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Old Jun 8, 2008, 08:15 PM
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Thumbs down turbochargers.com/artisan performance

hey guys,
just came from the tc forums to warn everyone about turbo chargers.com and its sister company artisan performance. artisan performance used to be known as zpi, they used to specialize in tc and do some subi work as well. about a year or so ago they went under and scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money, me being one of them. as they were shutting down they still took orders and let cars into their shop, when the time came they locked serveral customers vehicles in their shop and took off to texas. this is where turbo chargers comes into play, kenny strickler manager and owner of zpi convinced them to become part of their shop under the name of artisan performance. turbo chargers is harboring a thief, i believe you guys should think twice before buying from such a shady company.

here is a link to the scionlife forums where all of this played out: http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=187111

close to the end of the thread pg. 50 some one finds that he is registered under turbo chargers and uses the old companies email.
on page 54 there is an previous associate of kenny describing his "work ethics".

here is a link to a picture of the thief....he is the one in the center.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q...xMarketing.jpg

thanks.

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Old Jun 8, 2008, 08:19 PM
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thanks for the heads up

dont buy from deadbolt either

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lol welcome to 2004. kenny is a joke and i know him personaly. he has always been a joke and has done nothing but **** peoples cars up and rip them off. his shop redline motersports and zpi were both up the road from me. both were a joke. he is probably the junkiest of the junkiest people on earth. and he likes men.

edit, just for the record. turbo2liter. is probably the biggest *** in the world. he is almost just as junkie as kenny.

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Old Jun 8, 2008, 08:48 PM
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True story. Only thing on this planet gayer than Kenny Strickler is his hair.
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Originally Posted by geektunedevo
lol welcome to 2004. kenny is a joke and i know him personaly. he has always been a joke and has done nothing but **** peoples cars up and rip them off. his shop redline motersports and zpi were both up the road from me. both were a joke. he is probably the junkiest of the junkiest people on earth. and he likes men.

edit, just for the record. turbo2liter. is probably the biggest *** in the world. he is almost just as junkie as kenny.
Originally Posted by spoolinbaby
True story. Only thing on this planet gayer than Kenny Strickler is his hair.

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lol
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Is it true that Dave Buschur is his uncle?
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502 taking over..
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Originally Posted by spoolinbaby
True story. Only thing on this planet gayer than Kenny Strickler is his hair.
Thats too funny. I almost spit out my coffee here at work.
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I don't know if what I hear is true or not, but I thought Turbochargers.com was under new management.
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Nice

Interesting info. I went to the dyno day they had over the weekend at Turbochargers.com. I actually talked to Kenny, he said he was hired about 7 months ago as a manager to help promote the artisan name along with helping turbochargers.com grow. Lol, he even mentioned there is some bad blood between him and buschur. Well, this sucks. They were so close to where I live. I wonder if the owner of turbochargers.com knows of his history. Hmmm.
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yeah he is dave buschurs cousin... atleast thats what he always told people.
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Originally Posted by mithrandir7533
Interesting info. I wonder if the owner of turbochargers.com knows of his history. Hmmm.
Maybe you should enlighten him. Do it.
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lol i love it.
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Originally Posted by geektunedevo
lol welcome to 2004. kenny is a joke and i know him personaly. he has always been a joke and has done nothing but **** peoples cars up and rip them off. his shop redline motersports and zpi were both up the road from me. both were a joke. he is probably the junkiest of the junkiest people on earth. and he likes men.

edit, just for the record. turbo2liter. is probably the biggest *** in the world. he is almost just as junkie as kenny.
I'd probably buy a bike, mousetrap it within a week and become a gimp. WINLIGHTS.


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