2nd Gen RESZ fabrication group buy/discount thread! its live!

Fun comes in 3s. All of the frame bolts were off a total of 1/4 inch. Got sick of fucking around and grab a step bit and went to town.

Had to unbolt the left side of the power steering cooler and push it into not rub. Still have to finish wiring. And trim off the skid plate front.

Amazing they even sent these bumpers out with all these problems. Didnt even try to fix any of the issues we had pointed out.

 

oof silly question for yall. Weather is finally nice this weekend and got some free time to bolt up the bumper, but I'm looking around and realized that I didn't see any hardware or bolts that came with the bumper. Only the two bumper spacers and some stickers lol. Anyways, did yall receive bolts with the bumper, or did yall reuse the OEM ones?

 

Reuse the studs and nuts already on there.

 

And charge up all the batteries for your drill!

 

haha gotcha boss, thanks!
Bumper looks clean btw. Just curious, but did your bumper not have the "RESZ" cutout on the front? lol

 

No...i specifically asked them not to cut it in...with the off chance that someone would ask me who built it and I would have flashbacks of the last 8 months...

 

Just finished up the rest this afternoon...still need to fix wiring and cut the skid plate.

 

Digging the quadruple tow hook set up haha.

 

Glad someone is digging it, cause im not. Had them laying around the garage and threw them on of shits...Thinking of pulling them back off and just painting the factory ones.

 

So just making sure, did everyone that purchased a bumper recieve it? I still never got our extra 5% back...

 

Im pretty sure all 5 got their bumpers...Once the smoke and heat goes away, still need to make some small changes and cut the skid plate.

@TobyCPA did you ever get yours installed?

 

One of these days I'm actually going to get around to aligning mine properly.

 

The white on white looks awesome. Ive been slacking on mine and really need to get the back bumper blacked out.

 

Thanks brother haha, I’m pretty happy with going white on white. The black looks clean, but wanted something a bit different. I also need to color match my back bumper as well lol. Are you going with aftermarket or keeping your back bumper OEM?

 

Anyone starting to see rust? Pretty sure I'm gonna have to pull it off and Rhino line it sometime soon.

 

seeing some rust around the tow hooks lol. Hoping it’s just surface rust. Where is yours rusting?

 

Little bit of everywhere. Gonna inspect it a little better when I get home next week. Just noticed it as I was walking out the door and was already late.

 

Fyi

 

Did they close? I wasn't expecting them to fix it.

 

From their last ins post certainly seems that way. Just posting since I thought this was an active group buy. Maybe I am wrong.

 

Group buy was completed last year...But was kind of a shit show.

 

Definitely a shit show, long wait times, ill fitting, slow to no responses, still owed everyone in the group buy the extra incentive for meeting the milestone, I think it like $40-$50.

I’m not seeing any rust, well around the edges of the spacers but they did come unfinished. My truck does sit a lot and we don’t get much rain or anything but sun in SoCal

 

Didnt want to logo cut out cause of winter and rust. And i only average about 5k miles a year. Im thinking rocks hitting the powder coat. Ill get some pics, but wasn't impressed for only 1 year installed.

 

a few close ups of my tow hooks. My truck does sit outside, with little to no rain.

 

In case anyone is still trying to actively communicate with Resz Fab, it looks like the end is near for the business.

They were apparently evicted from the building they were running their business for non-payment of rent, and all employees have quit.

There's a facebook group here for people who have been scammed by this company, including testimonials from neighbors who were nextdoor to his business:

 

The guy is a loser and is trying to get people to feel bad for him. One of the guys I'm friends with on Instagram is messaging him directly and he is playing the woe is me card but yet still has sales going on his website.... he's a piece of work

 

He can’t be as bad as Joe. You can kill people and get out of jail the same day. This type of behavior is apparently what the majority wants. I have zero hope for America. It’s being overrun by a minority of misfits. Expect experiences like this to become more common.

 

I am one of the guys who got scammed by him. I bought a front bumper, full skid plates, and sliders for my FJ last year during black friday sales. I was leaning towards other brands due to anticipation of my second child who was scheduled to be born in July of 2022. I told Mike (the owner) I wanted to go a different route because I was worried some of the items wouldn't get here by May as I wanted everything installed before the 2nd child was born.

Mike promised me I'd everything by May 1st. Well excuse after excuse after excuse, he kept pushing my receive date. I've already filed a claim with CC company (almost used my debit card back then) and have moved forward with my FJ project. I hope justice gets served for Resz fab. Wish I saw the writings on the wall but apparently some FJ groups had removed negative posts against Resz Fab so some people like myself did not have a chance to be warned. Live and learn.