HSD Coilovers 05 STi... an apology to Caleb, Will and Josh

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Hi everyone,

Just thought I'd post this particular issue up on the forums as a gesture of good will and just to let my customers know that I'm serious when it comes to solving issues with products.

Basically, I have 3 customers on these forums (Caleb, Josh & Will) who have all purchased HSD Type-HR coilovers to suit 05 STi within the last few weeks.

A small issue has arisen, which I will explain.

1. The lower brackets for the front coilovers have a different width and spacing between the lower strut bolts, from 05 onwards STi (any model with the 5x114.3 hub installed).

2. Initially, the HSD distributor in Australia, Otomoto, sent out the sets of coilovers with ordinary WRX brackets on the front coilovers.

3. After we found out these were wrong, I ordered the apparent correct brackets from Otomoto. These were sent to me from Otomoto within 2 days from door to door. These brackets turned out to be the correct WIDTH, but not the correct bolt spacing.

4. So, onto Otomoto again, and they called HSD in Asia and had the correct brackets supposedly sent out from the factory, about 3 weeks ago... these were supposed to hit Sydney within 5 days, and then to me overnight express from Sydney.

5. Last week, I was informed that HSD held off on the delivery of the brackets, because we required 3 sets as opposed to 1... so in their apparent wisdom, they decided to produce the 2 other sets and hold off on the 1st delivery, so they could send them all at once (probably to save on delivery or something similarly stupid!). I was assured that these were sent definitely this time. NOT ACCEPTABLE in my opinion.

6. It's now been 8 days since this occurred last Monday, and they still haven't arrived. This is also not acceptable in my opinion.


So I hope I don't sound like a broken record telling you guys on a daily basis that we're still waiting on them, but I've really got no other choice but to pass on what Otomoto tell me.. I speak to Otomoto on a daily basis, to find out where these brackets are, and they haven't received them yet.

For this I apologise, and I'm truly sorry that these brackets have taken so long to get here!

This is basically the last thing I need, because for a start I hate disappointing people, and secondly, as my business is very small and limited in what I sell, it works on word of mouth. This sort of event does not help the business at all.

So from here, I'm going to offer you all a refund on the coilovers if you don't want to wait any longer, or you can keep holding off for the brackets.. which officially, I expect to hit the supplier this week.

I haven't asked the supplier to honour the refunds yet, but I'm taking a risk here and hoping they will!

I'd like to assure the rest of my customers that WRX and STi (up to 04) coilovers are in stock and the correct brackets will come with all sets at the time of order. For anyone with 05 onwards STi, I will not be able to order any further 05 onwards STi sets, until the correct brackets are in stock.

Thanks guys, and again I do apologise for this delay!!