Power Play Imports

[Kinkstaah]

Have a look at their website (or lack thereof)

[God_speed]

Yeah - account suspended...

Such a shame; always liked the people there, and the knowledge and competence of the service dept was excellent. Hope they can consolidate and get back up and running with stronger "operations".

Also sucks for the people with orders outstanding.

[jaldwell]

their website is now back online with a message saying they are swapping telephone carriers...

[Kinkstaah]

Got my order that I ordered on Jan 18.. today (original eta was 5 days)

There's also the small problem of half the order missing, and no invoice. 'tis good. But they did send me an email about it, so, I suppose all is not entirely lost for those in a similar situation.

[siddr20]

Pretty sure the someone from powerplay is a member on here. Maybe do a search and see if he/she is still active on here?

Shame they have closed. Wonder what happened.

[drift nut]

i just recently got my order, over a month after the E.T.A., they said that the previous posting of the goods was sent back twice but i think thats crap as two days after i threatened consumer affairs and legal acction my goods arrived express posted

[nick_7g]

updates?

[Duncan]

They are definately out of business and have been for months.

[hamiltonau]

anyone know a decent tuner as close to the city as these guys were?

[GTR-N1]

Tune House at 11 Chalder St., Marrickville Pat

02-9557.4000

[hamiltonau]

hmm ok thanks Terry, had dealings with them? do we get an SAU members discount?

[eiresgaus]

Jim and Tony at Tunehouse are top guys, great and easy to deal with.. They have had an area in the traders on SAU for a while but nothing has come of it it seems.. I've brought my car there a few times and they've been great! Their dyno room resembles a medical theater!

[Moelders]

Jim and Tony at Tunehouse are top guys, great and easy to deal with.. They have had an area in the traders on SAU for a while but nothing has come of it it seems.. I've brought my car there a few times and they've been great! Their dyno room resembles a medical theater!

Another thumbs up here for Tunehouse. Love the tune they did for my car with Power FC. No huge plumes of black smoke like some FC equiped cars seem to love, great fuel economy, smooth running and problem free since it was tuned about 1 year ago now.

Oh, and once again, Powerplay are not out of business technically. They are still doing car servicing, fitting parts etc. They are also apparently ordering parts online when requested. They have closed the shop front and will no longer be stocking parts...

HOWEVER! Trying to get responses from them is VERY difficult. So unless you are extremely patient like me, then I honestly can't recommend them.

I only continue to go back to them because Alistair has always looked after all of my cars exceptionally well. He is truly passionate about his work, and has great attention to detail for even little things that needed fixing that you may not even have noticed.

[hamiltonau]

ok i like the sound of this tunerhouse, did check the website out and googled the location, its only a short bus trip away so as much as i love the guys at F&E mechanics out in Wetherill Park they are just too far away

They mention being 'good value' on the website but the place looks far too shmick to be much of a bargain. I know that Bel garage in Rockdale charge and arm and a leg while also being good. Is it a case of if you want peace of mind then you just have to bite the bullet and be prepared to shell out the big bucks?

[eiresgaus]

ok i like the sound of this tunerhouse, did check the website out and googled the location, its only a short bus trip away so as much as i love the guys at F&E mechanics out in Wetherill Park they are just too far away

They mention being 'good value' on the website but the place looks far too shmick to be much of a bargain. I know that Bel garage in Rockdale charge and arm and a leg while also being good. Is it a case of if you want peace of mind then you just have to bite the bullet and be prepared to shell out the big bucks?

Yeah they're not amazingly cheap or anything but I guess in the end you generally get what you pay for, and any time my car has ever been there I've been kept well up-to-date with any issues and costs that arise before anything is done about them.. (though this only stands out to me after a previous bad non-skyline non-Tunehouse related incident a few years ago )

[God_speed]

I've also taken my cars to Tony and Jim at Tunehouse and been very happy. As Eiresgaus said they're not the cheapest, but I'd rather pay a bit more for people that provide good customer service and know what they're doing, than the alternative.

Haven't had a tune there, but my GTR is one of few that has an HKS FConPro V and they are a licensed HKS reseller and tuner, one of the few places in the country who can tune these apparently.

They were working on one of the Z tunes [Z TUNED] a while back.

[hamiltonau]

why cant i just run into someone who happens to be an F1 pit mechanic who doesnt mind working on my car for a slab of beer in his spare time?

is this feasible?

[GTR-N1]

^ ^ ^ you got short arms and deep pockets?

[hamiltonau]

if you mean am i 'forever broke'? yup!

[GTR-N1]

When a restaurant patron can't pay for his meal, he's supposed to clean all the pots/pans/dishes/utensils

What can you do for Tune House if they tune your car and you can't cough up?