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Sounds about right, I had to wait a few months for mine. It's a great intake, but d**n they are slow. I went thru exactly what that guy is going thru. I haven't heard anything about them closing down.

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Sounds about right, I had to wait a few months for mine. It's a great intake, but d**n they are slow. I went thru exactly what that guy is going thru. I haven't heard anything about them closing down.

 

I am that guy! I was on the phone with Outlaw this past week and the sales manager basically told me that the company is going to fold.

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that was on the fence about buying an Outlaw intake to check this out before blindly sending money to a distributor.

 

Chuck

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Woot that helped my decision, Volant for me

 

Yeah, I am asking for a refund for my Outlaw kit and I will either use my brother's drop in kit or suck it up and buy the Volant (I should have never sold my kit after I sold my 04 Silverado last year). Volant has great customer service and their kits are shipped out quickly.

 

Outlaw admitted that some of the final kits were delayed due to a supply or manufacturing problem with the metal bands. It would just be my luck to get one of those kits, encounter installation problems and have no recourse with a company that no longer exists.

 

This information is out there for anyone to do their own research on this. This could just be a bump in the road for Outlaw until they get more cash, find another plastics molding manufacturer or whatever their deal is. My personal feeling is to end my order with Outlaw in their current state, knowing what I know from my recent dealings with them. Again, do not use only what I have said as the gospel truth, do your own research and come up with your own conclusions.

 

Thanks,

Chuck

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their going out of business huh? darn, guess everyone will be hitting up Volant alot more now

 

Yeah, not a lot of closed systems on the market. I wish I had my old Volant back... I used to love the sound it made at WOT. Like an old 4 barrel carb. when the secondaries opened up. :D

 

Chuck

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I am that guy! I was on the phone with Outlaw this past week and the sales manager basically told me that the company is going to fold.

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that was on the fence about buying an Outlaw intake to check this out before blindly sending money to a distributor.

 

Oh your that guy! I feel for you, I was highly pissed, just because they sold me something they didn't have. I got the line of "were having troubles with our filter manufacture" This was at the time they were switching to the no oil filters. I demanded refunds twice in Emails and they never responded, then my kit showed up one day.

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I am that guy! I was on the phone with Outlaw this past week and the sales manager basically told me that the company is going to fold.

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that was on the fence about buying an Outlaw intake to check this out before blindly sending money to a distributor.

 

Oh your that guy! I feel for you, I was highly pissed, just because they sold me something they didn't have. I got the line of "were having troubles with our filter manufacture" This was at the time they were switching to the no oil filters. I demanded refunds twice in Emails and they never responded, then my kit showed up one day.

 

 

Yeah, now it's the metal band manufacturer that created the backorders. I wish they could get their act together because I have heard nothing bad about their product. Fits like a glove and out performs a lot of other systems at a lower cost. I think they are just plagued by their manufacturer suppliers. If they were a stronger company moving a lot of product, I would have no problem buying from them, but it sounds like they are just trying to get the last of the kits together to fulfill their remaining orders and then that's it. I didn't like the sound of that. Make me nervous that I may receive some substandard kit with no company to back it up. Luckily, the distributor I bought it from is a stand-up guy with a great reputation for standing behind what he sells and will issue me a prompt refund.

 

Right now, my purpose is to get the word out to others that may be looking into buying from Outlaw. I can't stress this enough... do some research into this and ask around before buying. Outlaw's current state has some distributors offering refunds for recent kit orders and calls to Outlaw this past week have not been answered or returned. But this may just be a bump in the road for them and maybe they will come back stronger then ever, I don't know. If that happens, I will stand in line with money in my hand, but not now.

 

I hope this helps others... I am done preaching now. Go back to your regularly scheduled programming.

 

Chuck

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