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just want peoples experiance with them or anything u know on driftline, as this is another option that my car will be taken to get work on.. i think as a car enthusiast group we should all stick together on topics like this, keep the shit work shops out of business and the good ones running..

many people would be left with quality work from trusted workshops, insteed of making the same mistake over an over again, cause we cant post bad work done by a certain workshop.. pm me if needed, if driftline is shit tell me, i cant and alot of others cant afford to loose money threw a shit workshop with shit workmanship..

if people already no bad stuff from driftline then im not starting anything here, but if all comments are good with positive every were, then i have nothing bad to say except that my car will be going there..

if you no something bad or good just tell me, i am new to this sort of stuff..

big thanks chris..

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I know nothing about them, but Shan aka funkymonkey was associated with them and just had his 32 sprayed matte or satin black by them...He was telling myself and another sau vic member to get our cars sprayed there, so I doubt they're dodgy.

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lol yeah, i do some work for them when i get the time, but now I'm in brissy. My car's there atm in pieces gettin resprayed satin black.

we also did Adam's red widebody R32 and justine's blue s15 to name the more famous SAU members... plus we get a lot of regulars in an out from SAU... mostly to clear EPA's, dings, services, clutches, intercooler installs etc.

We try not to do half arsed jobs, unless the customer really demands it (ie doesn't wanna spend money and cut corners). We don't do "habib racing" jobs... and if you come in asking for one we'll tell you to GTFO. Mainly of late we've had people who got dodgy jobs done (like a dude who had his widebody kit superglued onto his car by some workshop... we had to grind it back to metal and redo it from scratch) who come in to get it fixed properly.

easiest thing to do is call Roshan on 0425855540 and talk to him... you can even say Shan sent ya off SAU and he might give you a warm hug when you walk in.

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lol nah its all good brother, i saw hai today at hume hwy lights and he pulled up next to me, said hello and then i revved my car, 1 turbo bolt on 3 manifold bolts on shit loads of gaskets stuffed.. hai said, chris wear are u taking ur car to get fixed, i meantion were i was taking it and he lol'd at me.. then he said follow me..

now my car sitting in driftline and this time 2moro she will be ready to rock....this is the first time i have left my car at any workshop, and i just wanted a general opinion on driftline..

customer servirce was good and he understood that my main concern was my car is driven everyday for work and 2moro is the only day i can really live without it, so hai's car will be set back to getting fixed on thursday and my car will be worked on 2moro.. honestly right now i cant be more happy...

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i brought my car from there almost 2 years ago, and have always gone back since.

since then rush has become a good friend of mine and will always help me out when it's needed.

he can be pricey, but once you go back to him a few times you build up a "trust fund".

if you want things done properly, he will do it properly. he's good for that.

he's been real busy at the moment and he's quite hard to catch, but he has his mechanic monty running the show when he's occupied.

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lol nah its all good brother, i saw hai today at hume hwy lights and he pulled up next to me, said hello and then i revved my car, 1 turbo bolt on 3 manifold bolts on shit loads of gaskets stuffed.. hai said, chris wear are u taking ur car to get fixed, i meantion were i was taking it and he lol'd at me.. then he said follow me..

now my car sitting in driftline and this time 2moro she will be ready to rock....this is the first time i have left my car at any workshop, and i just wanted a general opinion on driftline..

customer servirce was good and he understood that my main concern was my car is driven everyday for work and 2moro is the only day i can really live without it, so hai's car will be set back to getting fixed on thursday and my car will be worked on 2moro.. honestly right now i cant be more happy...

hai used to be driftline's main mechanic for ages.. he knows his shit :P

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I know nothing about them, but Shan aka funkymonkey was associated with them and just had his 32 sprayed matte or satin black by them...He was telling myself and another sau vic member to get our cars sprayed there, so I doubt they're dodgy.

So funnky got his car sprayed matt black did he it was looking a bit second hand at the last meet he was at

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its not matt black (ie... chalk board) its satin black... which has a clear coat on it with flattener so its not as glossy as usual. :thumbsup:

yeah its high time my car looked pretty again, its getting a full bodykit, flared guards front n rear, bonnet, grille, and custom width work VS-XX's to match ;) won't look anything like it did before :)

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got my car back 2night and wat a difference, good work done, reliable and didnt get charged for gaskets that didnt need replacing...

thanks to the guys at driftline, cant be more happy and i have now found my workshop to stay with...

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its not matt black (ie... chalk board) its satin black... which has a clear coat on it with flattener so its not as glossy as usual. :P

yeah its high time my car looked pretty again, its getting a full bodykit, flared guards front n rear, bonnet, grille, and custom width work VS-XX's to match :) won't look anything like it did before :(

about fricken time

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They are a very capable and underated workshop that can do almost anything to all types of cars (not just inports)

considering when i visited last week they had a holden up on the hoist, and rush and his family all drive holdens for dailys.. haha.

so much shit he cops!

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