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As the topic suggests, who is your mechanic and why do you goto them?

I had my first service (3000kms - I decided to check out why some oil light had come on) at unique autosports on Monday. The blokes were friendly and gave me a thorough run down on the state of my car afterwards. Now my car seems to be running a bit smoother (albeit a slight difference I think there is a difference) and I will certainly go back to them for my next service.

I'm still interested to know all the different mechanics in Sydney though. Although Unique Autosports is in Castle Hill (a good 1 hour drive from where I live), I decided to choose them since I had heard good things about them, and it seems like they do quite a bit for the import community which I always like to support.

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Powerplay Imports - I work there and they do fantastic work

Grey Imports - Nathan is an absolute champ and always looks after me. Top quality work at very reasonable prices.

Cromer Motors - Got reccomended there by a friend and they do pink slips so I get my pink slips there... plus Anthony is a dude :P they've done my brakes (machine and new pads) before I knew about Grey Imports or started working for Powerplay and have no complaints.

TM Autosports - I went to them in the earlier years as alot of my friends back then were from the coast so I was up there alot. Adam does great work and has always looked after me.

Unique Autosports - Fixed my misfire problem I had a while ago for me. No Complaints.. Ben is an awesome mechanic

( I decided to check out why some oil light had come on)  

this is my favorite part

check your fluid more often, i check mine every couple weeks

its not hard to change your own oil, invest in a floor jack.

but if your not a hands on person and got the spare cash, any mechanic can do a basic service, dosnt have to be a performance workshop.

... any mechanic can do a basic service, dosnt have to be a performance workshop.

But only a true performance shop can remove the Nismo oil cap to fill it with Nismo oil, inflate the tyres using HKS air and re-fit the HKS valve caps, bleed brakes with Apexi super sequential brake fluid and fill the washer bottle with Greddy (grime) Shift (you) Knob. :uh-huh:

Carlos Racing Development - Aka.. My self.. I do as much as I can my self or with a few mates who are more mechanically inclined.

Cromer Motors - My cousin owns the place, and he does good work. If I cant be bothered or its a little beyond me I get him to do it.

Unique Autosports - I get john and ben to do odds and ends which require strong knowledge of skylines.

Cromer Exhaust Centre - They fixed up my snapped head bolts and did some exhaust work for me, they do a good job and they have a really good team of guys. Good customer focus.

Croydon Racing Development - They sorted out my boost issues late last year.

I am about to get some more work done to the car so I am starting to sus out a tuner.. oh the fun never ends.

Carlos Racing Developments is crap. Don't go there man. My friends sister's boyfriend's cousin Abdul took his daewoo lanos there and it came back without the Trust T88 sticker on it. Bloody stooges.

Richard

Carlos Racing Developments is crap. Don't go there man. My friends sister's boyfriend's cousin Abdul took his daewoo lanos there and it came back without the Trust T88 sticker on it. Bloody stooges.

Richard

:) and no doubt they fitted a brotec to run it :D

My favourites already got mentioned, Powerplay Imports in Drummoyne and Grey Imports in Annandale...with these high tech things you need places you can trust....

Yeh if your just going for a service check out your small local mechanics... I got to a small private petrol station with a small mechanics shop there, does really good job for very cheap prices...

For other things i'll go to a steering specialists for steering work, eg machine disk brake rotors, & wheel alignment.

I'll go to a strictly performance place to get my Apexi computer dyno tuned.

& I'll go to a smash repairs for bodykit work.

I find the smaller places, family name type businesses are very personably because of smaller size & always no bullsh#t.

Ok time for a serious reply:

Firstly, lots of stuff I do myself with the help of friends.

For the rest 80% get's done at Rice Engineering www.riceengineering.com.au they are top guys and my mate Spencer owns the place, and a friend of mine from high school works there (Pete). The other 20% has been done at various places, none of which I'd care to reccomend.

If any of you lads do go to Rice, tell them Richard sent you.

Richard

Carlos Racing Developments is crap. Don't go there man. My friends sister's boyfriend's cousin Abdul took his daewoo lanos there and it came back without the Trust T88 sticker on it. Bloody stooges.

Richard

Pfft. That lanos did 9's man.. dont know what your problem is

(9 second quater achived when we pushed it off the headland.. ala insurance job)

the new brotec is out too by the way.. It comes with dual player mode and a memory stick slot.

http://203.18.39.196/temp/brotec.net/brotec.jpg

Pfft. That lanos did 9's man.. dont know what your problem is

(9 second quater achived when we pushed it off the headland.. ala insurance job)

the new brotec is out too by the way.. It comes with dual player mode and a memory stick slot.

http://203.18.39.196/temp/brotec.net/brotec.jpg

I don't want to know about it, cuz. Last time I went near Abduls sister's memory stick slot he went all medieval on my ass... Come to think of it, it was more like a CF slot anyway... Bloody slot.

I think as long as you trust them, it should be fine, if they can't do something because its over thier head they should tell you then take it to a performance workshop/skylines specialist workshop etc...

this is my favorite part

check your fluid more often, i check mine every couple weeks

its not hard to change your own oil, invest in a floor jack.

but if your not a hands on person and got the spare cash, any mechanic can do a basic service, dosnt have to be a performance workshop.

Well I did actually change my oil (I'm not a complete halfwit). However, it wasn't simply the red light on the dash for oil, it was some other indicator below my steering wheel. That's why I was slightly interesting as to why it wasn't going off. Turned out it was just an aftermarket thing which was basically useless and displaying nothing (but the guys couldnt figure out how to reset it). It is where most people put their turbo timers (bottom left of the steering wheel).

I've had my GTR since march last year and so far i've used..

BD4's - Very close to my work, they did some major servicing, installed HKS front pipes.Very professional outfit and have turned out some quality cars in the past. HKS australia distributor.

CRD - Checked out the car on the dyno and did a general service. Possibly the most expensive place a GTR owner can take their car :wave: can do & supply everything just about!

Unique Auto Sports, Castle Hill - Done a whole heap of things to my car, from power fc tuning to replacing worn bushes. Good friendly local place with excellent Skyline & import knowledge.

MRC, Castle Hill - Ex employee of UAS, knows his stuff really well. Diagnosed a few small problems after i put the turbo's put back on my car. Doesn't have a big workshop or a huge amount of stock so prices are very good for the quality work done.

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