $10K to fix rear axle, brakes, e-brake, steering etc…..
bKS
Spring,#2Consumer Comment
Wed, July 30, 2014
I am glad you are happy with your service, but I am out $8,000 to Kevin and his company.. I prepaid for parts being ordered and he kept saying they were on backorder, the next excuse was powder coating company damaged the parts and he had to reorder... now his business is gone.. So hopefully you do not have any more warranty work to be done. I talked to the owner of the biz park Higher Limits is (was) located and he mentioned being owed rent.. Kevin, you know who I am, so please call before lawyers get involved.
Relsound
Tomball,#3Author of original report
Wed, April 23, 2014
I am a Jeep owner/driver, not a rollcage fabricator. I know this much: I have a receipt for rollcage work and powdercoating of that rollcage. If the fabshop owner doesn't have enough forethought to see that far down the road, maybe he should stick to working on hunting jeeps.
If you are building a clean street legal rock rig with a soft top, you shouldn't rattle can overspray the customer's interior, gas tank, hydro steering, bump stops, and freshly rhino lined floor.
Thanks to TAG, I now have a $4500 complete rollcage that is being bolted into my frame and a fresh coating of rhino liner.
I have a second receipt showing 14bolt rear axle with electric locker (nobody makes this part, how could Kevin sell it?). This also was a bait and switch with a clearly rotted out dually axle that now has to have 2" wheel spacers that hold on 43" swampers. EVERYONE in the industry knows this is a terrible idea.
Thnaks to TAG, I now have a full-width, modern 14 bolt, shaved axle w/ARB that doesn't leak and has working brakes.
If you want to keep defending Kevin's crappy work on MY jeep, I will keep the pics and evidence coming. Not only here, but on all legit 4X4 forums and local car shows.
As far as abusing the jeep at any location, regardless of terrain that's nobody's d**n business but mine and why the heck else would I build a 1TON JK with 43" swampers and beadlock wheels????? To cruise the mall?
Bottom line everyone:
If you want a streetable custom 4x4 that is safe, functional and worthy of showing off to your friends, use Texas Auto Gear the first time (you could save $20K and 6 months of agrivation).
If you prefer leaky trans cooler lines (routed near your exhaust), over-flowing fuel every time you fill up, leaky diff housings, terrible brakes, no ebrake, missing cats (surprise!), 2" wheel spacers, frozen up steering box and a elementary grade school paint job on all your brand new gear, go see Kevin (he is a nice guy).
He can pull that off no problem.
foaracing
spring,#4Consumer Comment
Tue, April 22, 2014
I have had 3 different jeeps built by Higherlimits fab, all of them are in South Texas on a hunting ranch. The quality of the work is bar none and have had no issues what so ever. I highly recomend them to anyone. The customer that filed the complaint is not telling the whole truth one of my jeeps was built while his was there and he was informed of any and all that was going on with the prodject, and was told the axle company will not warranty the parts if a set of locking hubs were instaled,not to mention any person would know that you cant remove a roll cage and powdercoat it from a 4-door jeep there made as part of the body. It sounds to me that the jeep was never brought back to the shop for any "warranty" work or it would have been repaired by them. Also check out the pictures of what the customer does to the jeep on youtube and higherlimits website he abuses it and ONLY plays in the mud at Alto Texas so that probably voided any warranties anyway. The moral of the story is dont judge a book by its cover because here you will only get one side of the story.