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Old 11-12-2005, 11:24 PM   #2
L84THSKY
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All I can say in his defense is that I went to his house about a month ago, and picked up his new M-tech rear bumper. The bumper is brand new, and I paid $275.00 for it.

I've already posted pics of the bumper previously.

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Originally Posted by 96cali
Hey guys, I wanted to give you a heads up on Vigilantemotors aka Lukas Adkins as he is now screwing some of you over for parts and money. Myself, Dusten, Tman and PettitWC have decided to make his history known to everyone. To make a long story short he really made things difficult for me and a few other bimmerforums members 3 years ago when he first started parting out this black clubsport. Yes, 3 years ago. He blew the motor and wanted to do an M swap so he sold parts, collected money but only shipped/refunded after things got UGLY. In the end he refunded $$ and shipped parts to me. Up till now I have lurked on his 318ti.org thread to see if he does ok. I let him know I was watching and seems a few people got parts alright so I did not intervene. Now I see he has not changed. I know this is potentially too late so also accept my apologies for not getting invloved sooner. Here is some of the story:

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...archid=2405169

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ghlight=adkins

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ghlight=adkins

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...ghlight=adkins

He seems to be a decent kid who just lies or over promises. Kind of messed up and immature. Again, I apologize for giving him a second chance. If it's any consolation, the last go around the stakes were higher- $500 for me, $800 for another and $1000's for his engine. To know the whole crazy story, click some of these links. In the end, he did OK by me and made full refund and shipped parts. He even later shipped some parts at his expense then I sent them back cuz I did not want them. Make up your own mind but you deserve to know.

BTW he also sells on ebay as mpowercompact and uses someone elses paypal account, so he told me.

http://motors.search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmpowercompact

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. If anyone wants to come to his defense please do. Maybe I'm seeing only one side...
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