broken C4

[Tsukasa36]

Last week I was playin at Seaview Marriot in NJ, and my friend decided to bounce hit the ball with my C4 driver. On the first try he missed the ball and on the second try he had a perfect clean hit. The ball went straight into the air. But I heard a cracking noise and the driver head fell down on the ground. The result is a broken C4

 

SO I was wondering, how much does it cost to reshaft C4 in original shaft and in Aldila NV 65 shaft? I personally played well with the driver and want it to be playable even though I will get a new driver.

[alcap26]

One thing you mgiht look into is getting a new C4. I saw them adverrtized on callawaygolfpreowned.com and I am sure you could pick one up for about what it would cost to get a NV installed in yours.

 

http://www.callawaygolfpreowned.com/drivers-c4.html

[sergizmo]

I'm pretty sure the C4 can't be reshafted at all, even Callaway can't do it. Once the shaft is in, it's in. You should be able to pick up one on e-bay for next to nothing. Shaft selection will be limited though, they weren't very popular.

 

Good luck in your search.

[utopiapga]

Yes it can be reshafted, just take it to a local Golf Galaxy or Golfsmith and they can reshaft it for you.

 

The cost will be around $15 plus the cost of the shaft and a new grip if you don't have one.

[TheReptilia]

yeah thats the downside of callaway drivers there hostels are crap they need to be longer because i broke my club the exact same way

[KingOAces]

My bad Yi. Best bet is getting a a new driver i'll sell you my r7 for cheap.

[BLADE]

I know that from what you said, you really loved that driver...but have you tried the new FT-3? For me, it is a HUGE improvement over that first generation Cally Carbon Fiber driver.

[steve81]

Definatley call Callaway. My father-in-law went through 3 C4 heads that all busted. Each time he called Callaway, they sent him a brand new club. By the time his 3rd C4 busted, Callaway sent him an ERC.

 

ERC is so far so good.

[Tsukasa36]

thanks for the answers and advices. i'm probably going to get a new driver anyway, but I'll give callaway a call.. thx

[dbleagleks]

Yes it can be reshafted, just take it to a local Golf Galaxy or Golfsmith and they can reshaft it for you.

 

The cost will be around $15 plus the cost of the shaft and a new grip if you don't have one.

 

 

Which is exactly how much that thing is worth.

[pingman1]

Call Callaway customer service and tell them what happened. I bet they will replace it with a new club, and pay the shipping. this is what happened to me, they sent me a new club with a return shipping label, no questions asked!!

[curryj]

I agree call callaway customer service, you should look at upgrading to the FT-3, check out my sticks and you can see that it's the only non- titleist club (excluding the rescue), it's a great driver once you get over the noise it makes.

I had a problem with a tiny bit of glue that came loose inside the head, brought it back to the shop and they replaced it no questions asked.

[clinkinfo]

Just curious,

 

What does "bounce hit" the ball mean and why were you allowing your friend to do it with your club?

[Tsukasa36]

bouce hitting refers to hitting the ball while in the air. you bounce it off the ground and hit it without tee. It was a joke and since C4 wasn't my gamer, we were joking around with the club... :D

[steve81]

bouce hitting refers to hitting the ball while in the air. you bounce it off the ground and hit it without tee. It was a joke and since C4 wasn't my gamer, we were joking around with the club... :D

 

 

Just don't tell Callaway that when you call them !!!!!

[hermes]

so if you play well with the driver, why would you fool around with it? or let you friend fool around with it......

 

anything i play "well" in, i wouldn't fool around with it.........or think twice about letting a "friend" fool around with it...........

 

just my .02.......not trying to start anything.......just some common insight on the things!

[KingOAces]

It wasn't his main driver, just one he had lying around and I promised him a cant-be-beat deal on my new r7

[Tsukasa36]

wow this post is getting heated.... anywayz it was for fun and I really don't care anymore, so don't blame it on my friend.... We did have a great laugh... thanks guys

[ranesy]

"I'm pretty sure the C4 can't be reshafted at all, even Callaway can't do it. Once the shaft is in, it's in. You should be able to pick up one on e-bay for next to nothing. Shaft selection will be limited though, they weren't very popular."

 

Not true...I broke mine last year during normal play and Callaway re-shafted it for free with the NV w/o any problems. Just give the cust. service a call and they will take care of it.

[clinkinfo]

Alright, I don't mean this to start a big thing but:

 

The rest of us Callaway customers have to pay for your reshafting (indirectly). It costs Callaway money to reshaft a club. That cost ends up built into the price of the clubs. No offense, but you broke it doing something stupid. Shouldn't you just take it to a shop and have it reshafted at your cost or fix it yourself?

[DemolitionMan]

Alright, I don't mean this to start a big thing but:

 

The rest of us Callaway customers have to pay for your reshafting (indirectly). It costs Callaway money to reshaft a club. That cost ends up built into the price of the clubs. No offense, but you broke it doing something stupid. Shouldn't you just take it to a shop and have it reshafted at your cost or fix it yourself?

 

It's the least Cally can do considering how many people wasted money on that lousy driver.

 

Seriously, you make a good point, but it's a personal ethics issue. Cally already has the warranty/shrinkage factor built into all of their prices. If it got to be too much of an issue for them, they would change the warranty. But the good word of mouth their CS dept gets compared to other OEMs is more than worth it for them. Even if they have to replace clubs damaged by the fault of the customer.

[TheReptilia]

Not really, Callaway creates there shafts so so cheap they could give you a new shaft for free, Plus anything callaway is under warranty for a very long time.. Lets just face it callaway doesnt make good shafts so they know they mite need to replace it now dont get me wrong there heads are the best in the busniess just there shafts need some work and there hostels

[cmarkmyers]

Cut the original poster a bit of a break. In his first post all he asked was about how much it would cost to fix. Other people put the idea of contacting Callaway directly, he didn't come up with it on his own.

[clinkinfo]

Not really, Callaway creates there shafts so so cheap they could give you a new shaft for free, Plus anything callaway is under warranty for a very long time.. Lets just face it callaway doesnt make good shafts so they know they mite need to replace it now dont get me wrong there heads are the best in the busniess just there shafts need some work and there hostels

 

 

 

 

First, they can't give it to you for free. If you look at the whole process of repair (including the cost to ship it to Callaway and back, which they pay for), it's not free even if the shaft is. Second, don't want to get legal but their Warranty is a grantee against breakage when the club is used for it's intended purpose and not abused. Obviously, that's not the case here. Example, if you have a car that's under warranty and you drive it into a tree, they don't fix it for you free.

[dmac]

Callaway (or any good club builder) can reshaft the C4. But it won't be free. The C4 is out of warranty. Callaway will go above and beyond if you have a real sob story, but all OEMs have tightened up what they'll cover for free. I believe the Callaway warranty is now 2 years, and the C4 is way past that.

 

C4 is still an amazingly forgiving driver. I played one for a year (and had it reshafted) and gave it to a friend, who still uses it and loves it.

[Tsukasa36]

thanks for all the information..