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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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Does anybody know any good shops where I can get my tein basics installed at a good price?
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by josephchihweilu
Does anybody know any good shops where I can get my tein basics installed at a good price?
I had all my suspension work done by protocav a forum member here and he does GREAT work for a good price. Check out his webpage http://members.***.net/chadisrad
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:27 PM
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crap those r awesome prices. where is he
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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I also recommend shop de protocav.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 08:48 PM
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street image does a good job, but where are you located?
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by sbcbaseball
I also recommend shop de protocav.
+1 for protocav
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 11:03 PM
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STREET IMAGE will take good care of you and they do the best jobs.
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:25 AM
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i asked street image and they are charging 150 for install...i just think thats a bit pricey to get coilovers installed. i am also located in diamond bar, CA
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:17 PM
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protocav is in San Diego...but worth the trip!!
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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 12:45 PM
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+1 for street image.

Locally, I've seen springs installed for $75 to 100, so $150 for coilovers is about average. And Street Image is a cut above the rest in cust service and attention to detail.

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Old Oct 28, 2005 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by josephchihweilu
i asked street image and they are charging 150 for install...i just think thats a bit pricey to get coilovers installed. i am also located in diamond bar, CA

get what you pay for...
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 08:20 AM
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+1 for member protocav

every single thing in my car was installed there and now two different alignment shops have noted the cleanliness of the installation of the camber parts.


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get what you pay for...
here you go again ... must you try this everytime...


what, a chance to sit in a more comfortable shop than a person's garage (which by the way .. you don't have to sit in the garage with him, you can easily go watch some HDTV on his 43" plasma ... but hey ... I am sure every shop has that ) .... since basically you are paying to cover their overhead to keep that shop going and our local forum member luckily doesn't have that.

I guess if you want to pay more so you can sit at a shop while your work is done, then by all means ... just right on up to the more expensive shop.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 08:56 AM
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Im recommending the best work Ive seen, that is all, im not afraid to spend money to know its done right.
I do alot of my own stuff, so Id stop yammering about me preferring to sit in a shop, but If im gonna pay someone else to do it, ill go to the best place I can find. (quality wise not name wise, like XS and SP)
he lives in diamond bar, street image is extremely close to him. I also can recommend my alignment guy who also does suspension installs and is a formula D driver, but he just has a hard schedule to work waround.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 09:51 AM
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Well I'mnot going to start this war again but for a lot of us in SD protocav's work is the best we've seen. Every part on my car except for the turbo kit (which was done at Turbonetics during kit testing) was installed by protocav. I get tons of complements on the workmanship that went into my car by everyone from mag writers to Turbonetics chief designer. These are guys that went over all the mods on my car with a fine tooth comb for an article and for a testing session to ensure everything was in order and for two people that accustomed to seeing mods on cars to say that everything was installed both perfectly and "exactly" as they would do it says a lot to me. I've seen lots of people who can install parts following the instructions to a t but rarely do I meet someone who can not only do that but also understands HOW the part was engineered, WHY it was engineered that way, but can also explain it to me in terms I understand AND suggest what changes in settings or additional parts would best compliment the design of the part he just installed. Protocav being a mechanical engineer helps in that arena a lot. And you can be assured when you leave his garage the car has been treated as his own.
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:32 AM
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except hes not in SD
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ihatethatbobbarker
except hes not in SD
understandable..and that is a very good argument in this case

BUT

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get what you pay for...
why the hell would you say that then. So, you are apparently not trying to start "this" again. You were, and you know it ... but now you want to play mr. classy professional and bow out gracefully by stating a proximity problem. How about just shutting the hell up

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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 10:56 AM
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that post was to him for saying $150 is too much for a suspension install, not about protocav.

the first thing I posted in this thread asked where he was, if he had said SD, i wouldnt have suggested street image.

edit: I wouldnt have suggested street image futher*
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Old Oct 29, 2005 | 12:44 PM
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Regardless of location I have seen Street Images work on g4s' rear Stoptech install and the issues he had compared to when he had protocav do the front Stoptech install. I still recommend protocav regardless of location. If I was in LA I would still have protocav do my installs and there are several people who live in the OC or even further north who drive down to SD just to have protocav do their work. That says a lot to me that he has customers who make the drive PAST some local shops including Street Image to have protocav do their work.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 09:02 AM
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now you're just trying to get the last word in.
I know how cubans are.
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Old Oct 30, 2005 | 09:11 AM
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I am hoping you are cuban, or at least hispanic to be saying that ... that's a fairly racist and ignorant statement otherwise
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