Locating A Good Shop/Garage (South Bay)
 

Hey guys,

As I begin to think about modifying my car (supension, tires, wheels, exhaust), I realized I need to find a reputable and highly recommended shop to have the work done.

Anybody have experiences in the SF South bay (or Oakland area) with ordering parts, having them installed etc.?

Plans thus far include the TRD Exhaust, suspension (springs for starters, Eibach?), TSW wheels, undetermined tires... and hopefully my bank account can take a break after that.

Vex Motorsports, SonicMS, Speedelement, or if you want to venture to Livermoore D&M Autosalon. Shop around and see who'll treat you the best. I've only worked with Sonic and Vex, and Vex so far has treated me the best. Sonic wasn't bad, but I feel like had I had a BMW or Audi I would have gotten better quality service.

For wheels/tires I ordered TSW wheels from America's Tire and just picked up the wheels there.

Thanks for the info. Vex is fairly close by, probably stop by one of these days and get to know the guys.

I'm looking at the Tein springs, the drop is ideal, but from the threads on the post, it would be messing up the handling/balance... the Eibach pro kit is 7/8" drop, which may be the safest, but i am tempted to look into sport line for the extra drop...
trying to debate which way is the best for me... since i don't plan to track/race my brz... grrr.

LIC Motorsports in Novato is a great shop

ONE of the best subaru tuners in the SF bay area

Novato is much too far out of the way for me unfortunately.

As for the coilovers, etc. I like the look of the RS*R setup. A 1" drop with 18" wheels seems like the way to go. Denkigrve has this setup and it looks very clean.

+1 on LIC, my wrx friends swear by them. I've talked to them (well, just Noah) about future upgrades, but he seems to think that the best stuff is yet to come and it would be best to wait it out until all the aftermarket stuff gets tried. They do all kinds of maintenance stuff for all things Subaru, so I might just stop by and get my oil changed. Too bad they're a good 45 mins away from me...

pare let me know when you come visit marin. im 10 minutes away from LIC

I can also install suspension and exhausts for you guys if my schedule is open from detailing.
I've work on cars doing aftermarket performance on and off since '94.
Just send me a pm ;)

Exact Motorsports in Milpitas is good, I've taken my Lexus and MR2 there for routine maintenance but they also do performance mods/installs. ClubLexus guys highly recommended them. Also TireOutlet in San Jose (Alum Rock) for wheels, tires, JDM oils etc. They are Endless/Enkei dealer so they will try to sell you the good but expensive JDM stuff. :)

There is also GST in Hayward. For my WRx I make the drive to LIC in Novato, from San Jose. I'm thinking of going to Speed Element in San Jose for the BRZ.

Ryan @SE is good guy to work with :thumbsup: