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03-31-2010, 01:14 PM | #1 |
Ethon
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Other than yourself, who works on your car?
So, I am an disabled vet with back problems and after years of wrenching on my own cars my back pain is sufficient to get me to look for a good shop to do the work for me.
That said I live in Portland an am looking for a competent and reasonably priced (emphasis on competent) shop to do some suspension install work in a few weeks (struts/springs, sways end links, it is a Bilstein non adjustable strut so I wont require corner balancing or damper dyno matching). As this will necessitate an alignment I will also be looking for a place to do a performance oriented alignment. Any suggestions?
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03-31-2010, 01:23 PM | #2 |
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Plenty of stuff down there:
Surgeline Rallitek PRE i'm sure there is more, just the first that popped into my head. |
03-31-2010, 01:28 PM | #3 |
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PRE
never tried anyone else |
03-31-2010, 01:55 PM | #4 |
Ethon
Member#: 221885
Join Date: Aug 2009
Chapter/Region:
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Location: Portlandia
Vehicle:2050 Ivory Tower Ivory...duh |
Surgeline
Rallitek PRE any and or all of these shops do alignments? |
03-31-2010, 06:36 PM | #5 |
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Location: Lynnwood, Wa
Vehicle:02 WRX Stg2.1/89GL |
Try Richie at Superior Import Repair. www.fixmysuby.com
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03-31-2010, 07:32 PM | #6 |
GC84Ever
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thread cleaned up.
so, let's keep it on topic, or it will disappear. ummm..... one more thing and u know who you are... quit pimping / whoring out your buddies. This ain't your thread and your post was completely irrelevant. kay? thanks |
03-31-2010, 07:43 PM | #7 |
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I know that Rallitek DOES NOT do alignment.
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03-31-2010, 08:39 PM | #8 |
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northwest subaru service, dales the man!
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03-31-2010, 09:08 PM | #9 |
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Pretty straight forward job really. Buy someone beer and dinner to help maybe?
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04-01-2010, 07:13 AM | #10 |
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If not myself, friends that I can trust with tools and easy projects.
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04-01-2010, 10:49 AM | #11 |
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SURGELINE
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04-01-2010, 11:23 AM | #12 |
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shoot me a PM, i can help you out.
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04-01-2010, 12:40 PM | #13 |
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The better question is who hasn't touched my car? It's such a whore! j/k
Any of the PIA boys, Tim and Lance at Surgeline, Friends, Roommates, Brothers |
04-01-2010, 12:45 PM | #14 | |
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After much wasted money, time and effort I finally got a good alignment from Alignment Specialists in Aloha. Bit of a drive out there for me but worth it, and after 3 alignments at places I used to think were awesome... ::cough:: AnT tire ::cough:: They were extremely professional and the end result was a car that drives straight, handles great, only rides the highways grooves a smidge and has almost zero understeer compared to the previous alignments. Hope that helps. |
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04-01-2010, 07:36 PM | #15 |
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Best subaru light maint. in ptown area?
Hey there fellow subie owners from the northwest! I was just wondering where is the best place to take our cars for regular maintenance besides the dealer. Any recommendations?
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04-01-2010, 08:56 PM | #16 | |
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I let W1 and PIA touch my car, and SRP. Last edited by Airborne Guy; 04-01-2010 at 09:20 PM. Reason: forgot SRP |
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04-01-2010, 09:01 PM | #17 |
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only pia touches my car
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04-01-2010, 09:04 PM | #18 | |
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W1 doesn't work on cars anymore and pia is nowhere near Bend. |
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04-01-2010, 09:06 PM | #19 |
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iflyansti is the only one subie-fied to handle my RS
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04-01-2010, 09:11 PM | #20 |
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04-01-2010, 10:10 PM | #21 |
Ethon
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Vehicle:2050 Ivory Tower Ivory...duh |
thanks to all of you guys/girls for the information,
BREWPUBEAVER, Grey Ghost, HKS, look out, I may very well offer beer 4 help, as an "Older guy"(when compared to many around here) I also offer interesting conversation and a thousand questions (I try never to miss an opertunity fo lernin). If you think you can stand the questions and answers of a vet turned climate physisyst it could be fun. It would still will be a few weeks off as the RCE/Bilstein struts wont be out untill at least some time in may... |
04-01-2010, 10:12 PM | #22 |
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I do/did all the work to my cars myself. Saved a crap ton on installation costs and I really don't trust anyone else to touch my cars. The only other place that did anything was PDX Tuning and that was only to tune.
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04-01-2010, 10:53 PM | #23 |
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If you are in portland the only place i would trust is pre. They have tuned all my cars (Bobby thier tuner did a awsome job) and recently tuned my buddies 2010 STI. I have known them for a long time and try and make it down there whenever i can.
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04-01-2010, 11:35 PM | #24 |
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pm sent, but my sig should give you a good idea
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04-01-2010, 11:40 PM | #25 |
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lifetime alignments at the Beaverton firestone. just let them know what numbers you want.
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