Sam’s Radiator

If it was possible to give it half of one star I would not hesitate to. Sam’s Radiators has been in business for «years» so they say. If you want terrible service this is your place to come to. Dishonesty and horrible customer service should be placed somewhere along their windows. I took in my Semi-​Truck Radiator in to have it looked at. I told the guy that speaks somewhat slurred english and calls you «partner» after every sentence to look at my Radiator and to replace everything needed to be replaced. He agreed and said Okay we will have it done by today. By the time I come back to pick up my radiator they charge me a whopping $ 400 for it. As I was inspecting the work that they did… it did not seem to me that they changed everything out. They only changed the top gasket of the radiator and said they flushed out the whole radiator to make sure it was clean. Turns out they only cleaned half of the radiator and did not change the lower gasket on the bottom of the radiator. I asked them why they did not change the lower gasket… the guy replied with, «Well YOU didn’t tell me to do that… it’s going to be $ 175 EXTRA»…I looked at him square in the face and said…“Do you recall what I said when I dropped off the radiator???” He replied with, «yes, do what I need to do»…*take note that the bottom gasket of the radiator was burned and just by looking at it needed to be replaced…* As I argued with the man for 5 minutes about why he didn’t change it the infamous answer that could only defend his case was by saying that I told him not to change it… And he’s still wanting to charge me $ 175 Extra???
I ended leaving and paying the $ 400 dollars for half ass work and I found a location called Radiator King on S. Lamar… from the looks of it they seem more promising than Sams Radiator…
Now I don’t know if they wanted to charge me extra and rip me off because of my age… Whatever the case may be I recommend to find another place than this one… Unless you like half ass work and for them to pick at your wallet.

***DO NOT USE THIS PLACE FOR HOT RODS/​CLASSIC RESTORATIONS OR QUALITY FINISH WORK***
I always try and support local business but seemed to get burned quite a bit and normally don’t propagate negativity toward someone’s business. I simply just shake my head and move on — lesson learned. I took a «new radiator» that I bought from a clown off of Craig’s List who stated that the radiator had no leaks, just bent fins and surface damage caused by him trying to cram it in the engine compartment w/​out removing the fan. Turns out that the radiator was riddled w/​leaks, drain cock completely stripped, and there was non-​visible hairline crack around the drain cock housing… Buyer beware… no– the phrase should be, «don’t be a liar and fuck people over»…big middle finger to you Craig’s List douche!
Tried Sam’s Radiator on Airport, Told the guy it was going into a restoration car asked if he would pressure test and repair if needed. $ 130 dollars later the radiator comes back with fins still bent up and damaged, material rattling around inside and one of the shittyist finish jobs I have ever seen! Shitty Krylon rattle can (high tempered?) paint over slag, debris and chemicals left on surface prior to painting. My kindergartner would have done a better job prepping and painting this thing! …bitched about this shitty job to the guy (w/​manager right there hiding in the office) trying to get to some reasonable solution. The guy had the nerve to tell me that if I wanted it to look nice then he would have sold me a new radiator. What you don’t understand local business, is that there are many places that I could have taken this thing too but I chose YOU and you did a really shitty job and don’t even care to try and fix it to make it right. If the visible quality of your work is any indication of the overall quality, then yes small local business I probably should have bought a new radiator. Take your time and actually give a shit about customer service and the quality of work you do! Thanks for fucking up this portion of my project!