Mark, have you contacted Crutchfield about this? I've had very good service
from them in the past and have had no trouble returning things either. You
should also call their technical support line and make sure they shipped you
the right part number.
---Mike, near Houston.--- http://www.mikesdakota.com
'93 V8 4X2 MarkIII
Houston Area DML Meet Page
http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/downs/9221
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark & Jennifer <mbohn@teleport.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 11:38 PM
Subject: DML: My own private MTX Hell
> Let's see, where do I begin?
> My wife ordered the MTX Thunderform from Crutchfield on May 19th for my
> birthday on the 27th. It was backordered and no one had any idea how long
> it would take to get one, so they said that when it did come in they would
> upgrade the shipping to next day free of charge. I called periodically to
> check the order status and on June 10th Crutchfield said it had shipped
out
> at 12:01 AM that morning (so I should get it on the 11th, right?). It had
> been shipped standard 2nd day and with the weekend, it didn't arrive until
> today (Monday). Oh well, it's here, I'm excited, lets put that baby in!
> Hmmm. The bolt holes don't line up. Not only that, some of the bolts
> aren't quite long enough. And what's this? The rear side panels no
longer
> go back where they belong because the T-Form is about 1/2" taller than the
> stock tool tray. This will require me to trim 1/2" off the bottom of the
> panels. Oh, joy. And, to top it all off, I took it to a local stereo
shop
> to have an amp installed and they discovered that one of the subs was
dead!
> Not only that, but the subs weren't even wired up inside the box! They
> finally got the amp installed, bolted the box down from underneath the
cab,
> and stuffed the empty sub-hole with poly-fill (until I can get a
replacement
> sub) and it now sounds just OK. Yes, I have bass, but it's not quite what
I
> expected. Wish me luck getting the sub replaced in a timely manner.
>
> Marko in Portland, OR
> '97 Flame Red Dak SLT, CC 3.9L Auto
> Gibson Cat-Back
> Tinted Windows
> 1/2 MTX Thunderform
> Phoenix Gold XS2300
>
>
>
>
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