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Old 11-13-2015, 06:45 PM   #1
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Anyone know a good differential / performance shop that installs final drives?

Question above, I called so many performance shops and apparently they're all afraid or too lazy to install the final drives. If anyone knows a rave reviewed shop please lmk. I'd go with evasive but like always they;'re too well known so their prices hurt :/
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I had mine done in Indio Calif at Ball Automotive and have been very happy with their work. PM me if you want more info.
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Old 11-13-2015, 11:26 PM   #3
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I had mine done in Indio Calif at Ball Automotive and have been very happy with their work. PM me if you want more info.
I don't think he works there anymore..

It's so hard to find a shop that does this x.x
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They did my Cusco LSD and final drive install last year and it has been working flawlessly.
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BluemoonPerformance

They did my Cusco LSD and final drive install last year and it has been working flawlessly.
I messaged them as well, but they're really slow to respond and don't seem like they're interested in doing this job either.
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Question above, I called so many performance shops and apparently they're all afraid or too lazy to install the final drives. If anyone knows a rave reviewed shop please lmk. I'd go with evasive but like always they;'re too well known so their prices hurt :/
Performance shops? Or transmission/differential shops?

Anyone who can service a differential can install a final drive for you.

If you don't want to pay Evasive prices, then I'm curious to what you are willing to pay for a diff install.

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I messaged them as well, but they're really slow to respond and don't seem like they're interested in doing this job either.
I'd keep trying, it is a one person shop. The effort will be worth it.
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Performance shops? Or transmission/differential shops?

Anyone who can service a differential can install a final drive for you.

If you don't want to pay Evasive prices, then I'm curious to what you are willing to pay for a diff install.

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Evasive's asking for 900$ not including anything which ends up being around 2k for everything installed. Many big shops offer them for around 400-500, one of the few that I asked either don't want to do it cuz its too big of a job, or have a really long wait time.
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Evasive's asking for 900$ not including anything which ends up being around 2k for everything installed. Many big shops offer them for around 400-500, one of the few that I asked either don't want to do it cuz its too big of a job, or have a really long wait time.
Talk to Unitrax in Anaheim. They specialize in differential installs and do great work for a fair price.
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