Are the newer generation of Flaming River Vega steering boxes now made in the USA ? I know years ago they were made offshore and poor quality. I have a Borgeson Vega box, but was looking into a quicker steering ratio….Unisteer or Flaming river quick ratio. A 525 box will not fit.
Call them tomorrow and ask them. If you looked on their website , here is the following statement and image. FLAMING RIVER INDUSTRIES, INC. 800 Poertner Dr. Berea, Ohio. 44017 TOLL FREE 1-800-648-8022 FAX 1-800-24-FLAME EMAIL info@flamingriver.com Welcome to Flaming River Online. Our complete catalog of Flaming River quality steering components, steering accessories, and electrical components is available on this website for convenient technical information and ordering. Our goal is to be your COMPLETE STEERING COMPANY! Flaming River was founded in 1987 with a vision to offer quality Steering Systems for street rods, muscle cars, cl***ics and trucks. Each of our products is designed to incorporate new parts... absolutely nothing is rebuilt. This ensures we can maintain stringent quality standards, improve the design and offer long range product availability as well as lifetime serviceability. Over the past 30+ years, we have designed many award winning products including the Tilt Steering Column program and the Rack and Pinion Cradle Kits. Our most recent addition is the VDog® Variable Angle Gear which won SEMA Best New Street Rod and SEMA Best Engineered new product. Best of all, these new products are Made in the USA. Tilt steering columns, power rack and pinions, steering shafts and billet accessories are all made right at Flaming River by a talented group of car enthusiasts. Our promise to you is: To provide the best quality products and service possible. We at Flaming River thank you, our customers, not only for your business but also for the feedback you have provided which has enabled us to grow as a company in new directions. The best reward is a satisfied customer! The logo is molded into our castings for long term quality ***urance. If it doesn't say Flaming River...It just isn't good enough!
I’m not looking to pick a fight @corncobcoupe but here’s my interpretation of their statement. Steering boxes are not mentioned in the list of “….these new products are Made in the USA.” “Tilt steering columns, power rack and pinion systems, steering shafts and billet accessories are all made right at Flaming River….”, again no mention of steering boxes. I admit it, I’m a lifelong skeptic and their careful wording seems to confirm my su****ions.
Their warranty is useless. A manufacturing error (input shaft) on a Mustang box cost me $150.00 plus $13.95 flat rate USPS shipping back to them and they were kind enough to send me the fixed box back for $32.00 in my same flat rate box I sent it to them in. THEY **** for quality and service
My very first sentence in my original reply post. " Call them tomorrow and ask them." Nothing to fight about. I was just posting what I found on their website to share.
When I started my ch***is business Flaming River was the company that set me up as a dealer. I used many of their Vega boxes but finally had to go to another manufacturer because of customer complaints about FR boxes. Even the Borgenson boxes weren't always USA made. Recently I discovered in an old storage area a brand new Vega box that was in a Borgenson box that had a tag on it made in Canada. It is now on my new deuce tudor.
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