What do you dislike about your local Performance Install Shop?
07-10-2002, 06:55 PM
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What do you dislike about your local Performance Install Shop?
What do you dislike and wish it would change about your shop that you have your performance mods installed? What is rated Number 1, when you visit your shop? Stock, Customer Service, Reliability?
07-10-2002, 09:33 PM
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Car: 89 Camaro RS Convertible
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Re: What do you dislike about your local Performance Install Shop?
Originally posted by JucinGTA
What do you dislike and wish it would change about your shop that you have your performance mods installed?
What do you dislike and wish it would change about your shop that you have your performance mods installed?
I think most of them are scammers so I won't do business with any of them. Being friends with your mechanic does have its benefits though 
07-11-2002, 07:39 PM
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Car: 1987 iroc-z custom
Engine: 355 tuned port
Transmission: 5spd baby, only way to go
Axle/Gears: 3.45
well the good part is..i own one!!! and its mostly imports that come through the door..i think me and my partner are the only ones with "muscle cars" he has an 86 cobra gt with about 350hp to the rear wheels!!! but thats childs play for what im gonna do..
anyways,,,alot of the shops are scammers, the best thing to do, SHOP AROUND!!! and as for install..well usually the going rate around here is $65 an hour but we dont charge that...were at $45 just cuz we dont have any overhead...(doing installs at my house for now...still looking for a garage) but once again shop around and youll find a reasonable place..it might just take some time!!
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anyways,,,alot of the shops are scammers, the best thing to do, SHOP AROUND!!! and as for install..well usually the going rate around here is $65 an hour but we dont charge that...were at $45 just cuz we dont have any overhead...(doing installs at my house for now...still looking for a garage) but once again shop around and youll find a reasonable place..it might just take some time!!
iroc2nv
07-11-2002, 10:29 PM
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Car: sold the Z now i'm drivin a 81 toyota celica and an 01 Suzuki TL1000R
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i dislike the fact that there isn't one around!
07-11-2002, 10:51 PM
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Originally posted by kessler89/2.8
i dislike the fact that there isn't one around!
i dislike the fact that there isn't one around!
Well, there is one but I haven't been to it in 6 years. Maybe it's time for a visit. Trending Topics
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I don't like that they only do bolt-ons (in my home town). I can do that myself. Luckily I know a machinist, so when I finally get around to the 'big engine project' I'm all set.
I would rather do the work myself (and it gives me an excuse to buy tools!)
I would rather do the work myself (and it gives me an excuse to buy tools!)
07-13-2002, 12:16 PM
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Originally posted by iroc2nv
well the good part is..i own one!!! and its mostly imports that come through the door..i think me and my partner are the only ones with "muscle cars" he has an 86 cobra gt with about 350hp to the rear wheels!!! but thats childs play for what im gonna do..
anyways,,,alot of the shops are scammers, the best thing to do, SHOP AROUND!!! and as for install..well usually the going rate around here is $65 an hour but we dont charge that...were at $45 just cuz we dont have any overhead...(doing installs at my house for now...still looking for a garage) but once again shop around and youll find a reasonable place..it might just take some time!!
iroc2nv
well the good part is..i own one!!! and its mostly imports that come through the door..i think me and my partner are the only ones with "muscle cars" he has an 86 cobra gt with about 350hp to the rear wheels!!! but thats childs play for what im gonna do..
anyways,,,alot of the shops are scammers, the best thing to do, SHOP AROUND!!! and as for install..well usually the going rate around here is $65 an hour but we dont charge that...were at $45 just cuz we dont have any overhead...(doing installs at my house for now...still looking for a garage) but once again shop around and youll find a reasonable place..it might just take some time!!
iroc2nv
I've stopped taking my car to mechanics, but back when I was younger and dumber, I knew a guy that was a friend of the family, and owned/was head mechanic at a small shop. Always used to cut me a deal on the labour. I knew enough about cars to tell when he was lying, and he never lied to me. I liked that.
Although, while I was talking to one of his other mechanics, the mechanic let it slip that my "friend" was using my car for his personal use, while it was in the shop. It turns out he lives in a cottage quite a ways out of the city, and he used my car for his daily transportation.
I never recorded the mileage when I dropped the car off, as I assumed it never left the lot, except for maybe a test-run.
Needless to say, I never went back.
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