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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2010, 12:45:32 am »
I know that they lost a lot of their dealers ( us included) due to letting them down and oromising things that they simply couldnt deliver. We were also sick of the constant slagging off of other exhaust manufacturers EVERY time we spoke to them, we are still waiting for a replacement system (7 months ang counting) for a Clio that fell to bits just weeks after fitting, doubt we will ever see it now.

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2010, 03:18:44 am »
I read this on a build thread:

If anyone is wondering about Blueflame at the moment, they have closed the business and are reopening soon as 'Tube Technologies' but keeing the Blueflame name too.  Hopefully they will get their act together too!

Glad I didn't get one now and probably won't!

I hear Milltek have their problems with quality though which is kinda putting me off and going off topic!

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2010, 03:20:58 am »
'Failure'!

Sorry I only saw page 2 and thought it was the first post!

I am looking at pipewerx at the moment.

I will let everyone know how I get on.

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2010, 08:59:25 am »
i was also looking at a blue flame exhaust a few weeks ago but am glad i never went down that route..

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2010, 12:21:40 pm »
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Apparently this isn't the first time Blueflame have been needing to 're-invent' themselves. IIRC, once upon a time they offered themselves for sale to Milltek but were turned down. Hadn't they recently done a deal with Forge, or is that only in the U S of A?

Like many companies which have been trading for many decades, inevitably Milltek have had their quality issues on some cars (not all) but much of such problems are in the past. As most of us here who personally know Phil Millington already know, he is constantly very keen to know about problems and to solve them both in the short and long term.
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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2010, 01:45:43 pm »
After selling and fitting endless amounts of milltek products, i am yet to experience any quality issues, and if i ever do i am 100% confident they would have the matter sorted straight away.

Lets hope the changes at BF will improve things there,

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2010, 02:21:54 pm »
Had a few blueflame systems in the past and had them fitted on site and the guys have been great every time and I would 100% get another system from them

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2010, 04:38:49 pm »
After selling and fitting endless amounts of milltek products, i am yet to experience any quality issues, and if i ever do i am 100% confident they would have the matter sorted straight away.

Lets hope the changes at BF will improve things there,

I hear this is the case and their customer service is second to none.

It's a shame about blueflame as I understand they were well regarded.

It also let's milltek have a monopoly on the market which is not a good thing as competition breeds improvement.

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2010, 05:40:13 pm »
Always get a funny feeling about companies which stop trading then re-appear - ok, not sure how this particular business has handled it but could be seen as a 'cop out' to clear its history, financials etc...

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2010, 05:57:48 pm »
I ordered a decat last week from blueflame, i was told there orders will be 5 weeks as they are moving to a new factory and changing there name !
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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #25 on: October 13, 2010, 06:51:47 pm »
Does anybody know anybody from Blueflame for a statement?

Like I said it looks like Pipewerx is going to be Millteks oppo if things don't improve.

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #26 on: October 13, 2010, 09:58:38 pm »
'Failure'!

Sorry I only saw page 2 and thought it was the first post!

I am looking at pipewerx at the moment.

I will let everyone know how I get on.

i had pipewerx as do a few others on briskoda with no issues

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #27 on: October 13, 2010, 11:04:12 pm »

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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2010, 03:12:16 pm »
Email from Blueflame this morning:

"Dear Valued Customer,
 
Blue Flame is commencing production on the 20th October and due to the back log of orders, there will be a 3-6 week lead time on all out standing orders. Thank you for your patients and support. If you have any queries please contact David Jenkins on 07768 *** **6 between 9:00am - 5:00pm (UK Time) or alternatively you can email him on badtaste****@tiscali.co.uk. Landline telephones will be active from the 20th October on 01695 733 100 and the new website should also be live around this time on the following web address http://www.blueflameperformance.com.

Thanks
 
Andrew Aspey
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Re: Blue Flame??!!! Gone Bust???
« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2010, 03:14:05 pm »
i hope it goes well for them as i have loved all of my blueflame exhausts  :smiley:

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box