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| About Us |
What is "Vorshlag", you ask? Well, a loose translation of this mis-spelled German word is "to hammer". We try live up to that by offering better engineered suspension products that can "take a beating", with quality that "hammers" the competition. (too corny?)
"Vorshlag.com" was created in 2001, Vorshlag Motorsports was offiially formed in 2005, and we became "Vorshlag LLC" in 2009. This company is owned and managed by Terry and Amy Fair and is based in the Plano, Texas area. As of 2011 Vorshlag now has a showroom and installation center to go along with our manufacturing and order processing. We are still primarily focused on the development and manufacturer of our suspension products, which we sell through our online website as well as our extensive dealer network of repair, service and motorsports related shops. Vorshlag also resells select automotive products from other manufacturers, in areas we do not otherwise cover.
One of our main products is the Vorhslag spherical top mounts, and for strut equipped cars these are called "adjustable camber plates". We make dozens of models to fit many modern McPherson strut equipped cars as well as spherical shock top mounts for non-strut cars. We are also known for putting LS1 V8 engines into BMW chassis, which we started back in 2002. We sell dozens of the E36 LS1 kits each year and also have built E30, Z3 and E46 swaps.
A little about the thinking behind the company:
- Customer service - Who do you want to talk to, someone in this country that is a racer like you, or a random phone bank on the other side of the world? We stand behind everything we sell and you can call and ask us about anything we make. Since we own all of our manufacturing processes, we can react to our customers needs quickly. We want you to be a customer for life. We don't care if your initial purchase is one lug nut or triple adjustable shocks. We want to make and keep you happy, regardless of the sale amount. If you buy it from us, it is on our cars. Our products won't be the latest 36" wheels or carbon fiber shift knob, but it will be parts that can make you faster, and our parts are always built to last.
- Time to market - Overseas manufacturing means long lead times and BIG orders. We manufacture parts domestically, as we require, and are able to fulfill our customer's orders quickly. How many times have you ordered springs to hear "well it might be six months". That's because they aren't made here. As costs rise in low wage countries (and they are rising), you'll see a shift back to domestic manufacturing. We're just ahead of the curve on Vorshlag products. We do resell AST and Moton shocks that are manufactured in Holland, but these are worth the wait.
- Quality Control - We very rarely get calls about parts not working. That's because we design everything we make ourselves, and inspect everything before it leaves our facilities. We strive to help our customers always order the correct components, with a detailed online ordering system or by simple phone ordering - we even call customers on occasion that ordered online, if anything looks unusual. We don't have bearing failures on our camber plates under normal street or racing conditions, because we build them with the best parts on earth. No lead paint, toxic toothpaste, or sub-standard materials are used at Vorshlag. We certify all our materials and personally inspect them during assembly, and every order has at least two sets of eyes on it before it is packaged.
- Pride in your work - We're in this business because we want to be. We love cars, we love racing, and we love making your car better. When we look at building a new product our first question isn't, "can we make a good margin?", it is "can we make something better than what's out there?" How can we sell you a product just to make money? That doesn't ever work when you want a customer for life. If you're buying Vorshlag branded products, rest assured there's nothing out there that's better.
We may be a smaller company than some you could choose from, but we do have a dedicated staff working with us to help keep customer service, sales, design and manufacturing going smoothly. If you call in you will likely get Matt, Jason or Terry on the phone. Any of us can help you with tech or sales questions. In our shop we have AJ and Ryan, and Cameron and David are up front doing their thing as well.
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Owners
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Vorshlag owner Terry Fair brings over two decades of racing and engineering experience to the Vorshlag team and likes to drive just about anything with 4 wheels. Terry graduated from Texas A&M University with a mechanical engineering technology degree and has worked in several engineering disciplines including metallurgy, mechanical equipment design, control systems, and wireless devices. He actively participates in motorsports events including autocrossing, open track events, time trials, wheel to wheel road racing, and drag racing. He usually campaigns one of the Vorshlag race cars at 30+ autocross or time trial events a year, along with his wife Amy.
With racing experience raging from V8 powered (Camaros, Mustangs, Corvettes, and other high powered combinations) to the "not-so-tire-shredding" (Miata, RX8, RX7, BMW E30, S2000, and 240Z), he understands the driving dynamics behind both high powered and momentum cars, and has been an instructor at countless autocross, track and Street Survival events. His obsession with low chassis weight started many years ago and has always had an affect on car and component choices.
Vorshlag's co-owner Amy Fair is our test driver and accountant, is also an avid autocrossers and NASA Time Trial competitor. During her 15 years of autocross experience she has won at the SCCA National Championships twice and is also at 30+ events a year with Terry.
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The Vorshlag Team
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We have many staff members at Vorshlag, and we are growing more and more each year. With our move to a larger facility in 2011 we quickly doubled our staff size and in 2012 we have added several more employees to the team.
Matt Pellegrini has worked at Vorshlag since 2008 and is our Operations Manager, with an Economics BA from UT-Dallas. He does just about everything here, from sales, inventory management, maintains our online store, some website work, billing, accounting, tech questions, product photography, to building, packing, entering, billing, and shipping orders. If you have called in the past, you most likely have spoke to him.
Jason McDaniel started autocrossing at 16 years old in an F-Prepared Datsun 240Z. As a lifelong car enthusiast and crew chief for sevewral rally teams he has sampled every aspect of competition and construction. Jason is a Technical guru and has decades of racing experience ranging from Rally, Pikes Peak, to autocross and more. Knowledgeable on many automotive systems he can answer the most basic of handling questions to the most obscure.
Ryan Behgam is our head fabricator and also a well versed technician. He brings up the fabrication end of things here at Vorshlag and can TIG or MIG just about any metal. Ryan has earned a Motorsports Vehicle Technology Degree from Lanier Technical College in Oakwood, Georgia. He has many years of drag racing experience. He has also spent several seasons working with road racing teams in the American LeMans and Grand-Am series'.
AJ Ngo is our main technician, alignment specialists and tire guru. AJ turns the wrenches on the Vorshlag fleet of vehicles and racecars as well as performs service on customer cars. He has worked everywhere from corporate-owned service facilities, to race shops over looking Motorsports Ranch, on cars ranging from Miatas to high performance exotics. He has the skill and expertise to properly repair, maintain, setup and modify parts to make just about any car go faster. His eye for quality craftsmanship might be best known from performing alignments on local autocross and track cars, but it doesn't stop there. If youre looking for full on engine swap or a simple suspension upgrade, his attention to detail will ensure the trust and confidence needed to drive to your heart's content.
Cameron is our order assembly specialist and shop assistant. He helps out wherever needed around Vorshlag.
with this team Vorshlag can tackle the design, testing, installation and manufacture of suspension components as well as drivetrain swaps, race car builds, race preparation work and most automoitve repairs.
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