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JGalp · 01-16-2015, 11:06 AM

i keep hearing evasive a lot, but is there anyone in particular that knows about our cars that we can talk to? don't mean the mechanics but just one of the guys that works the front that i can learn from and talk to about how to build my car. the last guy i talked to (who was nice) but didn't know much about our cars. he knew about wheels in general but when i was asking more technical information about suspension and forced induction he really didn't know much. help! so far i have gotten very good feedback from david at CSG. may go with them instead

LXXXV1 · 01-16-2015, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JGalp

i keep hearing evasive a lot, but is there anyone in particular that knows about our cars that we can talk to? don't mean the mechanics but just one of the guys that works the front that i can learn from and talk to about how to build my car. the last guy i talked to (who was nice) but didn't know much about our cars. he knew about wheels in general but when i was asking more technical information about suspension and forced induction he really didn't know much. help! so far i have gotten very good feedback from david at CSG. may go with them instead

AUTOTUNED right by Irwindale speedway! Why? Because it was founded by one of the most influential members of the socal FRS community. If you don't recognize Young or Meng's car or any of their apparel/decals...you're not a real 86 enthusiast. They're exactly what you're looking for. Both own and track their twins, not to mention they're close with Forumla Drift drivers like Ken Gushi and Fredric Aasbo so you know they know how the 86 drives. As for cosmetics, they have Superstreet, FiveAD, and Scion themselves, + many more I can't name at the moment, backing them. Not sure if they can do dyno though, but they definitely do modifications/wraps/custom installs. It's a small shop where Young personally does like 90% of the work so you know it's good quality work. Best part? You can kick it and watch him work on your car unlike most other shops and just talk cars while you wait. That right there should be convincing enough. I'm sure a good amount of the southbay/86two6 mods have been heavily influenced by them.

jonkim2 · 01-20-2015, 04:10 PM

Is anybody aware of a place I can use a lift for? I'd like to install my new headers by myself. I'm in the ktown/hollywood area. Thanks

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Hyper4mance2k · 01-20-2015, 07:17 PM

Our proposed regional mod should create a master list sticky of shops in the area with name, address, number, & website...

btoast · 01-20-2015, 10:13 PM

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Our proposed regional mod should create a master list sticky of shops in the area with name, address, number, & website...

I second this idea.

LXXXV1 · 01-21-2015, 02:19 AM

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Is anybody aware of a place I can use a lift for? I'd like to install my new headers by myself. I'm in the ktown/hollywood area. Thanks

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Not exactly near you, but:

http://www.urdreamgarage.com/

jonkim2 · 01-21-2015, 05:07 PM

This is perfect thanks man

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Hyper4mance2k · 01-21-2015, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by btoast

I second this idea.

Done.
Now I'm just wiating on people to submit shop names, and a mod to sticky it.

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JGalp Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: 2015 CWP BRZ Limited Location: SoCal Posts: 533 Thanks: 47 Thanked 32 Times in 25 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i keep hearing evasive a lot, but is there anyone in particular that knows about our cars that we can talk to? don't mean the mechanics but just one of the guys that works the front that i can learn from and talk to about how to build my car. the last guy i talked to (who was nice) but didn't know much about our cars. he knew about wheels in general but when i was asking more technical information about suspension and forced induction he really didn't know much. help! so far i have gotten very good feedback from david at CSG. may go with them instead

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jonkim2 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: Raven FR-S Location: Los Angeles Posts: 41 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Is anybody aware of a place I can use a lift for? I'd like to install my new headers by myself. I'm in the ktown/hollywood area. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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jonkim2 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: Raven FR-S Location: Los Angeles Posts: 41 Thanks: 9 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	This is perfect thanks man Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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