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josh s
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11/29/2002
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 Subject: THE TRUTH ABOUT WHIPLASH PERFORMANCE!
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i'm not trying to slam anyone. it's just i'm tired of the gossip and the "i heard this and i heard that" about something that could efect the reason for some coming to this website for advice, so here's the truth about whiplash performance center inc. and their acts with in their business. sorry about the long post, but alot of people need to know the truth!
from www.insurancejournal.com
"July 13, 2001
A pair of Fresno, Calif., residents were arrested following a 10-month investigation by the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch's Fraud Division and several other task forces, including the California Highway Patrol, the Fresno County HEAT Team, the Fresno County District Attorney's Office, the National Insurance Crime Bureau and the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
After serving search warrants at Whiplash Performance Center Inc., and Performance Wholesale Inc., Robert "Robbie" Lee Baker and his sister Karie Fabits were arrested.
Baker, 30, the manager of both businesses, and Fabits, 25, who served as bookkeeper and salesperson, were each arrested on a pair of counts of insurance fraud and booked into the Fresno County Jail on $10,000 bail. If convicted, both could serve up to 10 years in state prison and $100,000 in fines.
In the last year and a half, the CDI Fresno's Regional Fraud Office obtained information from a number of insurance companies, including Allstate, Farmers, CSAA, and State Farm, in relation to suspected fraudulent insurance claim activity allegedly being conducted by an automotive repair and retail parts business called Whiplash Performance Center Inc., specializing in the repair and sale of four-wheel drive vehicle equipment.
Special investigators from a number of insurance companies stated they investigated several auto thefts of four-wheel drive vehicles where the vehicles recovered were stripped and/or burned.
According to the findings, the claimants, customers and/or employees of Whiplash Performance are alleged to have provided Whiplash Performance sales receipts for costly after-market parts, which included high performance engines that were missing at the time of recovery.
At the time Special Investigators checked on the validity of the receipts, employees of Whiplash Performance, including Baker and Fabits, allegedly authenticated the receipt.
Insurance company Special Investigators claim the vehicle thefts were staged and the reported stolen parts never either reached the vehicles or they were removed prior to the staged theft. Investigators also believe the claimants accidentally damaged a number of the suspect vehicles (off-road accidents), with the thefts staged to get the insurance companies to repair or replace them.
As a result of the activities, the insurance companies paid out more than $100,000 in fraudulent claims.
Other employees and customers who allegedly took part in illegal insurance fraud scams with the pair, may also be arrested in the near future as investigators continue gathering evidence."
it's your choice on what type of company makes your lift kit now.
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Knobbyman
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11/29/2002
11:33:32
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I rest my case.
AIM Industries / Truckin' Suspension should be in the same boat.. but I guess they are alittle slicker then the Whiplash people.
-www.knobbyman.com
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josh s
Dodge Dakota
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11/30/2002
21:54:27
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knobby i'll do some research for you on those / that company(s). i have a funny feeling about them to.
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Joe E.
Dodge Dakota
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12/01/2002
15:25:29
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Please do, Id love to hear about them. Even tho I know the problems Knobby has had and stuff, I am just about desprate enough to try their 3in lift for my truck, a 1990 2wd. I have asked them time and time again for a number of a past customer who has that lift and they cant come up with any. ????????????? Wonder Y? Anyways please look into it.
Joe E.
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Knobbyman
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12/02/2002
22:46:01
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Joe E.
They'll tell you they have a product .. what ever product your looking for they'll tell you they have.. When you order it .. they'll create it.. Of course they have no way to check if it will actually work. That's the problem w/ there designing.. that and the metal they use sucks and there welders .. well I don't think they had any clue that metal expands when it's heated when they were making my lift.
Stay away from them.. If you want it done right.. take it to a local shop and ask them how much to fab a custom lift for your truck.
-www.knobbyman.com
-Sold '01 Dakota
-'02 Cougar Stock
----Mud Only Breaks It Faster----
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josh s
Dodge Dakota
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12/03/2002
20:59:03
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damn knobbyman these guys are slicker than a hood of a dakota with five coats of wax on it. and what's even worst is that these guys have charmed the hell out of the mini trucking / import worlds. bottomline man, i can't find $HIT on these guys. i'm so sorry, but if i find something in my journey in informing the consumer you'll be the first to know man. once again i'm sorry that i could not help you.
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