Workshop experiences

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

I must agree with commando about BWG Transmissions,they are a great place for high performance and just your basic stuff (have you seen Vic's XR Commando?)

Independent Motor Spots Morwell (some of you mite no his 8 second gemi) went there just to get a quote for a mild cam and he said $5000!!!!!!

$5gs on just a mild cam?

Yepp! i could not believe it at all! i even repeated myself to him 3 times and he started going on about i need a AU black box and all this bullshit...nobody ever go to him

[SVT8]

gee where to start

herrod motorsport - car was underpowered left my car with them to diagnose, they charge me $250 to advance my timing and make it detonate to produce 130rwk on an H/C/I combo for a windsor and said to me 5.0l windsor barely see over 150rwk...... waaaaaahhhhh i shouldov brought a VTEC

Cosmo auto developments in airport west - fail completley.....said he knew how to do a top end build. Got a car back with 3 vacuum leaks from explorer manifold conversion and TPS held down with wood glue and cable ties.... and didnt align camshaft at 0 dgrees. dumb kunt

Electrition place on sydney road in fawkner....across the road from the cemetary (cant remember there name cause i dont give a shit) - car was missfiring.....took it there, he said it was tune miss and not electrical. Then took it to bluepower, not a tune fault "a hard miss". took it back to the electrition ABUSED the fark out of the fag asking what did i pay for you to diagnose?.......cracked the shits and went through my electrical system myself. Found a cracked sparkplug

Ultratune - LOL, car had another missfire. Took it to them. They came back with nothing couldnt diagnose the problem and said " your car goes alright i heard these where slugs". fucking wanker. found out myself a few leads were burning on the extractors

plus side,
blue power are good. Just always busy. Best i have come across so far.

got countless other crappy stories about mechanics not knowing what they are on about. Loveeeeee when they get caught out on shit they claim to know but dont. PLUS most mechanic places iv been to wayyyy overcharge for labour per hour. Fark 200 bucks in labour to change a starter motor, 300 bucks to change springs. crazy shitttt... conclusion "every motor mechanics are fucked. i just do shit myself but im only limited into what i can do for certain problems. yet to find a good general mechanic....

[iliov]

I have some bad story's but cbf telling them so ill only tell the good.

Kev off the forums here has always done top work. Did my manual conversion. He broke my ecu cover but made up for it with genuine ford floor mats and new tail lights. I cant complain. Also his prices are really cheap compared to anywhere else i know of.

[Commando]

Yeah I've seen Vic's XR, LUXO_302 would accidentally if he saw it

Independent Motorsports quoted $5k?!? Shit, that's insane. They have some fairly serious cars go there though (that 8 second VL from Maffra). Apart from a power run there when my car was stock (109rwkw, woohoo) I haven't had anything done there, no reason other than I just haven't picked them to go to.

[oneredED]

RE Customs in Springvale. Always horn cars in the carpark (race and street), and the workshop itself is always packed and there's a bit of a wait, so you'd assume they do good stuff, and you'd assume right.

Pro's: They're fast once they get to the car, they know what they're doing, they won't turn their nose up at a "heap" of a car, or a heap of work, and they do exactly what you ask of them.

Con's: Slight wait to get car in, deal mostly in haltech (not an issue really, and they do tune other ecus). Seems to be 99% imports.

[BLCKED]

heard good things about dynomotive in bays water also

haven't really had any bad ones

[Michael (HYPOEB)]

Yeah I've seen Vic's XR, LUXO_302 would accidentally if he saw it

Independent Motorsports quoted $5k?!? Shit, that's insane. They have some fairly serious cars go there though (that 8 second VL from Maffra). Apart from a power run there when my car was stock (109rwkw, woohoo) I haven't had anything done there, no reason other than I just haven't picked them to go to.

Yehh true,they have some very very quick cars there,a mate of mine just got a 300rwkw 6L put in 180sx there.
only place around here that i no of that knows alot about turbo cars,but still im never going back there for the fact i got such a stupid quote from them..

[Mr. CVE]

Over the years i have had a few cars painted and so on, and I must say Polo Body Works in Braeside has impressed me the most.
They are no way the cheapest, however you get an excellent job for your money.
They did my Pantera, and a few mates cars and have been very happy with his work.

[Phoenix]

Couple of fellas have had dramas with tyre joints. I've used Tyre power in Berwick, among a couple of others and they are IMO the best for service. Same couple of guys work there, Nigel and someone else, top work, never an issue. and honest.

Bad - Tyre joint on cnr princess and Dandy-Frankston in Dandenong. Over priced for horrid tyres, left brake dust all over my seats, centre console, door trims steering wheel et. al.
Oh, and that was after waiting for about 3 hours to get tyres fitted, after he said, yeah no dramas, be done in a minute.

[galapogos01]

Tyrepower Berwick? They broke two of my locknuts, put the broken nuts back on the car (passenger side), parked it so I couldnt see it, and didnt tell me about it. Got home, noticed, abused them. Made them pay for another set of locknuts.

[BROCKYB8]

Over the years i have had a few cars painted and so on, and I must say Polo Body Works in Braeside has impressed me the most.
They are no way the cheapest, however you get an excellent job for your money.
They did my Pantera, and a few mates cars and have been very happy with his work.

Id agree with that >
In fact there are two good looking mustangs in there .
1 that is possible that you could know

Also TO add to that

PHATT AUDIO CONCEPTS they work out of same place of Polo and do awesome custom stereos

[FairmontXR6]

Bad experiance with Ultratune at Moorooka.

We had spent 2 days fitting my new head/cam (as in sig) and of course the orginal timing chain had stretched.
Since I worked less than 500mtrs from Ultratune, I asked them if they could replace the chain and guides as I had run out of time and wanted the car back on the road. They took the job. Dropped the car off at 8am. Went to pick it up and found that they had, bent the power steering pulley, stuffed the seal on the sump, making it leak at least 500mls a day and it still had the chain noise, because they hadn't reset the tensioner!.

So basically, it went in with one problem and came out with three. Never since have I taken my car/4wd to a "professional" workshop!

[mad_keen]

i went to beaurepairs in cairns for a wheel allignment and they had a pretty steep driveway and i told the guy at the counter it was lowered. then wen they were done, some old c**t jumped in it to drive around the block, hit the driveway straight on at like 15k. front bars got no paint under it and is pushed up now. no common sense.

[bentls]

Bad experiance with Ultratune at Moorooka.

We had spent 2 days fitting my new head/cam (as in sig) and of course the orginal timing chain had stretched.
Since I worked less than 500mtrs from Ultratune, I asked them if they could replace the chain and guides as I had run out of time and wanted the car back on the road. They took the job. Dropped the car off at 8am. Went to pick it up and found that they had, bent the power steering pulley, stuffed the seal on the sump, making it leak at least 500mls a day and it still had the chain noise, because they hadn't reset the tensioner!.

So basically, it went in with one problem and came out with three. Never since have I taken my car/4wd to a "professional" workshop!

lol see if it was a old stretched chain it will slap the tensioner and release it on its own hahah.... new chain obviously cant hit it lol.

[Kenaz]

The Bridgestone Tyre place next to rooter on Canterbury rd in Kilsyth - Really good service! Every time I've gone there they have gone out of their way to help. By far the best tyre place I've been to.

Impact Automatics in Coolstore rd Croydon - Brilliant customer service and work. Everyone I've recommended to them has been very happy also

TTF Mitcham - Not the friendliest bunch of blokes, but there's nothing wrong with the work they do.

TTF Dandenong - Pretty much the same as above.

[john rv]

Can anyone recommend a service centre/mechanic somewhere between Dandenong and the CBD (south east melbourne)? My current mechanic is pricey and never fixes everything on the car. I often get the service report back and it say replace 'x' in 2000 km's, replace 'y' in 1000 km's, etc etc. Plus I don't think he knows much about LPG. (I have a std el ghia on gas and its running rough).

Any recommendations?

[BROCKYB8]

mr cve or schmee on here

or longbeach autocare in chelsea heights

[nstg8a]

men at work exhausts, capalaba

gay as name, but do good work, gave me a quote both times and stuck to it both times. car nuts as well, and seem like nice people. (husband and wife team)
they will be fitting up my extractors for me. waiting room is full of street machine mags, and not bad coffee.

[TICKFORD_EA]

Nick XTC PERFORMANCE,
Rips people off, and blows peoples cars on the dyno,
scam!!!!

[needfordspeed]

Did he blow yours up?

I recommend Bayswater Automatics for auto's, reasonably priced, good work and good to deal with as well.

[TICKFORD_EA]

Yes, (Blown 4speed)

Tuned My BA XR6 Turbo,

The tune that he put in, had a hard shift to the auto, (i mean harrrrrrrrrd shift)

After 3-4 days, there was no gears, =(

[mr calais49]

Yes, (Blown 4speed)

Tuned My BA XR6 Turbo,

The tune that he put in, had a hard shift to the auto, (i mean harrrrrrrrrd shift)

After 3-4 days, there was no gears, =(

not sticking up for the workshop or saying there good or bad but why didnt you take your car straight back and ask them to re tune the box?

[TICKFORD_EA]

Yeah mate i did end up taking it back, but it cost me a new 4spd =(

[Dansedgli]

When did that happen? Gotta google tuners more often.

[pHaT`eL]

Billing him for the new auto?

[misk]

Lol I'll never take my car to any workshop or have anyone work on it other than myself...
I know **** call me dodgy or whatever but at least I'm not paying to have someone **** my car.

[SnipeZ]

Instead your doing it yourself haha.
Stay away from franchise companys.
Lube mobile
Midas
Ultratune
Their all fucked and expensive.

Small workshops are the way to go tbh. Find one do your research and dont be a dousche looking for cheap work cos usually thats what youll get.

[schrc]

bob jane t mart springvale (near train station) always friendly and always quick in and out service 9/10

TTF dandenong, bad bad bad, told me to come back 4 hours later, which i did, only to see my tyres laying where i left them, and only to find out 1 of 4 tyres holds air. will never go back 0/10

bob jane dandenong, wouldnt put 235 tyres on my ftrs.... bastards -1/10 lol, jokes i guess safety first

has anyone got any pro's and cons about springy motors?

also whos a top notch autronic installer and tuner in s/e suburbs?

[Sunboost]

I mainly judge a place on price, I'm a jew when it comes to cars so if I get a cheap price I'm happy with a place, customer service is a bonus.

Recent good dealings with the following places;

- Herrod Motorsport: They did me a good cashie last week but they didn't really give a shit about the car because it wasn't a brand new FG GT and I wasn't pumping thousands in to their workshop. But they did what I wanted, got me in when I wanted and had me out of there within 2 hours.

- Etheridge Ford Ringwood Service Dept: Service Advisors are very friendly and happy to help with non-standard questions. Also went out of their way to repair a long list of small things I brought up under warranty on my G6E Turbo

- Cylinder Tech (Tim Kaddis): Been in there a few times to get a few quotes. Tim's always happy to help and have a chat, even if it doesn't mean he gets a sale or work. I highly recommend him.

- Bayswater Automatics: Best priced auto trans joint in the area. Mainly good for your old school low-tech stuff though, and servicing. 2 of the guys in there couldn't work out that there was something wrong / what was wrong with a ZF box in an F6 I had.

[fastef]

Ultratune Geelong, i was loosing coolant and car was running like shit they charged me $69 and told me it was a faulty coolant sensor and they want more money to work the rest out (later found out it was a blown head gasket .....) 0/10

TTF Geelong, scratched my brand new typhoons wasn't happy, they discounted the tyres. 0/10

JAXquickfix tyres Geelong, Best service and price can't go wrong. 10/10

[iliov]

Took my vl to hallam performance. He quoted me 2.5-3K. Ended up giving me a bill for 4.7k. The car is still there after 2 months im yet to sort it out. Going to go to Consumer affairs.

[Dansedgli]

Ouch.

What did you have done?

[DJV8T5]

TransDiff - useless as tits on a bull. Rebuilt the 9" in my XF twice...broke axles twice and shat axle bearings first. I told them I wanted the axles out of it the first rebuild they did, one was fractured spline to hub. (Mates doing before I bought it- AvGas + 200km/h = busted XF...and lots of skids lol) Alright price, but shit service 2/10

Status Gearbox & Diff (Kilsyth) - Built the T5 that was in my ED, now behind my brothers VK V8, copped heaps of punishment and still going strong. Built T5 for my 5l which I haven't had a chance to use yet but great service, and knows his shit. Price is up a bit but worth the money 8/10

Aldek Automotive (Croydon) - loves his Holdens, but is awesome with gas tuning. Had my XF running perfect with good drivability. Reasonable prices and good service. 8/10

Bob Jane (Albury) - great deals, great guys to deal with. Always very helpful. Couldn't get the wheel alignment right last time they did it (camber needs adjusting) so they didn't charge me for it. Told me to bring it back and they will go at it again. 9/10 for service and price - they do great deals for repeat customers too

[SexcEB]

Dont Go to Beureapaires in Benalla, Vic

I have gone back for wheel Alignment's on my EB 3 times, still not right...

My Finace's same amount on his VS commodore still not correct either

[apoc]

Never really used workshops, as I do all the work myself.

Had a few wheel alignments at Tyrepower in Sale, one good, one terrible.
Got the 33s on my patrol balanced at Bob Jane in Traralgon the other week as my balancer is broken. Did a pretty good job, no complaints. Will be trying their wheel alignment abilities as I CBF.

[SexcEB]

Pitty your gear broke mate.

We have gear for engine changes etc just not wheel Alignment/balancing