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Old 03-24-2008, 11:36 AM
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hey Guys,
i need a good mechanic and bodyshop that works with 350z's and available aftermarket parts. Any reco's?
Old 03-24-2008, 05:51 PM
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for your bodyshop (THE CAR IMAGE) (905) 731-2999 ask for (KEN)
and for your mechanical shop (DEFCON) (905) 709-7744 ask for (patrick) I wouldn't trust anyone else with my car. (tell them roman sent you and they will hook you up).
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i've had good experiences with velocity (Tim)

Mccowan and highway 7
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You are welcome to SpeedStar, our mechanic is pretty good. Not promoting my work place, but they did all the work on my Z. Come drop by, we carries any JDM parts you want...as long as its JDM we can get it. Plus all the staffs are so friendly especially Frank =P
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Originally Posted by rzua5
You are welcome to SpeedStar, our mechanic is pretty good. Not promoting my work place, but they did all the work on my Z. Come drop by, we carries any JDM parts you want...as long as its JDM we can get it. Plus all the staffs are so friendly especially Frank =P
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Originally Posted by rzua5
You are welcome to SpeedStar, our mechanic is pretty good. Not promoting my work place, but they did all the work on my Z. Come drop by, we carries any JDM parts you want...as long as its JDM we can get it. Plus all the staffs are so friendly especially Frank =P
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Originally Posted by rzua5
You are welcome to SpeedStar, our mechanic is pretty good. Not promoting my work place, but they did all the work on my Z. Come drop by, we carries any JDM parts you want...as long as its JDM we can get it. Plus all the staffs are so friendly especially Frank =P
Bump for Speedstar
The only shop that I trust with my z...

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Old 03-25-2008, 04:17 AM
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Default Bodyshop

thanks guys. much appreciated...
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i ***** my z out to pretty much any mechanic/shop out there, and i've been to both speedstar and ART (defcon) and both shops were very capable of taking care of my z.
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speedstar is soo gonna be busy this season...
Old 03-25-2008, 06:39 AM
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^Speedstar's always busy. I've never gone through them because every time I try to do a walk-in, they're packed. I dont wanna make appointment either, because chances are, I wont keep be in time or follow it...
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Aside from Preformance Mods, anyone have a good shop they use for maintenance, oil changes, etc... tired of going to the Stealership.
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Originally Posted by Sickboy101
Aside from Preformance Mods, anyone have a good shop they use for maintenance, oil changes, etc... tired of going to the Stealership.
I personally use Speedstar, they take great care when working with or around our cars.
Great bunch of guys in general.

Or you can,
Pm, "edvy" - he owns a shop, you can ask if he performs basic maintenance

Or as gonein60sec's mentioned,
ART
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Or Simone Performance. G35Driver members swear by them as do I.
Old 03-25-2008, 08:42 PM
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ART (defcon) is really good like that. even if hes busy (patrick) and you wand something small like a oil change im sure he will put you in unlike some of the other shops, Which im sure are capable of doing al the work, its just that waiting all the time is a B ITCH
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i know patrick in art for long time ... since he was still working in midas ... they r pretty good in both performance mod + general repair...
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Originally Posted by XuperXero
Or Simone Performance. G35Driver members swear by them as do I.
what have you got done at simon performance i know i think its vic there the owner did he do work on your z? im thinkin of going there to get my coilovers put on and rear cambers and wheels then allign everything. seems easy enough alotta people trust this shop?
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^Definitely.

Any work that I can't DIY, I go to simone. I went to him to get some brakes and SS lines installed as well as RBF600. Nothing major, but his services and attitude can't be beat. Not only that, he fixed my friend's Z after he went into a ditch and did an excellent job. I can't even tell the Z was even in an accident. Steve (one of the mechanic) does an excellent job fixing up the car. He's the only person to touch my Z and my MR2 (he's an ex MR2 owner as well).
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yah i just noticed they have like the one guy i guess thats steve and then vic the owner who i dont see in the back much and then 2 apprentices or something there kids...who i dont really want touching my car. ive seen a few z's and s14's there before so i guess he does a lot of em. anyways yah i'll just go there i guess its close to my house. thanks
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Yeah... the apprentice thing scares me. Apparently it's really recent because I've never seen them before. My friend was telling me about it, but Vic gauranteed my friend's request that the apprentice would not touch his car. So that's good to know.

Forgot to mention, Luis has done some work on my car too and no complaints there either.



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