NW Shop Directory: Tuners, Tinters & Audio

[burnt toast]

Speedzone in lakewood.

Axiom and speedline are in tacoma/lakewood as well, but i don't have experience with them so I cant vouch for them.

Just throwing out additional options for people

[DarrenDriven]

Added Axiom, Speedline Motorsport and Speedzone to the Directory. Since I am going to be driving through Tacoma on Friday, I think that I will stop by all three to check them out.

[DarrenDriven]

Oops, apparently Axiom shut down two years go. Removed from the directory.

[burnt toast]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Oops, apparently Axiom shut down two years go. Removed from the directory.

Wow my mistake. Shows how long i've been out of the scene. Apologies Darren

[DarrenDriven]

No probs. I was going to drive there Friday, so better that I find out now!

[DarrenDriven]

Removed Speedline from the Tacoma list. I drove by the address today and it was just a house in a housing development. The phone number was disconnected. Strange.

[DarrenDriven]

What about UP Garage in Tacoma?
http://upgarageusa.com/

Their own website shows the address as:
2809 Rochester St. W. Tacoma 98466

I tried to find it... went down Rochester to where it should be, but the road dead-ended at a recycling facility. There was no phone number on the website, so I couldn't call. Big waste of time. Does this place exist and maybe they have their address wrong on their site?

[DarrenDriven]

Also, here are some more shops that were suggested to me:

http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/

http://www.cncautosports.com/

http://www.425motorsports.com/

Anyone know anything about these? Are they appropriate to add to our list? Would you take an FR-S there to have it worked on?

[Le86]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Also, here are some more shops that were suggested to me:

http://www.speedwaremotorsports.com/

http://www.cncautosports.com/

http://www.425motorsports.com/

Anyone know anything about these? Are they appropriate to add to our list? Would you take an FR-S there to have it worked on?

425 Motorsports isn't exactly a shop. They're a parts/racing gear distributor. However, the guys there are SUPER helpful, especially Ian and Dan. They can locate just about any part for your vehicle and get it quick, at a great price. They helped me out a lot back when I was swapping an SR20 into my s13. Definitely recommend them if you need racing gear/performance parts.

I do believe 425 Motorsports have some sort of affiliation with CNC Autosports though. CNC is an actual performance shop from what I know, but I've never had any work done there.

Speedware Motorsports is kind of a combination of the both. They're a distributor and a performance shop and they do a lot of in house fabrication too. Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with them either but I've never heard anything bad about either 3 of the listed shops!

Hope this helps, and please correct me if I'm misinformed.

[Le86]

Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

What about UP Garage in Tacoma?
http://upgarageusa.com/

Their own website shows the address as:
2809 Rochester St. W. Tacoma 98466

I tried to find it... went down Rochester to where it should be, but the road dead-ended at a recycling facility. There was no phone number on the website, so I couldn't call. Big waste of time. Does this place exist and maybe they have their address wrong on their site?

Not sure about location but I know that they were pretty deeply involved with the "drift scene" and I have heard some shady stories about them, although I can't confirm any of the rumors.

[Le86]

You can also add Garage Autohero to the list as well. Autohero is ran by Ray and he's a one man army and a damn genius. As a multipurpose shop, Ray can do anything from custom cages/manifolds/exhaust/intercooler to full on engine builds, wiring and even some tuning, although he lacks a dyno so if he needs a vehicle tuned, he primarily does street tunes or would recommend PSI (Portland Speed Industries). He converted my stock s13 harness to work with an s15 SR20DET and did it at a GREAT price. Super chill guy too. 100% recommended by me if you need any work done.

http://garageautohero.com/

[DarrenDriven]

I'm trying to add only retail tuner shops to the list. These would be places that you would take your car and they would sell and install parts for you. If I start adding other types of shops then the list is going to get a little out of hand.

425, CNC and Speedware might belong on the list, but I want to have someone actually go to the shops first to see if they really belong. @Le86 has at least heard of them, but we need someone to pop their heads in there.

I think I visited UP Garage many years ago and it was in the back of an industrial self storage facility. It was dark and dirty -- not that those conditions would prevent them from doing good work -- but since I couldn't locate the shop I am not going to add it to the list.

Garage Auto Hero is another one that might not belong on a retail tuner list... I went to the website and there is no address or phone number. Can't really be open to the public if you can't just show up, ya know?

[Le86]

CNC and Speedware definitely belong then. 425, not so much. They're basically just retail.

[DarrenDriven]

Added CNC and Speedware.